A yellow mini excavator on a construction site, actively digging and moving soil, representing professional earthmoving contractor services near you.
A yellow mini excavator on a construction site, actively digging and moving soil, representing professional earthmoving contractor services near you.

Find professional earthmoving contractors in ACT

Fill in a short form and get free quotes for local earthmoving contractors in ACT

4.2

Great rating - 4.2/5 (11114+ reviews)

Looking for earthmoving contractors?

  • Road construction
  • Causeways
  • Canals
  • Slopes
  • … or anything else
It only takes 2 minutes. And it's free.
Up to 50% cheaper than franchise dealers
No job too big or small
Free insurance coverage
Secure cashless payments
Same day or next day service at no extra cost

Best rated earthmoving contractors near me

Recent Earthmoving Contractors reviews in ACT

Yuan and Merrick are good honest workers, easy to get on with and very willing to take instructions. I would definitely use them again

Digging to 50cm (approx) & moving dirt

$300

Arrived in time and perfect work - thank you!

Dirt and rubble 2-3 cubic meters

$500

Great and professional

2 guys with wheelbarrows to help move garden bed to skip bin

$300

Brilliant. Communicated well, came when he said he would, went over and above and did the job exceeding my expectations.

Help lay out rolls of turf

$80

Thank you Peter for a great job. The mulch was spread as requested. Peter was very punctual, very pleasant to work with, great communication in the offer and completion stages. Thanks Marea

Spread 5 cubic metres of mulch

$300

Great work and communication

Soil removal

$800

What's the average cost of an earthmoving contractor in ACT

$127 - $400

low

$127

median

$200

high

$400

Low, median and high bar chart distribuiton

Average reviews for Earthmoving Contractors Services in ACT

based on 53 reviews

4.92

50
2
1
0
0

What is Airtasker?

Post your task

Post your task

Tell us what you need, it's FREE to post.

Review offers

Review offers

Get offers from trusted Taskers and view profiles.

Get it done

Get it done

Choose the right person for your task and get it done.

Now Available
  • Get it done now. Pay later.
  • Repay in 4 fortnightly instalments
  • No interest
  • Available on payments up to $1,500

62+

Tasks successfully completed

2

Average amount of offers per task

59

 mins

Average time to receive offers

Statistics from the most recent tasks on Airtasker over the last 4 years.

Recent Earthmoving Contractors tasks in ACT

Supply and spread 10 cubic metres of pine chips.

$2,000

Theodore ACT, Australia

23rd Jan 2026

Supply 10 cubic metres of pine chips (currently $94 a metre retail) Spread the pine chips on a nature strip

Collect & Unload 0.5m3 Soil from CSG (2 hours)

$200

Ngunnawal, Australian Capital Territory

4th Jan 2026

TRAILER REQUIRED 2 hours of work 1. Meet me at Canberra Sand and Gravel in Mitchell 2. Wait with me while CSG staff load 0.5m3 soil into your trailer 3. Drive to my house in Ngunnawal 4. Help me shovel the soil into 40L flexi tubs and help me transport them to the backyard and empty them (via the side gate) 5. Repeat

Bobcat 2-3 hours in a front yard

$500

Canberra ACT, Australia

2nd Jan 2026

2-3 hours in a front yard to remove old grass, photinia bush and old garden beds

Small excavator and operator needed

$600

Pearce ACT 2607, Australia

23rd Dec 2025

Small excavator and operator required to move a soil ramp and spread top soil.

Manual labour

$200

Evatt ACT, Australia

10th Dec 2025

Move around 3 m3 of dirt and 0.5 m3 of gravel from the front of the house to the back and lift it up 1m by hand. Transport between front and back is in a wheelbarrow that I have available. Distance is around 30m. The gravel and dirt goes on the 1.2 m raised garden bed that needs to be moved manually. Assuming around 3-4h of work.

Great service. All done on time and as agreed on.

