RIPPA excavators, skid steers and loaders for St. Catharines

St. Catharines is the largest city in Niagara and the one we see most often, fifteen minutes up the 406 from our yard. The housing stock runs from century homes near downtown and Port Dalhousie to 1960s bungalows in Glenridge and the north end, and nearly all of it shares the same problem for contractors: tight side yards, mature trees and no room for a full-size machine.

That is where micro and mini excavators earn their keep. The R06 ECO fits through a 30-inch gap, the R10 ECO and R13 PRO through a standard gate, and the RS04 and RS06 stand-on loaders move spoil and stone out through the same opening. For builders on infill lots and the subdivisions around Brock University, the R18 PRO and R22 PRO give full-size digging power on a machine that still tows behind a pickup.

Where we work in St. Catharines

• Port Dalhousie
• Glenridge
• Merritton
• Western Hill
• North End
• Vansickle
• Grantham
• Downtown

Jobs we see most in St. Catharines

• Side-yard access on older lots

  Retractable tracks and zero-tail swing for century homes with no room to spare.

• Weeping tile and foundation waterproofing

  Trenching along foundations with a narrow bucket, spoil moved by stand-on loader.

• Infill builds and additions

  R18 and R22 PRO for footings, service trenches and backfill on small city lots.

• Tree and stump removal

  Hydraulic thumb and log grapple for arborists working mature north-end streets.

• Patios, walkways and sod prep

  Dozer blade and tilt bucket for finish grading before interlock or new lawns.