Roller Plant Machinery Insurance

Why does my roller hire need plant machinery insurance?

Rollers provide the perfect solution for levelling and compacting work. With a wide range of accessories increasing functionality, it’s easy to hire in exactly the equipment you require for the job.

Ideal for highway and utility work, landscaping and driveways, options range from twin-drum ride-on rollers from 80cm up to 138cm, remote controlled trench rollers and self-propelled rollers up to 19 tonnes, with both smooth and pad foot rollers.

If you hire a roller, you will often be responsible for loss or damage to the equipment during the hire period. Accidental damage, fire, and theft are tangible risks that can occur at any time. Furthermore, it is usually a contractual requirement to arrange insurance for the hired in digger and provide evidence of this to the hire company.

With a short term plant insurance for your roller hire, you will be protecting yourself from your contractual liability and will be ensuring you are compliant with the hire contract.

Should the worst happen, you can claim up to £100,000 in repair or replacement costs, and if you are responsible for paying continuing hire charges until the machine is repaired or replaced then that cover is included within our short term hire policy up to a limit of £5,000.

Do you provide hire equipment insurance for other types of machinery?

On a insurance4plant insurance policy we can provide cover for a wide range of hired in equipment, as well as some specialist construction items.

We are unable to provide cover for heavy machinery used for non-construction type roles. Examples include:

• All-terrain vehicles
• Processing machinery
• Site surveying equipment
• Unattended aerial vehicles (also known as drones)
• Road surfacing sprayers and paver
• Lorry mounted sweepers
• Drilling rigs
• Vehicle mounted concrete mixers
• Concrete pumps

Note: the definition of processing machinery is: plant used to perform mechanical or chemical operations on any material in order to change or preserve it including but not limited to bailers, compactors, crushers, harvesters, picking stations, shears, shredders, trommels and washing plant. Such operations shall include but not be limited to baling, compacting, crushing and washing, granulating, grinding, harvesting, pulverising, screening, shredding.

If you wish to obtain a plant hire insurance quote in respect of an excluded item, then please contact the insurance4plant team, and we shall be happy to provide you with a bespoke quotation.