Move soil to new garden bed

$100

Charnwood ACT, Australia

7th Dec 2025

Need soul moved from existing garden bed to new garden bed (it won’t fill the new garden bed). I have a wheely garden waste thing that the soil can be moved with

Sand unloaded into buckets and carried about 15m and spread over Lawn

$150

Melba ACT, Australia

24th Nov 2025

I need sand spread over a lawn to level it out. Will need to be shovelled into buckets and carried about 15m to tip out. Sand will be in a trailer. There is a bit of a slope and 3 steps to go up for one section.

Move approximately 1.5 cubic metres of gravel wthin property

$200

Fraser ACT 2615, Australia

20th Nov 2025

1,5 cubic metres of Gravel needs to be moved from side of property to the front of the property using a wheelbarrow

Tom was prompt ,worked very efficiently & did a great job!

Remove soil

$80

Ngunnawal ACT, Australia

18th Nov 2025

Remove soil from backyard

Just my kind of person.Great bloke with great personality!He came,he saw,he conquered.Mission accomplished. My go to person from now on if I need stuff taken away.

Move 113 rolls of turf from street to back of house

$400

Red Hill ACT 2603, Australia

13th Nov 2025

I have 113 rolls of turf that need to be moved approximately 75m from the street to the back of a house. They each weigh approximately 12kg and can be carried or pushed in a wheelbarrow. There’s 12 low-rise stairs to go up which you can push a wheelbarrow over.

Very fast worker. Got the job done as expected in less time than expected.

Remove soil

$100

Charnwood ACT 2615, Australia

31st Oct 2025

Remove box trailer of soil and make ground level to land scape

Remove and dispose of dirt and pavers

$450

Kambah ACT 2902, Australia

12th Oct 2025

We have what used to be a sandpit and raised garden bed in the back yard. I'm after someone to remove the dirt etc and level it out so we can just grass over the top. Access is the only problem as we only have a small gate to get through. See photos

Jai was easy going and did a good job

Labourer to help shovel and wheelbarrow sand into skip bin

$35

Griffith ACT 2603, Australia

7th Oct 2025

We are resurfacing two tennis courts and will need assistance shovelling and wheelbarrowing the old tennis court surface (sand) and emptying into a skip bin. Work also available on the Saturday. Price on the task is per hour.

Clear up soil & dirt

$40

Hughes ACT, Australia

4th Oct 2025

Clear up all soil & dirt as in the pic

Bobcat to move boulders

$75

Tuggeranong ACT 2902, Australia

1st Oct 2025

Three boulders weighing approx. 333kg each to move 4 metres.

Labourer to shovel and empty wheelbarrows of sand

$30

Griffith ACT 2603, Australia

20th Sep 2025

We are resurfacing two tennis courts for a tennis club and will need someone to help shovel the existing tennis court surface into a wheelbarrow and empty into a skip bin. Will pay per hour.

Labour extra hand to move soil and mulch

$250

Mawson ACT, Australia

19th Sep 2025

Help my husband move 8.5 cubic metres of soil and mulch. Manual job to fill wheelbarrow to move soil from front of the house to backyard. No gardening experience required. We have 2 wheelbarrows + 2 shovels

Excellent help moving 8.5 cubic metres of soil and mulch off the street and into the garden. Eddie’s a very hard worker, highly recommend

Labourer Needed: Move Soil (Equipment Provided)

$200

Campbell ACT, Australia

24th Aug 2025

Help Shifting Soil - Wheelbarrow & Shovels Provided. Job: Move Soil from Pile to Garden Beds.

Level out 20sqm Backyard

$100

Watson ACT 2602, Australia

15th Aug 2025

I have a 4mx5m section of my backyard I need leveled out, don't need it laser level, but it needs to be flattened out. Area is just grass and dirt, and the dirt is pretty easy to dig.

Removal of approximately 4 cubic meters of soil

$500

Macarthur ACT 2904, Australia

30th Jul 2025

A 2 cubic M heap and some leveling and removal of soil out of the front garden