Big Snapper Bobcats Cat excavator working beside a pond

Bay of Plenty · Coromandel · Waikato

Earthworks & cartage done right

Our operators, our machines. All earthworks and bulk earthworks, driveways, carparks and cartage, from our yards in Waihi and Thames.

  • Free on-site quote
  • Operators included
  • Second generation family owned

How it works

Operated, not rented

You do not hire a machine off us and work out the rest yourself. Our operator turns up with the right gear on our own transporter, does the job, and takes it away again. No licence, no bond, no weekend lost.

  1. Tell us the job

    Call Rob or send the details. Enough to know the site, the access and roughly what needs doing.

  2. We come and look

    A free on-site visit anywhere on our patch, so the quote is based on your ground rather than a guess over the phone.

  3. You get a straight price

    One quote covering machine, operator and travel, with the timing we can actually hold.

  4. We turn up and do it

    Our crew, our machines, built to level and left tidy so the next trade is not waiting on us.

Built for commercial work

Precision you can audit

We work with project managers, civil engineers, developers, orchardists and farm owners who need the levels right and the paperwork in order.

GPS machines

GPS machine control on our gear means cuts, fills and falls are built to the design, not to eye.

3D design

In-house 3D surface design. We can model your site and load it straight into the machines.

Tōtika prequalified

Health and safety prequalification under the Tōtika scheme, ready for company and council inductions.

Big Snapper Bobcats logo on an excavator cab at dawn

Family owned

Our history

Big Snapper Bobcats is a second generation family owned and operated earthmoving company, run by Rob Burrell. From our yards in Waihi and Thames we work across the Bay of Plenty, Coromandel and Waikato: Waihi to Tauranga, the Thames Coast through to Whitianga, and the Hauraki Plains down to Morrinsville, Cambridge and Hamilton.

The gear

Machines for every job

From compact bobcats and mini diggers for tight residential sites up to heavy excavators, tip trucks and transporters for bulk civil work. One crew, the right machine for the job.

Tip truck loaded with a bobcat and mini excavator ready for transport Freshly built subdivision road with new kerbs and compacted basecourse Excavator cleaning a farm drain beside a green paddock

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Get in touch

Contact us

For all your earthworks, bulk earthworks and cartage needs, our experienced team is ready to help. Call now or send us the details of your job.

Free on-site visit. Rob personally reviews every enquiry.

Call 0800 702 105