Some jobs don't stay in one place. Concrete grinding across four floors, an event across three sites, a run of switchboard upgrades down a street. You don't want four hires and four delivery fees, you want one set that moves with the crew.
Our mobile fleet runs 10kVA to 100kVA, available trailer-mounted so it moves between sites with the job. Single or three phase. This is the tier where most sites land: bigger than a portable, small enough that you don't need a crane.
Hired and installed, not just dropped off
If the set needs to feed a board rather than a lead, that's an electrician's job, and most hire companies will tell you to go and find one.
Ours are in-house. Licensed electricians connect to your changeover switch, load test, commission, and come back for it at the end. One supplier, one invoice, one number to call.
Every unit is PDI-tested before dispatch - fuelled, oiled, run and load-tested in our workshop. What arrives on site is a machine we've already proven works.
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Why hire from Macfarlane
Powering Australia since 1949
Founded in Melbourne, still 100% Australian owned and operated.
Every unit PDI-tested
Fuelled, oiled, run and load-tested before dispatch. Most competitors just send the box.
We hire and install
Licensed electricians connect, load-test and commission on site. Not a delivery driver.
4 branches, 1 supplier
Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane & Perth. National delivery, in-house servicing and genuine parts.
Single or three phase, and how big?
The two questions that matter. Three-phase gear won't run on a single-phase set, and motor start-up surge is what catches people out: a grinder or compressor can pull three to four times its running load for a second or two.
Send us the equipment list and tell us whether the site is single or three phase. We'll size it. Or start with the Power Calculator.
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Mobile generator hire FAQs
Size and how you move it. Portables are 1kVA to 8.5kVA, single phase, and you lift or wheel them. Mobile sets are 10kVA to 100kVA, single or three phase, and are trailer-mounted or skid-mounted. If you're running three-phase gear, or a portable keeps tripping, you're in mobile territory.
Only if it's feeding a board rather than leads, and if it is, ours can do it. Macfarlane Generators is licensed as an Electrical Contractor in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland.
Yes. That's what this fleet is for. One hire period, move it as the job needs.
It depends on your total load and whether you need single or three phase. Motors, compressors and pumps draw far more on start-up than when running, so a simple wattage total usually undersizes the unit. Use our Power Calculator for an estimate, or send us your equipment list and we'll size it properly.
Our inverter units and silenced acoustic-canopy industrial sets are built for noise-sensitive sites - events, film and TV, hospitals and built-up areas.
Yes. We hire bunded fuel tanks alongside the set, and we design and build our own, so they're specified to suit the generator.
Call us. Every branch has in-house servicing, genuine spare parts and technicians who know the equipment.
Every hire is quoted per job, because size, duration, delivery, installation and fuel all vary. Longer hires reduce the daily rate. Send an enquiry for a free, no-obligation quote.
Yes. We hire from single-day jobs through to long-term site contracts.
We hire and deliver from our Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth branches. Call 1300 MAC GEN and we'll connect you to your nearest team.