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IPAF Summitphoto album

Free insideOperator’sSafety Guide

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Trailer lifts

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17 Mobile tower cranes

Trailer lifts

Bauma review

One of Manchester-based K-Lift Crane Hire’s Spierings mobile tower cranes lifting onto the roof of a multi-storey apartment building.

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In the next issue of C&A we have our Annual Dealer Guide and Plant Shutdown feature including IndustrialCranes and Lifting and Industrial Access/Self Propelled Booms along with a review of Vertikal Days.

Innovations 59Books & Models 60

ALLMI Focus 63Training 65

IPAF Focus 67PASMA 69

Your Letters 70What’s on 73

On-line directory 82

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Bauma 2010 review 29

This year’s Bauma exhibition was set tobreak all records before a puff of Icelandicvolcanic ash effectively scuppered tens of

thousands of international visitors. Althoughfinal figures were down, the show lived up to

its reputation as ‘the biggest constructionshow in the world’. The Vertikal team were

out in force to bring you this extensivereview of the more interesting product

launches.

Vertikal Days show guide 39

The fourth Vertikal Days event at HaydockPark is almost here, taking on a much more

important role with the demise of SED and somany UK visitors not being able to make it toBauma. This ‘pull-out’ show guide has all you

need to know about the show, the exhibits and

the seminars.

IPAF Summit in pictures 53

Here is our annual ‘slightly irreverent’pictorial review of the IPAF Summit and

Awards evening.

In the next C&A

regulars

Comment 5News 6

Kimberly acquires 1st Access Rentals, Paylorleaves JLG, McNallys adds more 1,200 tonners,Ramirent acquires Havator Access, Finning Sells

Hewden, New lightweight 17 metre Niftylift,Barry Barnes of Terex Cranes to retire, Road Railboom from Platform Basket, Manitou and Genie

sign supply agreement, Atlas sale details confirmed, CTE unveils new multi-purpose

platform, Platform Sales & Hireacquires BAR, Graeme Hill to move

to CTE UK, Hiab introduces newEN280 platform, IPAF announcesfemale harness winner, Financial

results round-up, Dunlop to launchcrane tyre.

Mobile towercranes 17

With many businesses struggling to survive itwould make sense to look for more efficient,

money saving ways of doing things. We take alook at the many advantages of the self erecting

mobile tower crane and ask why are they notmore popular?Mark Darwin

interviewsLiverpool cranecharacter JohnSutch about his

experiences overthe past 40 years.

Trailer lifts 23The trailer lift - while still a popular powered

access product with a loyal band of users - hassettled into something of a sleepy backwater.

Does the surprise entry into the market by Italianmanufacturer Platform Basket signal a renewedinterest in this sector? Does it know something

no one else does? Cranes & Access investigates.


A near miss? In most of Europe it is a legal requirement to report ‘dangerous occurrences’ - something that happens that does not result in an injury but could have done – ie a nearmiss. However the low number of

reported incidents indicates that when it comes to cranes andaccess, the law is generally ignored.

Recognising this fact IPAF is testing a new incident reporting formwith its members in a bid to gather this missing information andshare the generic data with others in order to help reduce the number of ‘near misses’ and thus the number of ‘hits’.

I am sure that we have all either been involved in or know of a significant near miss, I can remember many. In the early 1980s I was working as an engineer for a contractor on a nine storey apartment contract in central London. A sister site just up the roadneeded the tower crane to remove the large concrete floor ‘flying’forms but unfortunately the crane operator had gone to lunch. As time was short his brother volunteered to operate the crane. The large formwork was hooked up before being ‘freed’ from thefloor slab above. Unknown to us, the ‘untrained’ new operator had trolleyed the hook to the end of the jib so that when the huge formwork ‘released’ it was pulled rapidly away from the building,swinging across the busy A41 Finchley Road and just missing thetop of a full London double decker bus.

Almost 30 years on, it is easy to see the ‘funny’ side of this incidentbut there is a serious point to ‘near misses’ that needs addressing.They allow others to learn from our mistakes – albeit mistakes thatfortunately did not result in death or injury. Reporting them howeverneeds to be done without risk of prosecution or recrimination whichis currently not the case.

Information is also important when a ‘near miss’ is avoided. Take the example of a routine lift plan that is considered by one contractor to be dangerous enough to modify, but who does notthen communicate this to a second contractor, who follows the original and has a fatal accident. Given that the first contractor spotted the potential for a ‘dangerous occurrence’, but did not share it with the other contractor, is he not at least partly to blamefor the fatalities that followed?

We will only take the reporting of near misses more seriously if the information is used positively, rather than to feed our ‘blame mentality’. IPAF’s initiative should be applauded, but perhaps theHSE needs to review its ‘near miss’ prosecution procedures in orderto encourage more open reporting which will ultimately reduce thenumber of accidents.

Mark Darwin

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Irish-based international cranerental company and wind turbinespecialist McNallys has takendelivery of two new 1,200 tonneLiebherr telescopic cranes.

The company, one of the first toacquire a Liebherr LTM11200 AllTerrain crane, has added a second

unit to its fleet as well as purchasingthe crawler mounted version, theLTR11200. We understand that twoof the units, including the newLTR11200 are en route to WesternAustralia to work on large windfarm installations.

The LTM11200 has proved to be an

ideal crane for large turbine erectionwork with its 100 metre main boomand superlift device. McNallys andits affiliate Windhoist, have carved

Explosion proof crane

Kimberly onacquisition trail

out a solid reputation in the wind tur-bine business and also took deliveryof a 103 metre Wumag WT1000 lastyear to assist with this work.

McNallys’ secondLiebherr LTM11200

Italian crane manufacturerLocatelli has designed and builtan explosion proof version of its 30 tonne GRIL 8300T RoughTerrain crane. The crane has been sold to gas supplier GNL Italiaworking in sensitiveareas at one of its plants. The contract includedtheoretical and practical training on the use and maintenance of the crane and itssafety systems.

UK access and telehandler rental company the Kimberly Group hasacquired 1st Access Rentals and its subsidiaries Scotia Plant & ToolHire and Pinnacle Platforms with bases in Glasgow and Preston. The new businesses will continue to operate autonomously within theKimberly Group and under the management of Stevie Connelly who wasthe sole shareholder of 1st Access Rentals.

Commenting on the deal Kimberly chairman Ray Ledger said: “This is thefirst step in our publicly stated strategy to grow Kimberly by the acquisitionof powered access rental businesses with strong maintainable brands inorder to achieve national coverage. It was an excellent opportunity to add a very profitable and well run businesses to the Group. The depth of experience and enthusiasm of a strong team will enable us to grow the operations in both Scotland and the North West.”

The acquisition takes Kimberly’s combined fleetto about 2,200 units making it the eighth largestpowered access rental company in theUK/Ireland. The company says that the responseto its advertising campaign was very strong andit is looking at a number of further acquisitions.

Ramirent acquiresHavator AccessFinnish-based international rental company Ramirent, has acquired the self propelled powered access business of fellow Finnish crane and accessgroup Havator, signing a five year rental and cooperation agreement withthe company covering Finland, Sweden and Norway. Havator will retain its truck-mounted aerial lift fleet which will remain alongside its mobile crane rental operation. Ramirent says that the agreement strengthens its positionwithin the industrial sector and on large investment projects. The price ofthe acquisition has not been disclosed.

The modification is a classic full ATEX modification to the old Zone 1 or 2levels. Locatelli says that followingthis exercise it is now able to offerATEX certification on all of its cranes.

A Havator crane, work platformand jacking system on thesame contract


newsc&aNew trailer/push around liftUK-based Kermco has introduced a new lightweight 5.4 metre platformheight indoor/outdoor push around lift - the HyTower HT750. The new product, which shares some design features with the popular Hop-Up Plusfrom the early 1990’s, weighs just 450kg and uses large pneumatic tyresmaking it an easy unit topush around even on gravel.Outriggers allow the unit tobe levelled as well as addingadditional stability for outdoor use. The machine is just 740mm wide whenstowed while the outriggersextending that to just 1.55 metres.

