Robert Childs Inc.

Robert Childs Inc. has operated in South Dennis on Cape Cod since 1948 — a family business led by president Robert Childs, with about 32 employees per its BBB profile. It's primarily an authorized dealer and rental yard for major construction-equipment brands (Case, Toro Siteworks, Dynapac, NiftyLift) and a landscaping-materials supplier, and it also runs a contracting side offering demolition, drainage, site excavation, and septic system installation and repair across the Cape. Reviewers consistently praise fast service — several describe calling for an equipment rental and having it delivered within an hour or two, including one Saturday-morning call answered with delivery inside 30 minutes. Recurring customers name office and yard staff by name (Chris, Kristen, Annie, Alex) across repeat visits, and in a 2024 review a buyer credits a staffer named Gary for walking them through paperwork to export a used machine to Canada. Building-permit records tied to the company's own phone number show it pulled at least 15 septic trench, excavation, and repair permits in South Yarmouth, West Yarmouth, Yarmouth Port, and South Dennis between 2015 and 2023 — real corroboration of the septic and excavation side beyond the equipment-and-materials reviews. Almost all of the retrievable customer detail is about equipment rental, purchases, or landscaping-materials delivery rather than the septic or excavation contracting work itself — worth asking for specific septic-installation references before booking that side of the business. Also worth confirming directly: the Massachusetts Construction Supervisor license Robert Childs personally held (CS-060173) is now registry-listed as expired and "Null and Void," and the company is not a BBB Accredited Business, though its BBB profile still shows an A+ letter grade. For equipment rental, bulk landscaping materials, or Cape Cod site and septic excavation work, this is a long-established, well-regarded local operation — just confirm current licensing status and ask for septic-specific references before booking installation work.