Forward/Reverse Plate Compactors

A forward/reverse plate compactor is a reversible compaction plate that drives in both directions to compact soil and sub-base more deeply and evenly than a single-direction plate. GAP Hire Solutions' compactor plate hire range is built for professional groundworks, construction, landscaping and civil engineering work that needs real compactive effort. Because the plate moves seamlessly forward and reverse, it gives you full control in confined spaces and trenches as well as open ground, covering large areas efficiently without repeated repositioning. Sometimes called a wacker plate, a name that has become everyday shorthand for compactor plates generally, a forward/reverse model is the step up from a single-direction plate wherever the sub-base or fill is thicker or the compaction needs to go deeper. Forward/reverse plate compactors are used to compact hardcore, sub-base and granular fill for foundations, road, hardstandings and other large-area groundworks. Groundworkers, and civils and construction contractors hire a reversible plate compactor rather than a single-direction plate when the job calls for two-way travel and deeper compaction in one pass. GAP Hire Solutions has plate compactor hire available nationwide with fast depot delivery.