The lift mechanism includesa two section telescopicmast and upper boom withup to 7.4 metres of working height. The standard unit is a pure push around with a road towable alternative. A lower unit with a 4.3 metre platform height – the HT650, which weighs less than 300kgs will also be available at a later date. Kermco says that the new lift will be both adaptable and cost effective. The company plans to launch the new productat Vertikal Days.

Craig Paylor, president of aerial lift and telehandler manufacturer JLG has announced that he will step down from the post and leavethe company on July 1 and take retirement. His successor will be Wilson Jones, currently president of Oshkosh’s Fire and Emergency business.

Paylor, 54, joined JLG in 1978 as a district salesmanager, was appointed as senior vice president of sales and market development in 1999 and became president of the company in May of 2007 following a six month transition and selection period.

Jones joined Oshkosh in 2005 as the vice presidentand general manager of the airport products business unit and later became vice-president, sales and marketing for the fire and emergencygroup. In 2007, he was promoted to president ofPierce Manufacturing, moving to his current role in2008. He will be replaced from within the Pierce Manufacturing business.

Dutch-based international rentalcompany Riwal has opened a newGerman operation at a 3,000 squaremetre facility in Dortmund. Thecompany has been looking at theGerman market for some time, inorder to extend its coverage fromDenmark to the north, Poland to theeast and France to the west.

"It was just a matter of finding theright local people to open up RiwalGermany” said Dick Schalekamp,Riwal’s chief executive. As part ofthe company’s search SørenRosenkrands, general manager ofRiwal Denmark, contacted ChristophScheeben, an ex colleague from hisdays at Mateco.

Having appointed him to head up

the new operation, Riwal Germanyofficially opened for business onMay 1st.

“Obviously our primary focus is tobe successful with self propelledand truck mounted aerial work platforms as well as telehandlers in the 'Ruhrgebiet'. However we will also be looking at other parts of Germany and aim to add moredepots in areas that will bring profitable business,” said Scheeben.

Vertikal Days 2010 The fourth Vertikal Days event at Haydock Park opens in just two weeks andpromises to be bigger and better with more display area and new productlaunches than ever before. With no SED this year and with many Bauma visitors unable to attend because of travel problems, the event takes on aneven more important role for exhibitors and visitors. Entry is free to thosewho work for companies that buy, rent or use aerial lifts, cranes and telehandlers. Simply register on line at www.vertikal.days.net or turn upwith a business card or complete an entry ticket at the door.

Finning sellsHewdenFinning has sold Hewden, its UK rental business, to private equity firmSun European Partners for £110 million. In the UK Hewden runs thelargest telehandler fleet, is the second largest crane rental company andthe third largest in powered access. The price paid for the entire sharecapital comprises £90.2 million in cash, an interest bearing five year loannote of £20 million, repayable in five equal instalments with interest atfive percent payable at the end of the period and a five percent equitywarrant payable in the event of a sale or IPO during that period.

Paylor leaves JLG

Craig Paylor is retiringfrom JLG after more than30 years.

Wilson Jones is the new president of JLG.

Riwal launches German operation

The HyTowerHT750

Christoph Scheeben and SørenRosenkrands

Finning says that it has agreed astrategic alliance with Hewden’snew owner although it does notinclude any firm commitment to buyCaterpillar equipment. It also saysthat Caterpillar fully supports thesale. The company will use the proceeds to reduce its overall debt.Hewden which rents a wide varietyof other constructionequipment currently operates from 63 loca-tions in the UK with 1,300employees. The existingHewden commercial centre in Manchester isproposed as its new headoffice. Finning has agreedto provide transitionalservices to Hewden untilJanuary 2011. KevinParkes who has headedHewden for the past yearor so will continue to

manage the business under its new owners along with his seniormanagement team.

Finning UK will continue to operateits 20 branches in the UK with1,470 employees as the Caterpillardistributor from its head office inCannock, Staffordshire.

Hewden has the UK’s largest telehandler fleet


news c&a New lightweight NiftyNiftylift has launched a new lightweight 50ft/15 metre platform height HR17articulated Rough Terrain boom lift – incorporating its Hybrid power pack andSiOPS safety system.

New role for Barnes

Road-Rail boom from Platform Basket

Barry Barnes, director of Terex Demag sales in Europe andmanaging director of Terex Cranes UK, has announced hissuccessor in the UK, Lee Maynard previously UK generalsales manager of Terex-Atlas. Maynard will take up theposition of general manager Terex Cranes UK on 1st Julyreporting to Barnes.

Unknown to many outside the company, Barnes has been carrying out the role of director of sales Europe - in addition tohis UK role - since last July, with a brief to improve the level ofcustomer service and support to that in the UK. Countries cov-ered include Scandinavia, France, Spain, Italy, Germany and theBenelux countries.

Barnes also confirmed that UK-based Ainscough Crane Hire willtake delivery later this year of the first 1,000 tonne AC1000mobile crane unveiled at Bauma. Doug Friesen, vice presidentand managing director of Terex Cranes added that there areorders for three AC1000 for delivery this year with a further 26 orders already in the pipeline.

Lee Maynard will take over fromBarnes in the UK.

Barry Barnes, Terex Cranes directorof sales Europe.

The Niftylift Hybrid drive system.

The new Niftylift HR17 Hybrid 4x4.

Niftylift’s enhanced control panel.

Italian-based aerial lift specialist Platform Basket has launched a newroad-rail self propelled articulated boom lift designed for railway maintenance duties.

The new lift, the Road-Rail 14 EVO has been developed with a number of UKrail contractors over several years and complies fully with British RIS1530 –PLT Railway standards and has been approved by the British VehicleAcceptance Body (VAB).

On rails the unit is capable of up to 5mph and can tow light rail trailers. It can also handle and work on banked turns with an automatic superstructure levelling system that can cope with up to 200mm/eight degrees of side slope.

The lift mechanism comprises a short single riser, two section telescopicboom and articulated jib. The extra large basket has an unrestricted lift capacity of 300kg. A second, auxiliary, diesel engine is installed to ensure

that it can dismount from the tracks in the event that the main engine fails.The unit is also equipped with interlocks to allow it to travel under live overhead power lines and mechanical locks to eliminate the risk of slewinginto the space of live railway lines.

The Platform Basket 14 EVO.

The new model is considerably lighterthan the previous HR17 4x4 at just4,750kg. Dimensions are similar with anoverall width of just two metres, stowedlength of five metres (with jib tucked)and an overall height of 2.15 metres. The Hybrid drive system is the same asthat used on the increasingly popularHR21Hybrid, featuring a Kubota dieselwith exhaust purification system, supported by a powerful electric motorfor steep grades which then works as agenerator to top up the battery packwhen the engine is left idling. The electric motor and battery pack are alsoused without the engine when indoors or where noise is an issue.

The HR17 is fitted with Nifty’s ‘ToughCage’ complete with the SiOPs systemthat cuts all functions in the event ofinadvertent pressure on the control panelshould the operator be pressed againstan overhead obstacle, while allowing him

to operate a function to free himself. Inthe event that he fails to do so within aspecific time period, a message is transmitted from the base warning thatthe operator may require assistance,supported by a flashing blue light. Theworking envelope is similar to the modelit replaces, in spite of its lower weight,although the revised lift geometry hasreduced outreach by 500mm to 8.5metres to the edge of the platform, but itis still only beaten by 51ft models thatweigh up to three tonnes more and are 250mm wider. The company has alsoadded some further enhancementsto the platform controls with a digital

screen that incorporates the batterycharge and platform load indicator.


