Adding Value

Worcester-based WHC Hire Services is an experienced hire company specialising in the rental of large plant to contractors, civil engineers, groundwork contractors, builders and commercial clients throughout the West Midlands. Purchased in 1997 from the original owners, the company has developed from a small tool hire company to one of the region’s leading independent plant hire companies.

As the company has expanded - to cover an area from Welshpool to Coventry and Bristol to Chesterfield – and its fleet has diversified, it became necessary to bring all hydraulic maintenance and repair work under one roof. But it was not without some soul searching, as hire manager David Creswell explains. "We obviously wanted the best hydraulic service available but we also wanted value for money. When we were contacted by Jason Woods at Pirtek Worcester, we had a pre-conceived idea that Pirtek would be too expensive. We were pleasantly surprised when he not only offered a superb service with excellent response times but he sat down and worked out a very attractive pricing policy for the company," he says. "Our company has a diverse fleet ranging from mini diggers to 16 tonne excavators, dump trucks and rollers to hammers and pumps. With important customers such as Severn Trent Water, it is imperative to ensure every bit of kit works, every time. Although we have extensive workshop facilities, it is reassuring to have Pirtek as a back up in the field. That service has now expanded to a national level with Pirtek Worcester acting as the national contact point for Pirtek's 90 national Centres. One call gets any problem sorted quickly."