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Soft or wet ground plant hire field guide
FLOAT BEFORE FORCE

Soft or wet ground

Low bearing capacity changes undercarriage choice, machine weight, access routes and recovery planning. Treat ground improvement and matting as production inputs.

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Low bearing capacity changes undercarriage choice, machine weight, access routes and recovery planning. Treat ground improvement and matting as production inputs. The useful starting point is the outcome: what must be moved, lifted, compacted, reached, powered or supported, and by when. Equipment class follows that outcome—not the other way around.

Share the exact site location, access dimensions, ground information, programme and expected working hours. Photos, drawings and quantities help a supplier test the proposed configuration against the real task. Ask where the equipment will mobilise from and what is included in the quoted basis.

Availability and site conditions change. Use this guide as a briefing framework, then confirm machine specification, attachments, operator model, transport, documentation, support and current commercial terms directly with the supplier.

FIELD SIGNAL / 01Bearing capacity
FIELD SIGNAL / 02Track pressure
FIELD SIGNAL / 03Groundwater
FIELD SIGNAL / 04Recovery route
ASK BEFORE ALLOCATION

Three questions that expose the gaps.

  1. Has the access route been tested?
  2. Where can a float unload?
  3. What happens after rain?