Radical new CTE platformItalian truck and spider lift manufacturer CTE has unveiled a radical new 20metre truck mounted lift - the 20:13MP Multi Purpose - said to offer theadvantages of both a telescopic and articulated lift in a single unit by utilising two telescopic booms with a slew ring in between.

The platform can be used in various configurations with either the two section lower boom stowed (giving a working height of 13 metres with orwithout outriggers) or in an elevated position from horizontal to almost vertical, the upper boom is free to lift, slew or telescope in a similar mannerto a regular telescopic boom regardless of the lower booms position, the liftoffers almost nine metres up and over reach and nine metres of outreach.The outriggers can beset fully retracted,extended on one sideonly or on both sides,with the machine automatically adjustingthe working envelope to match.

You can see and try the20:13MP at VertikalDays June 16th/17th atHaydock Park.

Atlas sale details confirmedThe buyer of Atlas Cranes & Excavators from Terex has been confirmed asAtlas Maschinen GmbH which is 100 percent owned by Fil Filipov. The newbusiness will be headquartered at the Atlas crane plant in Delmenhorst,Germany. Atlas will continue manufacturing excavators, cranes andhydraulic cylinders at its three German locations - Ganderkesee,Delmenhorst and Vechta. “The Atlas name and colours will be used and no changes will be made to the current distribution network,” said Filipov. “Our main objective is to focus on quality, customer service, cost improvements, lead time reductions and to expand our product offerings.”No factory closings or headcount reductions are planned.

Manitou andGenie signsupply agreementManitou and Genie have signed a mutual supplydeal in which Manitou will supply Genie withmast booms, while Genie will supply Manitouwith RT scissor lifts. Each company will marketthe products under their own brand names and

be responsible for all aspects of product support.

Genie will produce its 26ft and 32ft platform height compact Rough Terrain diesel scissor lifts for Manitou to sell as the 100 SC and 120 SC. Manitou will manufacture its 5.7 and 7.9 metre platform height mast booms as the Genie GR-20J and GR-26J. The agreement initially covers Europe, with the intention to expand to other markets in 2011.

The new CTE 20:13MP will be on display at Vertikal Days.

Matt Fearon of Genie (L) and Jean-ChristopheGiroux CEO of Manitou confirm their joint supplydeal in front of a Manitou badged Genie scissor lift.

The GenieGR26J


The Sea Jack with its Manitowoc Ringer on board

Fatal accident in HarwichA fatal accident occurred at the Port of Harwich in the UK last month.The jack up vessel Sea Jack was loading a 45 tonne blade root whenthe lifting frame gave way dropping the load and crushing two banksmen as they tried to guide the load into its stowage rack onboard the vessel.42 year old Per Terp from Denmark of Siemens, was pronounced dead atthe scene while the other man was seriously injured. Port of Harwich andSiemens employees carry out the rigging and lift management for the shipto shore lifts. The turbine is one of 42 Siemens 3.6 MW turbines for theGreater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm.

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Record-breakinglift for ALEHeavy transport and lifting company ALE has successfully completeda 1,457 tonne inaugural lift with its new Terex Demag CC8800-1.

The lift - which was completed at a radiusof 13.1 metres with a 60 metre boom and640 tonnes of counterweight - took place in Sines, Portugal and is said to be the heaviest lift ever carried out by a singleTerex Demag crane. The CC8800-1, part ofALE's €11 million investment earlier thisyear, was shipped directly to Portugal. The lift was part of a project to transporttwo reactors from Italy to the Galp Energiarefinery in Sines and involved a combination of sea transport, road transport and heavy crane lifting.

Platform Sales acquires BARPlatform Sales & Hire of Leighton Buzzard, UK has acquired Bucks AccessRentals (BAR) of Milton Keynes which operates more than 80 lifts, primarily Niftylifts. Platform Sales focuses on selling access equipment toend users and has a 30 unit rental fleet plus a training operation. BAR willretain its Milton Keynes base along with the local staff.

Graeme Hill to drive CTE UK forwardGraeme Hill - operations director at UK-based Skylift EPL - is moving to CTEUK this summer as general manager. Hill has spent morethan 25 years with EPL and remained with the businessafter the company was acquired by Lavendon last August.Brian King, remains as managing director of CTE UK, butplans to dedicate more time to the Power Tower business.

Graeme Hill

Tailing was completed using a gantry especially designed by ALE.


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Scotland-based crane hirer Forsyth of Denny has ordered a Tadano Faun ATF220-G. The crane will be painted in the company’s new livery for handover at Vertikal Days later this month.

Loader crane manufacturer Hiab has launched a new integrated workplatform that fully complies with the latest version of the EN280 standard and machinery directive. One of its new features is the VariableStability Limit (VSL) system - also beneficial for regular loader crane work -which maximises capacity in relation to stability by registering how far thestabilisers are extended and ensuring that the jack legs are set firmly on the ground.

Hiab MEWP cranes are also fitted with stabiliser lights and an upgraded operator protection system (OPS). MEWP mode is activated by means of a key switch. The Hiab XS HiPro crane retains full capacity in this mode but speeds are optimised for comfort, safety, and precision.

IPAF announces female harness winnerTractel’s Ladytrac harness has won the IPAF design prize for the best designed harness for women. The winning entry features several points that makes it particularly suitable for use by female aerial lift operators but it can also be used by male operators. Straps are positioned down the side of the upper bodyand not across the chest and theharness has a detachable, lightweight, breathable vest fittedwith adjustable Velcro fastening.The colour-coded, quick-releasebuckles fasten on the outer ratherthan the inner thigh making it easier to put on and take off and more comfortable to wear.

Another harness from ZT Safety Systems was highly commended and features a harness with two shoulder straps built into workmen’s trousersthrough an alternate thick/thin webbing system. In the event of a catapultingincident, the load-bearing pressure is directed around the calf muscles andthe force is spread through the strong trouser material. (Try the ZT systemout at Vertikal Days where it will be demonstrated)

“The judges commended this entry for its clever thinking and the fact thatno forces are applied to the chest area,” said Rupert Douglas-Jones, IPAFinternational training manager, who led the independent panel of judges forthis competition.

The Tractel

Ladytrac harness


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First quarter financialsOrders up at BrontoFinnish truck mounted lift manufacturer Bronto saw order intake jump 52 percent in the first quarter, while revenues fell 24 percent to $24.8 millionwith an operating income of $800,000 compared to $2.4 million last year. The backlog at the end of March was $72.2 million.

JLG boosts revenuesSecond quarter revenues at JLG almost trebled to $990.1 million, thanks largely to its M-ATV subcontract work for owner Oshkosh. Sales of accessand telehandler products were $253 million, up 1.5 percent on the same period last year. Operating income was $46.1 million, compared to a loss of $941.6 million last year.

Manitou ramps upAccess and telehandler manufacturer Manitou says it is ramping up production in spite of a 16 percent fall in first quarter revenues. Telehandlerssales fell 14 percent to €116.2 million, industrial equipment fell 30 percent to €24.9 million and compact equipment remained stable at €21 million.

Tough start for Harsco InfrastructureHarsco Infrastructure - previously SGB, Patent Scaffold and Hünnebeck -reported lower sales and a loss in the first quarter. Revenues were $250.6million, down almost 12 percent, resulting in an operating loss of $19.3 million compared to a profit of $18.3 in the first quarter 2009.

Palfinger upbeatPalfinger reported a return to profit inthe first quarter in spite of revenuesfalling 7.8 percent to €129.4 millioncompared to 2009, but 10 percent up on the last quarter. The company says that it is optimistic for the rest of the year.

Snorkel/UpRight drops 63%Tanfield’s preliminary results to the end of December 2009 show a 63 percentfall in UpRight/Snorkel revenues to £42 million ($63 million) compared to2008. The group’s electric vehicle business was down 40 percent to

£15 million. The group posted a pre-tax loss off £22.4 compared to a loss of $88.8 million in 2008.

