Plant, engineering and groundworks for the islands

CMD Plant is a family run business in Daliburgh, South Uist. We hire out machines with or without an operator, repair and service plant and vehicles, and take on groundworks from croft tracks to septic systems.

Workshop and on-site support across Uist and Barra

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CMD Plant tracked dumper, roller and excavator lined up at the yard in South Uist

Where we work, north to south. Hire is delivered and engineers travel the length of the chain.

Berneray
North Uist
Grimsay
Benbecula
South UistOur yard and workshop, Daliburgh
Eriskay
Barra

What we do

Four sides to the business, one yard. Most jobs touch more than one of them, which is why customers come back to us for the whole lot.

Plant hire

Excavators from 2.7 to 13 tonnes, tracked dumpers, rollers, compressors, generators and small tools. Self-drive or operated.

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Engineering

Servicing, repairs, welding, hydraulics, electrical diagnostics and thorough examinations for plant, HGVs, farm, marine and light vehicles.

Workshop and call-outs

Groundworks

Access tracks, drainage, culverts, septic tank installs, site clearance and landscaping, with our own machines and operators.

Construction work

Metal recycling

We buy copper, brass, lead, aluminium, batteries, cable and more at the yard, and take ferrous scrap as a free tip.

What we buy

Recent jobs

A few from the job sheet, to give you an idea of the range.

Evening call-out

JCB JS145, dead hydraulic controls

Traced through the lever, microswitch and fuse to a hydraulic isolation solenoid coil seized on its armature tube with corrosion. Freed, cleaned and proven by test before a replacement was arranged.

Late finish

Hitachi 135 back to work

The team stayed on until 11:30pm to wrap up a repair on a customer's 13 tonne Hitachi so it could go back out the next day.

Fabrication

Croft trailer rebuild

Old axle adapters cut off, new ones made from fresh steel, weak chassis plated, new axles, bearings and hubs fitted, then painted against corrosion.

Groundworks

Benbecula track resurfacing

A road untouched for over 20 years: ditching, culvert installation and drainage, then scraped back and resurfaced with type 1 for a returning customer.

Aquaculture