Access our 65-unit fleet of heavy earthmoving equipment. We manage our own national logistics with professional operators to deliver high plant availability and zero sub-hiring delays.
BEEE COMPLIANT
ESTABLISHED 2002
SERVING SOUTH AFRICA
ABOUT US
Old Lady & Son combines corporate-scale capacity with the direct accountability of an owner-run business. Backed by 105 personnel and a privately owned fleet of heavy earthmoving units, we provide reliable plant hire for major projects across South Africa. By maintaining strict control over our operations and compliance, we ensure your procurement requirements are met without compromise.
OUR SERVICES
We deliver self-sufficient, heavy-duty operational support designed to maximise site uptime. Our core capabilities include:
Plant hire
Lowbed and crane truck services
Field service mechanics
Maintenance and fleet management
Fabrication
EQUIPMENT
Old Lady & Son owns 100% of our equipment, guaranteeing rigorous maintenance standards and immediate national deployment.
OUR PROJECTS
Our plant hire solutions provide the scale, machinery, and dedicated on-site personnel required for high-volume operations. We mobilise our earthmoving equipment to handle heavy-duty demands across South Africa’s most rigorous industrial and infrastructure sectors. Our plant hire solutions provide the scale, machinery, and dedicated on-site personnel required for high-volume operations. We mobilise our earthmoving equipment to handle heavy-duty demands across South Africa’s most rigorous industrial and infrastructure sectors.
Commenced in 2021, this project is part of the SANRAL N2/N3 Upgrade Programme. Delivered in collaboration with Raubex, WBHO, and Aqua EXR, the operational scope entails infrastructure and capacity upgrades across strategic sections of the national road network.
Part of the Lower uMhomazi Bulk Water Supply Scheme, this project involves the construction of the Ngwadini Off-Channel Storage Dam and the Goodenough Abstraction System. Executed in partnership with WBHO, the completed facility will provide a treatment capacity of 100 megalitres of potable water per day for regional industrial and domestic infrastructure.
In partnership with Rumdel/Aqua EXR, this project involves bridge construction under the SANRAL N2/N3 upgrade programme. The contract delivers capacity upgrades to the national transport infrastructure network.