HSS jumps 11%UK-based rental company HSS reported first quarter revenues up 11 percentto £41.9 million. EBITDA was up 26 percent to £9.3 million, well aboveexpectations. Two new superstores opened during the quarter while itstrengthened its training business though the acquisition of Hydrex Traininglast month.

Lavendon revenues fall 13%Lavendon’s first quarter revenues fell 13 percent, but is seeing improving conditions since the start of April. Its largest operation – the UK - fell 12 percent but has been improving, with pricing levels stabilising towards the end of the quarter. All other companies posted declines for the period,ranging from two percent in Belgium and France to 20 percent in Germany.

Manitowoc down 45%Manitowoc’s first-quarter crane revenues fell 45.5 percent to $366.8 million,compared to the same quarter in 2009. Operating income for the period fellto $4.5 million from $56.5 million last year. The crane backlog totalled $613million as of March 31, an improvement of seven percent since the end ofDecember.

CAT upgrades forecastsCaterpillar has reported a return to profitability in the first quarter and uppedits full year forecasts. Revenues were $8.24 billion down 11 percent, primarily due to lower engine sales. Machinery sales slipped just one percent its lowest decline since the recession began in 2008. Pre-tax profitsincreased to $469 million compared to a loss of $212 million last year.

Loxam down 18%French-based rental group Loxam reported full year revenues for 2009 of€697.7 million, 17.7 percent down on 2008. Revenues in France fell 17 percent, while revenues elsewhere dropped by 27 percent. Net profits fell by 93 percent to €2.8 million.

Liebherr drops 16.9%The world’s largest crane makerLiebherr, reported full year revenues for 2009 of €6.986 billion a fall of 16.9 percent on2008. In spite of the fall its netresult improved marginally. Total crane sales were downaround 16 percent to around€2.7 billion, broken down as follows: mobile cranes down 7.2 percent to €1.77 billion, tower cranes andconcrete technology 48.7 percent lower at €514 million and maritime cranesales up 7.3 percent to €673.7 million.

Terex Cranes down 6.6%Terex Cranes reported first quarter revenues of $413.7 million, a fall of 6.6percent, however without Fantuzzi revenues, sales fell 29 percent due toslower AT crane sales, while demand for large cranes remained strong. The business posted an operating loss of $3.1 million, compared to a profitof $29.6 million last year.

Terex AWP/Genie slips 4%Terex Aerial Work Platforms achieved first quarter revenues of $216 million,four percent down on the same quarter last year but order intake is improving. The company made an operating loss of $20.3 million, comparedto a loss of $39.5 million last year.

Haulotte dips 4%Haulotte reported first quarter revenues of €47.8 million, down just over four percent on last year.Equipment sales were €32 million or67 percent of total revenues. Rentalrevenues increased 26 percent, largely due to last year’s acquisition of Access Rentals in the UK

Speedy sees improving trendThe UK’s largest equipment rental company Speedy has reported full yearrevenues to the end of March of £351.1 million down 27.3 percent, while its pre-tax loss was reduced from £71.1 million last year to £22.8 million this year.

New crane tyreDunlop has announced the launch of the ER50, a 445/95/R25 177E All Terrain crane tyre designedand produced at its Japanese plant. Testing in the UK has been carried out with Coussenscrane hire of Bexhill on a new Terex AC-120, equippedwith 27 tonnes of counterweight and frequently run with16.5 tonne axle loads. Director Paul Coussens, said: “The Dunlop ER50 was quiet and strong and regardlessof the axle loads the tyre side walls sit straight. I wasvery impressed.” The new tyre will be on display at Vertikal Days in June.


More LR13000 detailsLiebherr has revealed more information on its new, range-topping 3,000 tonne LR13000 crawler crane being assembled at its Ehingen plant. Maximum boom and jib combination is 246 metres, comprising a 120 metre main boom and 126 metre luffing jib.

The standard superstructure counterweight ranges from 400 to 750 tonnes,while a suspended superlift counterweight system of up to 1,500 tonnes isavailable with a 54 metre derrick boom. The 52mm hoist ropes are 2,000metres long and the main hoists have a line pull of 62 tonnes. All winchesare driven by several independent motors which can continue working if onefails and has to be replaced. No single component on the LR13000 weighsmore than 70 tonnes and most have a transport height of under 3.6 metresand four metres of width. The modular main hook block weighs 111 tonnesand is 9.7 metres high.

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newsc&aUK-based tower crane company, Dunham Craneshas closed its doors following a voluntary liquidation. Hinowa has added a secondlithium-ion battery poweredspider lift to its range the 19metre LightLift 19.65 IIISLithium Ion.Liebherr Nenzing has announced its Pactronicdrive system which claims to reduce fuel consumption by up to 35%.Terex Cranes has appointed Marco Zucchet asexport manager Asia-Pacific based in Singapore. The crane division of Palfinger’s loader crane distributor for the UK TH White has been certifiedto ISO 9001-2008.Niftylift has won the ‘best new product award’from Australia’s Hire & Rental Industry Associationfor its Tough Cage and SiOPS safety system.Singapore-based Tat Hong has reported a strongpick-up in the fourth quarter although full yearsales fell 22%.JCB chairman Sir AnthonyBamford has been nominated fora peerage by the Conservativeparty.UK-based HSS Training is expanding operations into Ireland– initial locations include Dublin,Cork, Limerick, Galway andBelfast.United Renta ls has sold its single location inMexico to Dallas, Texas-based BriggsInternational.Modular spreader beam manufacturer Modulift,has launched a new training division for riggersand lifting managers.Neff, one of the largest rental companies in theUSA, has filed for protection under chapter 11bankruptcy rules.German based crane rental company, Breuer &Wasel has taken delivery of a new 350 tonneTerex AC350/6.Italian manufacturer Barin has supplied anABC125LS under-bridge inspection lift for workon La Réunion in the Indian Ocean.A new Bravi Leonardo, 'Outdoor edition', wasused as a conductor’s podium at an outdoor concert in Purgstall, Austria.Mainline Tools and Plant Hire of Swadlincote inDerbyshire, UK has joined the Access Link.UK-based access company High Level Platformshas moved to new larger premises in Poole,Dorset.UK-based access specialist Planet Platforms hassold its service department to parts and serviceprovider IPS.Vp, the UK-based rental company, has acquiredHarbray (Plant Hire) a pipeline testing company.Briggs International the Texas-based equipmentdealer and rental company has acquired Mexicanrental company Maquinaria Ligera Equinter.Mark Evans has returned to TerexCranes in the UK after three yearsin the Middle East.Ahern Rentals of Las Vegas hasreported a $20 million loss as itexpands its depot network.Lifterz, the UK-based accessrental company has added fivemore Youngman BoSS X push-around lifts to its fleet.JCB North America has appointed Van Clarksonas its vice president sales for the Eastern region.The UK’s HSE is urging building firms in GreaterManchester to improve safety standards.

