Equipment Rentals in Bishop, GA

Bishop may be a small community, but the properties surrounding it can be anything but small. This part of Oconee County includes country homes, horse properties, pasture, wooded acreage, and larger residential tracts, creating equipment needs that are different from projects on smaller lots closer to Athens.

Cornerstone Equipment Rentals serves the Bishop area from Madison with skid steers, excavators, attachments, and dump trailers for property projects that have moved beyond what can reasonably be handled with hand tools or light equipment.

Jobsite delivery is available to Bishop and surrounding Oconee County properties.

Horse Property and Pasture Projects

One of the characteristics that separates the Bishop area from many of our other service areas is the amount of property devoted to pasture and equestrian use.

Maintaining those properties can involve more than mowing. Equipment may be needed to repair entrances, install fencing, move materials around barns, clean wooded edges, address drainage, or maintain gravel access between different parts of the property.

Our Kubota SVL65-2 skid steer can perform several of those jobs simply by changing attachments.

That makes it particularly useful when the project list includes several different types of work rather than one large excavation.

Building or Repairing Fence Lines

Fence work becomes a major undertaking when it surrounds pasture or runs across acreage.

Our skid steer auger can be paired with three bit sizes:

• 8-inch auger bit
• 12-inch auger bit
• 16-inch auger bit

That gives customers options for ordinary fence posts, larger corner and gate posts, signs, and other projects requiring repeated holes.

After drilling, the skid steer can be switched to our 48-inch pallet forks to move appropriate palletized or secured materials around the property.

Underground utilities should always be properly located before drilling.

Barn Areas Need Equipment Too

A barn or stable concentrates a surprising amount of property work into one area.

Gravel gets displaced. Delivery vehicles create ruts. Water needs somewhere to go. Materials need to be unloaded. New shelters, storage areas, or improvements may require grading.

For this type of work, the skid steer can handle:

• Moving gravel
• Repairing access areas
• Rough grading
• Moving soil
• Cleaning around structures
• Handling appropriate palletized materials
• Moving landscaping material
• General site cleanup

Browse our skid steer and attachment rentals to see the available configurations.

Wooded Acreage Doesn't Always Need to Be Cleared

Property maintenance isn't the same thing as clearing every tree.

On wooded Bishop-area properties, the objective may simply be to clean storm debris, open an existing access path, reclaim an overgrown edge, or remove fallen material.

Our 72-inch grapple bucket allows the skid steer to clamp onto brush, limbs, and irregular debris.

That makes it useful for selective cleanup where you want to preserve the wooded character of the property while making it easier to maintain.

For larger logs and heavier material, the excavator offers considerably more capability.

When the Project Calls for the Excavator

Our JCB 85Z-1 excavator weighs approximately 18,000 pounds and is equipped with a 36-inch toothed bucket and hydraulic thumb.

The hydraulic thumb gives the machine the ability to grab material instead of only digging.

That can be especially useful for:

• Fallen trees and logs
• Large limbs
• Rocks
• Storm debris
• Wooded-property cleanup
• General excavation
• Ditch work
• Drainage projects
• Site preparation

For a larger property project, the excavator can handle the heavy digging and material while the skid steer performs grading, loading, and cleanup.

See our excavator rentals and attachments for more information.

Keep Water Away From Barns, Drives and Low Areas

Drainage problems on acreage can become expensive when they're ignored.

Runoff can wash gravel from a drive, create mud around a barn entrance, erode slopes, or leave sections of a property difficult to use after rain.

The excavator provides an option for heavier drainage excavation and ditch work.

For certain narrower installations, our 48-inch skid steer trencher may be appropriate for projects such as certain water, electrical, or drainage runs.

The skid steer can then be used to move material and restore the surface after the digging is finished.

A Gravel Drive Can Be a Significant Part of the Property

On a small residential lot, the driveway might be a few car lengths long. On acreage outside Bishop, it can become a road-maintenance project of its own.

Our skid steer and 72-inch smooth bucket can be used to move and spread aggregate, fill low areas, recover displaced material, and reshape damaged sections.

The 72-inch toothed bucket provides a more aggressive option where harder material needs to be worked.

If erosion is causing the damage, correcting the water flow before completing the final gravel work can help address the underlying problem.

Planning a New Structure or Larger Property Improvement

Bishop is incorporated, but development and property work in the surrounding area can involve Oconee County requirements depending on the location and scope of the project.

Before beginning significant grading, construction, or land-development work, property owners and contractors should determine which requirements apply to their particular parcel.

Current county land-use and development information is available through Oconee County Planning.

Getting permits and approvals settled before scheduling equipment helps prevent paying for rental time while a project is waiting on paperwork.

Load It, Haul It, Dump It

A property project isn't finished just because the material has been gathered into a pile.

Our 7×16 dump trailer has 4-foot sides, a 14,000-lb GVWR, and hydraulic dumping.

For appropriate loads, it can be used for:

• Brush and limbs
• Storm debris
• Dirt
• Gravel
• Landscaping materials
• Construction cleanup material
• General property debris

Using the skid steer or excavator to load the trailer can substantially reduce the amount of manual handling involved in a larger cleanup.

Delivery to Bishop From Madison

For heavy equipment, transportation is part of the rental decision.

Customers shouldn't necessarily have to own an equipment trailer and heavy tow vehicle just to use a skid steer or excavator for a property project.

Cornerstone Equipment Rentals provides jobsite delivery to Bishop and surrounding Oconee County properties, subject to equipment and delivery availability.

Send us the jobsite location and tell us what you're working on so we can determine the equipment and delivery options for the project.

Put Together the Right Combination

A Bishop-area property project might not require one machine for one job.

You may need the auger for fencing, pallet forks for material around the barn, the grapple for wooded cleanup, and a bucket for gravel—all during the same skid steer rental.

A larger project may add the excavator for drainage or heavy material and the dump trailer for cleanup.

Browse our complete equipment rental catalog, read our guide to choosing the right rental equipment, or see our other Equipment Rental Service Areas.

Rent Equipment in Bishop, GA

From pasture fencing and barn-area improvements to gravel drives, wooded-property cleanup, drainage, excavation, and site preparation, Cornerstone Equipment Rentals provides equipment for projects throughout the Bishop area.

Cornerstone Equipment Rentals
Jobsite delivery available to Bishop and surrounding Oconee County properties
Call or Text: 706-707-7767
Hours: 7:00 AM–9:00 PM, 7 Days a Week