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Practical answers for surfacing and plant hire jobs.

Choose what you need help with. Each guide explains the options in plain English, shows relevant MAC machines and tools and links to real work.

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MAC Surfacing paver and paving crew laying asphalt

Paver hire

Which paver hire option is right for your job?

Compare self-drive hire, operated hire and a complete surfacing package. Check current pavers, estimate asphalt quantities and see a relevant case study.

This guide will help you:

  • Compare the hire choices
  • Check current paver widths
  • Estimate asphalt quantities
  • See relevant MAC work
MAC Surfacing road planer removing an existing surface

Road planer hire

Which road planer could fit your job?

Tell MAC what needs removing, whether the planer and wagons can get in and where the removed material will go. Compare current operated planers and estimate removals.

This guide will help you:

  • Know which job details MAC needs
  • Compare operated planer sizes
  • Estimate material to remove
  • See relevant MAC work

» Useful calculators

Get a useful starting figure

Use the visible assumptions to estimate material quantities before MAC checks the job with you. These are planning figures, not prices or confirmed orders.

Paver hire

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Estimate how much asphalt you may need

Enter the area, layer depth and material to estimate tonnes and loads. The result can also suggest a paver class to discuss with MAC.

Estimate quantities

Road planer hire

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Estimate how much material may be removed

Enter the area and cutting depth to estimate the material removed and likely wagon movements before MAC checks the job with you.

Estimate removals

» Real MAC work

See the work behind the advice

These case studies show what MAC carried out on each job. The role is stated clearly so you can judge whether the example is relevant to your work.

Six-lane Toll Bridge over the River Mersey

MAC's role: surfacing delivery

Six-lane Toll Bridge over the River Mersey

MAC carried out minor civils and surfacing at road junctions, including machine-laid footway construction, carriageway surfacing, footpath surfacing and work to the central reservation.

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Car Park Planing, The Mount Hotel, Tettenhall

MAC's role: planing and wider car park work

Car Park Planing, The Mount Hotel, Tettenhall

MAC planed the existing car park surface and carried out wider refurbishment work, including drainage, kerbs, surfacing and line marking.

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Tell us what the job involves

Tell us whether material needs laying or removing, where the site is and any access limits. MAC will help you find the sensible next step.

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