CTE has formalised its distribution agreement for the Swiss market appointing its partnerRosenbaur Switzerland.Tower crane manufacturer Linden Comansa hassigned a distribution agreement with Terra ofAustria.UK- based 1 Up Access is adding the new BraviLeonardo self propelled lift to its fleet along withmore big booms.Hiab has launched a newtelescopic piggy-backMoffett M series telehandler, the M10 25.3.Craig Rooke has established a new UKbased company AXS, tooffer new and used accessequipment.Energy Safe Victoria, Australia has issued a safety alert regarding visibility through sometinted cab skylights.Australian Crane Distributions has launched theJekko mini crane line in Australia and NewZealand.Essex Crane, the largest crawler crane companyin America, has reported first quarter revenuesdown 62 percent.Ken Jepson founder of LorryMounted Tower Cranes of London,UK died suddenly aged 80.UK-based access company Ranger Equipment has appointedShane Marshall to its sales team.H&E Equipment of Baton Rouge,Louisiana has reported first quarter revenuesdown 38.4% but sees improvement.Ramirent's first quarter results show a difficultstart to the year but it sees an improvement inthe second quarter.Linamar, owner of Skyjack, has signed a strategic alliance with NCB Lohmann, to producewind turbine components.Italian based truck mounted liftmanufacturer Isoli has appointedAlberto Caon as its new regionalsales manager for its access andrecovery products. London Tower Service (LTS) ofBeckton in East London, UK is converting itspush around scissor lift fleet to the YoungmanBoSS X series.Hertz Equipment Rental has reported first quarterrevenues down over 18% while losses level off.A tower crane erector escaped death by wearinga harness after he fell from the jib 40 metres upin Melbourne.The Industrial & Terminal division of Cargotec has reported a 15% jump in order intake whilerevenues fell 31%.Oshkosh has opened an offer to exchange itsoutstanding senior notes for new notes with thesame maturity.The first US-built Haulotte Optimum 1930 E scissor lift has rolled off the production line inArchibold, Ohio.The owners of Swedish-based access company,Zip-Up Svenska have sold their shares as CEOLennart Mattson prepares to retire.United Rentals has announced first quarter revenues almost 20 percent lower at $478 million.

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Liebherr, the largest exhibitor at Bauma, hasreported that it has taken more than 70 newcrane orders at the show.Lucy Ashburner of Higher Access completed a200 metre ‘zip slide’ raising £550 for charity.JCB successfully applied for court injunctionsto have the products of three manufacturersremoved or covered at the Bauma show.CTE has signed an exclusive distributionagreement with H.A.B. to sell its scissor liftrange in Italy.Italian-based Valla Cranes has initiated legalaction against Maurizio Manzini and EmilioBerti and JMG Cranes.Lift, the UK-based crane company ordered anew UNIC 706 spider crane at Bauma.Maeda master dealer Kranlyft has appointed2M Makina as its distributor in Turkey forMaeda Mini Cranes.UpRight (now Snorkel) hasappointed Mark Yarnold as UKkey account sales manager.Dana and Bosch Rexroth haveannounced a joint venture foradvanced drive transmissionsfor the off-highway market.UK-based Ainscough Crane Hire has appointedthree new area sales managers Kevin Vogan,Steve Waterworth and Vincent Todhunter andset up a new projects division.In April Graeme Riley, CEO of GGR Unictravelled to Russia to take a flight to the edge of space.Bravisol celebrated 15 years of production ofthe Leonardo by displaying one of the firstproduction units at Bauma.Bigge Crane & Rigging has expanded its operated crane rental activities to all sevenwestern US states.SGB/Harsco France and Instant-UpRight accesstowers won the ‘Prix Innovation Préventica’health & safety award.Finnish aerial lift manufacturer Dinolift Oyhas appointed AB Equipements as its new distributor in France.JLG is launching an aftermarket version of itsClearSky telematics/fleetmanagement tool.Maeda master distributorKranlyft has appointedRichard Beiron as a newsalesman in Sweden.Heavy-lift contractor Mammoet has added five250 tonne Kobelco CKE2500-2 crawler cranesto its fleet.UK-based access rental company, HorizonPlatforms has placed a £1 million order fornew equipment with JLG.Roger Bree, UK manufacturing manager forJCB’s Loadalltelehandlerdivision isretiring after47 years withthe company.UK basedtelehandlerand access rental company Fork Rent hasadded 10 Manitou MT1436R telehandlers toits fleet.

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However with many businessescurrently struggling to survivewith reduced work loads youwould think we’d all be lookingfor ways to do things more efficiently to save money and getin shape for when the good timesreturn. But are we?

Let’s take mobile cranes. Regularusers tend to call up their usual suppliers and then either beat themup on price or shop around amongthe rate cutters and by shaving afew pounds off the rate, classify thisas increased efficiency.

However, by not opening their eyesto different methods of work, theymay be oblivious to more significantsavings. Sometimes new methodsof work can also improve safety andnot jeopardise future pricing bypushing rental rates down to unsustainable levels. One ‘new’work method might be to use a selferecting mobile tower crane ratherthan a regular All Terrain? The Dutchknow a thing or two about efficiency,so it is no surprise that it has by farthe highest proportion of mobiletowers in the world. It is clear thatmany contractors are still unaware ofthe benefits mobile towers can offer.

A large seven axle mobile towercrane can set up alongside an

eleven storey, 30 plus metre highbuilding and be ready to work inabout 15 minutes. It can place a loadof up to 5.5 tonnes up to 42 metresradius. The equivalent All Terrainneeded to do the same lift would beat least a 250 tonner with long jib.

Add to this the fact that deliveringand setting up such an All Terrain ina city centre requires a huge amountof logistics (including longer roadclosures) and could take a weekendjust to set up and strip down for a liftthat may take an hour. The self contained mobile self erector can beready to lift with a half hour and thenready to leave in a similar time framewith the whole job done before thepolice have realised that you areblocking the street.

So when it comes to working in thecity there really is no contest unlessthe load is substantial. Howeverwhile mobile towers are the king ofthe city streets, they can also cleanup on suburban work, such as steelerection or roofing on large industrialdistribution warehouses. While thefast set up and clean ‘up and over’reach are not at such a premium forthis type of work, they are substantially more efficient thanks to their tower crane configurationand up to 60 metre working radius.

The operator has an optimum viewof the area and the loads are quickly‘trolleyed’ along the horizontal jibwhere a regular telescopic has tomove its heavy boom in and out,and or telescope/ retract in order toshift loads from one spot to another,consuming substantially more fueland time.

Switched-on contractors know thata mobile self erector with a goodoperator will easily carry out morethan 100 lifts a day, even whenthey are to different positions andheights and from a location thatrequires more than just lifting andslewing. If the contract is wellplanned - and these days it ought tobe – a contractor can shave days, ifnot weeks off of the steel erectiontime. The same would apply to anumber of other jobs with suchrepetitive work.

All too often a contractor will simplyfocus on the hourly or daily rate andthen grind the hire rate down. Thefact that he will need the crane forthree days instead of one

When times are busy, deadlines are tight andbusiness is good, companies can be forgivenfor sticking with what they know. After all,what’s the point of taking risks when everything is stretched to the maximum?

mobi le tower cranesc&aGo on,bedifferent

completely escapes him. If we lookat the UK, there are already a fairfew self erecting tower cranes atwork - the majority being Spieringsalong with some Liebherr - althoughcompared to Holland the market penetration is miniscule. Until theintroduction of the City Boy (seestory next page), Spierings had arange of five mobiles with three toseven axles and a tracked version of its largest machine. Maximumcapacities range from 7.5 to 18tonnes, with jib lengths from 33 to60 metres and maximum hookheights from 35.7 to 64 metres. Itslargest - in terms of capacity - theSK2400-AT7 - is capable of lifting 5.5 tonnes to a maximum radius of42 metres.

The three model Liebherr MK rangeincludes three, four and five axlemodels all with a maximum liftcapacity of eight tonnes, with thelargest five axle MK110 lifting 1.8tonnes to its 52 metre jib tip and 1.7 tonnes to its maximum hookheight of 68 metres.

Arcomet showed off its A45D City at Bauma


Previously popular Munster craneswere taken over by Dutch companyMTC in 1999 before being acquiredby Arcomet of Belgium in 2001.While the company showed amobile tower crane at Bauma (theA45D City) it tends to concentratemore on its traditional tower cranesrather than the mobile versions.

An unusual alternative is made in India by Action ConstructionEquipment (ACE). Its MTC 2418 is a small, two axle mobile crane with a maximum height of 15metres and a capacity of 550kg at18 metres radius. Maximum lift is1,600kg.

So in summary the benefits of selferecting mobile tower cranes overregular telescopics are:

A newtype ofcraneWhen Spierings announced itsnew ‘City Boy’ self erectingtower crane concept, no onecould have imagined such a massive leap forward in mobiletower crane design. The basicsof the crane itself are impressiveenough. It is more compact – narrower, shorter and moremanoeuvrable - than any threeaxle model before it making itideal for congested city streets.Its tower is 3.5 metres higher (at 28.5 metres) and it boasts amaximum hook height fivemetres better than its nearestcompetitor (at 53 metres) whileits jib is three metres longer thanSpierings’ other three axle modelthe SK377-AT3 (see chart). Thejib erection sequence has alsobeen improved to assist set up in narrow spaces.

But this is only half the story. TheCity Boy also incorporates a totallynew (Eco) direct electric drive

system which claims to reduce fuel consumption by at least 50percent. The compact 400kW mainelectric motor is powered by alarge lithium ion battery pack, withregenerative braking that channelsthe energy back into the batteriesto extend their life and range. Asmall diesel engine, when used,runs at a constant speed running agenerator that tops up the batteriesand powers the auxiliary hydraulicsthat drive the rear axle for extra‘grunt’ on challenging ground conditions. Finally the crane canalso be plugged into the mains withits AC power cable.

With city authorities increasinglylooking to reduce emissions andEuropean contractors obliged tomove towards Zero Carbon buildings, cranes such as this arebound to become popular.

The most noticeable feature is thesingle cab. During the erectionprocess, the cab - which includes arear seat for road travel - rotatesforwards and transforms from thehorizontal road cab position into thevertical tower crane cab. The road windscreen - now below the operator’s feet - is automaticallycovered with a plate, while thecrane cab door which forms part ofthe cab floor in road going format isnow at the rear. The crane can stilltravel at creep speeds with the cabin the crane position and can alsoclimb the tower as with otherSpierings models in order to provide a tower crane view of thelift - ideal when working over thetop of high buildings.

The crane also incorporates largebuilt-in outrigger mats which stowunder the chassis for travel. Onceon site the outrigger beams areextended and the mats slid intoposition centrally under the jacks.The City Boy includes the usualSpierings bells and whistles including automatic stowage of thehook, a central lubrication systemand a massive lockable stowagespace for slings etc. The companyhas already taken orders for 10units in Germany, Holland andSwitzerland, with lead customers

• Generally faster work cycles completing more lifts in a day

• Substantially more fuel efficientand therefore environmentallyfriendly

• Only needs one man to erect and operate and no additionaltransport.

• Built in search lights on thebooms make night lifts a breeze

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• Easier and faster to move

• Axle loads are never more than 12 tonnes and road speeds are higher.

• Crane arrives fully self contained

• Set up in less than half an hour

• Raised cab gives the operatorexcellent visibility of the load andthe site

• Outrigger footprint is more compact allowing set up in narrower spaces

• Outrigger loadings are substantiallylower, especially when under load

Spierings Spierings LiebherrCity Boy SK377-AT3 MK66

Axles 3 3 3GVW 36t 36t 36tCarrier length 12.82m 13.31m 13.72mO/A width 2.5m 2.6m 2.75mTransport height 4.0m 4.0m 4.0mMax load capacity 7.0t 7.5t 8.0tMax radius 36m 33m 36mMax lift @max radius 2.0t 1.9t 1.8tStandard hook height 28.5m 20.0m 25.0mMax luffing height (at radius)m 53.15 (25.8) 35.7 (28.8) 47.9 (25.8)Outrigger footprint/m 7.1 x 6.4 6.9 x 6.4 7.1 x 6.9Max road speed 80kph 83kph 75kphO/S turning radius 9.72m 10.55m 10.84mMax jib elevation 45° 30° 45°

being Scholpp, Flück Zurich, MickVolendam, Mobi Hub, Wiesbauerand Saan.

How does the City Boy compare with the other main three axle models?

The ACE MTC 2418

Excellent operator visibility

Set-up time can be as little as 20 minutes...

... and in between buildings

The central lubrication system

Spierings new ‘City Boy’

Inside the cab

The large built-in

outrigger mats


Like many other crane companieshe has seen better times than atpresent, but is still passionateabout the industry and is oftenthe first to try new ideas andequipment such as the mobile self erecting tower crane. Mark Darwin travelled to theNorth West to find out more.

Sutch’s first involvement withcranes dates back in 1973 whenaged 20, he followed in his father’sfootsteps, joining Stoneycroft CraneHire in Liverpool as an operator,driving a Hydrocon. Three yearslater he joined Hewden StuartHeavy Cranes, operating cranes allover the UK. “I was the first operator to drive a 110 tonner – a Liebherr - in the UK,” says Sutch.“I was just 23 and one of theyoungest in the group. In thosedays, a 100 tonner was a big crane.”

(particularly the fuel costs) to operate from Liverpool.”

The 33 machine fleet is splitbetween the two depots andalthough the majority of the work is in the North West, the company covers the whole of the UK followingits customers. “We had plans toopen a new depot in the Birminghamarea but these were put on holdwhen the current downturn hit,” hesaid. “When business picks up againit will be back on the cards, probablynext year.”

The new depot was not the only thing

hit by the downturn“We had a 350 and 220 tonner plusa few smaller machines on order butall have been put on hold. Work overthe past few months has picked up,but I don’t want to commit to morefinance at the moment. Let’s get

shut of this year first! At themoment there is no money to bemade on any cranes between 25and 40 tonnes. Hopefully the weakercompanies will get out of the market and the rates will improve.”

Sutch thinks that the major cranehirers have a policy of trying todrive smaller companies out of business, in an effort to reducecompetition. “Market leaders shouldlead the industry in a positive wayand the rest will follow. During theworst part of the recession I had toput a significant amount of moneyback into the business to keep itgoing. We are now seeing an upturnbut for many the worst is not yetover. I think more companies will go bust this year.”

“It took 10 years to get the hirerates to a reasonable level beforethe crisis and will take another 10

Sutch is life

John Sutch is a well-known character in the UK crane sector. Happier keeping a low-profile, he has been in the business foralmost 40 years – building up his own company, John Sutch Cranes, since 1989.

As the saying goes ‘behind everysuccessful man is a woman’ and itwas Sutch’s wife who pushed himinto starting his own company.

“Basically she thought that I couldbe more than just an operator,” saidSutch. “I started Ainscough off inheavy cranes and drove their first100 and 140 tonners, after takingtime out after falling off a crane, Icame back repping for them - looking at jobs, winning the workand doing the work - so it was onlya small step to starting my ownbusiness – John Sutch Cranes.”

“Martin Ainscough tried to stop megoing on my own and buy my craneback (a 25 tonne Coles Hydra25/28). But I left, started the business and am still good friendswith the Ainscough family. Althoughit is 21 years since we started, theonly celebrations we’ll have thisyear are that we’re still here!”

Sutch bought his current yard –about an acre in size not far fromLiverpool City Centre - around sixyears later and in 2004 expandedfurther by opening in Trafford Park,Manchester. “More of our work wasin the Manchester area as well asextending further into Yorkshire andit was becoming too expensive

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John Sutch

Sutch was one ofthe first to see thepotential of themobile self erectingtower crane

The company’sunusual yellow livery was a paintmistake that stuck

years to return to that level,” headds. “The only area where we are making money at the moment is contract lifting.”

“Cranes get in your blood and youbecome a prisoner to the business. I thoroughly enjoy what I do but ifsomeone made the right offer, Iwould sell up and retire.”

Or perhaps not as Sutch’s twodaughters who have been with thecompany for the best part of 15years, are company directors andwill probably take over the business. “When I first started 21years ago I was getting £250 a dayfor the Coles crane. Now there arecompanies doing it for £220 –where has it gone wrong or are weall stupid? This industry needs agood shake-up.”

“We do a lot of work for a majorbuilding contractor and get £850 fora 25 tonner on contract lift with twomen. This is good price givingenough to reinvest in correct procedures and new equipment butthere are others who will do it for£550. At this price there is no marginin it at all and it is ruining it forthose who want to do it properly.”

“I think we work too hard for themoney we earn in this industry andthe safety aspect is becomingridiculous. Every job you go to nowwants big outrigger mats yet no onewants to pay for them. Even for a35 tonne crane they want twometre square mats – the mats arebigger than the crane!” Newly qualified AP’s want stacks of information such as the outriggerloadings for the simplest of lifts.”

The crane fleet at the momentincludes four Spierings mobile towers. The All Terrains are mixed –Demag, Liebherr and Tadano – withmost machines in the 50 to 80tonne capacity range. At the smallerend there are five 30 and 35 tonneDemags, then five Tadanos rangingfrom 80 to 160 tonnes, while a 250tonne Liebherr LTM1250-6.1 is thelargest crane in the fleet. Sutch also

has an interesting ‘new’ 13 tonneKato KRM13H City crane – one ofjust two in the country (Lee Liftinghas the other) which were importedfrom Rivertek Services based inBlarney, Co Cork in Ireland.

“The machine was six months oldwhen we bought it and we have runit for about a year. If I can getanother I would have one in theManchester depot. The unit has a30 metre boom and a luffing fly jibso it is a handy crane. I paid£100,000 for it and we get £350 perday compared to £280 for a 25 tonner. You are much better off withspecialised equipment.”

Sutch – along with City Lifting inLondon - were the first companiesin the UK to invest in Spieringsmobile tower cranes. “We went to

machines went into HeathrowTerminal 5 for £900 per day whenthe going rate was £1,750 a day –it was just stupid pricing!”

Most of the work for the Spieringsinvolves placing large roofing sheetson big distribution industrial typebuildings (for Asda and IKEA etc)setting the six axle Spierings up inthe middle of the site and beingable to reach up to 60 metresradius. To do this with an All Terrainwould require a 250 tonner, twomen and two transport wagonscosting considerably more.

“If you add a luffing jib on a 250tonne telescopic you are looking atrate of £10,000 whereas the sixaxle Spierings with one man runsaround £2,200 and uses less fuelwith no transport behind it. I think

the mobile tower crane will becomeever more popular in the future.”

Sutch is particularly impressed withthe new Spierings City Boy. “Thenew Spierings looks really good –Leo Spierings was here last weekand showed me the specifications –but if I do buy, it will be City Boynumber 20, after all the faults havebeen sorted. In addition to its electric drive the City Boy has ataller tower and that would be veryuseful when working in Liverpool or Manchester city centres. Wealready run a three axle SK 377-AT3and would probably swop it for thenew crane.”

“These cranes are relatively expensive to buy and run, but theadvantage is that there are fewer ofthem about, helping us to get betterreturns. The seven axle Spierings isvery good for certain jobs, but it isnot versatile enough. I asked Leo ifhe could add another section toincreas its rauis to 50 metres butthe crane would loose its liftingcapacity. Our 250 tonne LiebherrLTM 1250 can in theory work as a15 tonner down the docks becausethere’s loads of room. Versatility in acrane is essential and unfortunatelythe seven axle Spierings isn’t.”

“Customers do ring up for a specificSpierings model because they knowit is the best machine for their job.”


Bauma 15 years ago and my wifesaw the Spierings and said whydon’t you get one of them – and wehaven’t looked back. Overall it hasbeen a very good crane for us.”

Sutch took the first Spierings 599 inthe UK. “It was the prototypemachine and it was a nightmare,”he said. “I also took a prototype 55tonne three axle mobile from Groveand that was the same, so I havelearnt over the years not to takeearly production models, but tohang back and wait for the faults tobe ironed out. In the early days, themobile tower cranes were very profitable,” he said, “but the marketwas spoilt when some five axle

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John Sutch Craneswork all over the UK

The 13 tonne Kato KRM13H Citycrane has a 30 metre main boom


“We have been running mobiletower cranes for a long time andknow how to get the best out ofthem. Some crane hirers that gotinto the sector are now selling theirmachines because they are morecomplicated and can be moreexpensive to run.”

One crane that is said to be cheaperto run are truck cranes and Sutchbought the first 40 tonne TadanoFaun HK40 which was shown atlast year’s Vertikal Days. “The cranehas been great but overall I don’tthink the running costs are anycheaper, apart from the tyres -£200-300 compared to £1,500. Ittravels better on the road anddoesn’t bounce as much as an AT. If I do buy another truck crane it

would probably be a 70 tonner.”Sutch also has a Maeda five tonnemini crawler crane and is considering adding another.

Despite the current climate and thedire rates for the smaller All Terrain,the company is looking for a new40/45 tonner and is considering thenew Liebherr LTC1045 launched atBauma or the less expensiveDemag AC40. “We took the firstAC40 in the UK and currently havethree AC30’s in the fleet but arelooking to replace one with the new40/45 tonner. Unfortunately I didn’tmake it to Bauma which is a shamegiven that Terex, Liebherr andTadano Faun were all there. Whenwe go for the new 220 and 350 tonners Liebherr is the current

favourite. However we probablyhave the biggest Tadano Faun fleetin the UK and they give us greatservice and have a 220 and new360 tonner so we have not madeour final decision yet.”

“The 350 tonner will replace the250 tonne Liebherr, leaving us shortin the 200 tonne range so we wouldfill in with the 220 tonner.” Sutchrecently sold its Potain Igo 36 selferecting tower crane, not becauseof the returns (which were quitegood) but because it took focusaway from the core business.

“The recession makes you concentrate on what you are goodat,” says Sutch, “and for us that ismobile cranes.”

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We take a look at the recent developments in the sector and askdoes the trailer have a long-termfuture?

On the surface the trailer lift has alot going for it - it is a lightweight,uncomplicated, easy to transportand relatively cheap. These featuresare what drove its strong growth inthe early days of the poweredaccess market. However its downsides are that it is not self propelled, it is relatively bulky evenwhen working and is rememberedby many as requiring a lot of physical effort to use – pushing into position and cranking up manual outriggers.

As a result its popularity hasdeclined among specialist rentalcompanies at the same time as itsappeal has shrunk among regularusers to a certain type of tradesmansuch as smaller scale maintenance

or painting companies, tree workersand the more adventurous DIYer. Forall of these users the machine isideal. It is still widely available fromrental stores/hire shops, is no hassle to collect when needed atthe beginning of the contract with acar, 4x4 or truck with tow bar andcan be rented for one day or asneeded. The way the product isrented on a short term ad hoc basiswith customer collecting rather thanbeing delivered, has also helped turnoff the specialist supplier whichprefers rentals where it delivers theproduct to larger companies forterms of at least a week. Finallyanother factor is the weather, thetrailer lift does tend to be a fairweather machine, when it is niceout they are busy, when cold andrainy they are not, while the spiderlift is more of an indoor/outdoorproduct.

In spite of the overall slide in thepopularity of the trailer lift, or maybebecause of it resale values for trailerlifts have held up well with goodsecond-hand units being few and farbetween and consistently fetchinggood money. The trailer is clearlyone of those ‘marmite’ platforms –you either love it or hate it. Rental

The trailer lift - while still a popular poweredaccess product with a loyal band of users -has appeared to have settled into somethingof a sleepy backwater of a market sector.Little has changed since our last feature somenine months ago although surprisingly anItalian manufacturer, Platform Basket hasdecided to dip its toe in the water, in spite ofthe fact that Italians do not buy trailer lifts.

companies that love it say they aremore than happy with the return oninvestment – the daily rate is undeniably good but unless youreally specialise and have a big customer base for the product, utilisation tends to be poor in comparison with most self propelledlifts. However, the majority of platform hirers appear to ‘hate’ thetrailer for the reasons we havealready mentioned, reducing availability and perhaps popularity.Whatever the reason, trailer liftrental is now firmly the domain ofthe tool hirer or general rental company.

Perhaps the trailer just isn’t ‘sexy’.Compared to say a tracked spiderlift it does have something of a PlainJane, DIY image. But as any engineer or designer knows – simple is best and most trailer liftsare relatively simple in design andoperation.

Over the past year or two,Cranes&Access has been predictingthe rise and rise of the spider lift asthe access industry’s ‘jack of alltrades’, and increasing sales figurescertainly appear to back this up. Yesits crawler undercarriage and oftennarrow dimensions can get the

The main markets for trailer liftsare the Nordic countries alongwith Germany, the UK and NorthAmerica, so it is no surprise thatthese are also home to the majormanufacturers - until now -although Spanish-based Matilsahas had some modest success inboth its home market and forexport. The notion that an Italianmanufacturer would enter thismarket seems as far fetched asone can imagine. HoweverPlatform Basket, which showedits first unit at Bauma, is planninga range of at least three modelsaimed at…….overseas markets.Does Platform Basket knowsomething that the rest of usdon’t or is it banking on thespread of the rental concept andgeneral (tool hire) rental storesthroughout Europe and with it,easy to transport work platforms?

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platform into almost any positionunder its own steam, and yes mostcan be transported easily on a twoaxle plant trailer, but it does haveseveral disadvantages when compared to a trailer lift.

At the lower end of the market spider lifts tend to be a few hundredkilos heavier than an equivalent trailer lift, especially when you allowfor the trailer required to move thespider, and they are around 50 percent more expensive to buy. The extra weight can lead to towingproblems or at the very least requirea larger vehicle while the extra cost means a substantially greaterrental charge.

One of the main criticisms levelledat the trailer lift, compared to a spider is that it is too long whichcauses problems negotiating narrowand tight turns such as an aisle orpassageway to the side of anentrance door, especially as most ofthe trailer lifts in rental fleets, atleast in the UK and Ireland, are notequipped with self drive as standard.They are also too wide to passthrough garden gates or down theside of a house, although the smaller trailer lifts do haveretractable axles. Criticism is alsodirected at large outrigger spreads

and limited outreach at low levels –many of these negative points arein fact related to older productdesigns, which in some countriesstill make up the bulk of the rental fleet.

But as Niftylift – which producesboth trailer and tracked machines –points out its latest 12 metre trailerlift, the highly developed H120T, isonly slightly (550mm) longer thanits spider lift which is also 400kgheavier. Apart from these twodimensions - machine height,width, carrying capacity, basketsize and outrigger spread are allexactly the same (see table below).Although to be fair Nifty’s spiderlifts are a little more rugged thanmany, so for the sake of balancewe have added in the Hinowa14:70 probably the most popularsmall spider lift.

So while it isn’t the most populartype of platform, it will always haveits group of dedicated followers.

Platform Basket takes on the market leaders

With a full range of spider lifts (as well as self propelled boomlifts) already in its range, it was a logical, if surprising, step forPlatform Basket to introduce a

trailer lift. However, with much ofits equipment being exported, hereis an Italian manufacturer whichthinks there is a bright future in thetrailer lift market.

The model launched at Bauma wasthe 17.7 metre working height TR18.90. The company says that italready has a 15 metre model readyto go and a 13 metre will follow atthe end of this year.

As a new (and late) entrant into the market you might have expected every one of the specification criteria to be morethan on par with the leading competitors. However while theTR18.90 has all the latest developments (Bi-energy, fly jib,basket rotation etc…) it does notoffer significant improvements inany area. As expected from a manufacturer based in a countrythat specialises in vehicle mountedlifts, it is the lightest in its class at1,800kg and is also the shortest atjust 5.76 metres. Price then may be the deciding factor but it willhave to be very competitive to

break into Niftylift’s dominance in the UK, Dutch and Irish marketsparticularly as the Nifty 170 offersmore outreach, a drive option andyet is only slightly heavier.

Perhaps the lack of obvious innovation effectively signals thefact that the trailer lift has reachedthe end of further major productdevelopments (although they saidthat about the Hoover beforeDyson). Certainly global aerial liftmanufacturers such as Genie andJLG, not to mention Haulotte, havenot been focusing on new trailer liftproduct introductions in recentyears. Most producers have beenlooking to refine and tweak theirexisting designs, reduce long-termownership costs and improve quality – a tricky feat to continuallyachieve. Genie says that it hasachieved significant improvementsin the quality of its TZ platforms at its South Carolina facility particularly in the control systemand limit switches, maintainingpricing levels and giving the customer added benefits.

A Nifty TD120T

Nifty TD120T Nifty 120T Hinowa 14:70

Type Spider lift Trailer lift Spider lift

Working height 12.2m 12.2m 14m

Basket capacity 200kg 200kg 200kg

Maximum outreach 6.1m 6.1m 6.5m

Length 3.95m 4.5m 3.98mWidth 1.10m 1.50/1.10m 0.78m

retracted retracted

Height 1.9m 1.9m 1.98m

Weight 1,850kg 1,450kg 1,700kg

Stabiliser width 3.55m 3.55m 3.0m

Tracked or trailer?

The surprise trailer addition -Platform Basket’s 18.90

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Other trailer liftsIn the UK, Ireland, USA andAustralia, and to a lesser extent theBenelux markets, when buyers orusers of aerial lifts think of trailerlifts it is usually the articulatedboom type. However there are, aswe have pointed out before, a number of alternatives. One of theseis the trailer mounted scissor lift - in

recent years pioneered by PLE –and were at one time popular inScandinavia. UpRight (now Snorkel)has been selling its own version ofthe PLE TP9000 for around twoyears but it always created moreinterest than actual sales due, atleast in part, to the lack of selfdrive. The company then introducedthe self drive XT24SD which is still

light enough to tow behind a car but now can be driven from the platform when in the stowed position, similar to a conventionalself propelled scissor lift. Followingthe Snorkel ‘orange’ rebranding themachine is now called the SnorkelTS2461SD and has a weight of1,350kg, a maximum platformheight of 24ft/7.3m, a 2.44 x 1.22metre deck with 277kg lift capacity, self levelling outriggers,operated from the platform and atowing width of 1.5 metres. Theunit is very easy to tow and onceon site is surprisingly manoeuvrableand light on its feet. There are someapplications to which it is well suited such as working on airportaprons and on large plants wherework areas are far apart and jobs

short in duration. For general use,while it has a great curb appeal it isstill being treated as a niche product.

Straight telescopicsWhile we covered this in our lastfeature, it is still surprising that outside of certain markets such asScandinavia and Germany, the benefits of straight telescopic trailerlifts - which have been subject tosome strong development in recentyears - do not appear to be fullyappreciated. These include fastercycle speeds and greater outreachfor often a lighter weight. Howeverwith developments being slow inthis market, perhaps this is a storyfor another time?

Platform Niftylift Snorkel Dinolift Omme Genie Basket

Model TR18.90 170 TL49K 180XT 1830E TZ50

Working height 17.7m 17.1m 17.0m 18.0m 18.3m 17.09m

Capacity 200kg 200kg 200kg 215kg 200kg 200kg

Outreach 200kg 6.8m 8.7m 9.1m 6.9m 10.15m 8.89m

Length 5.76m 6.20m 7.10m 6.57m 6.70m 7.16m

Width 1.65m 1.65m 1.75m 1.80m 1.60m 1.68m

Height 2.14m 2,15m 2.10m 2.29m 1.99m 2.0m

Outrigger spread/m 4.1x4.0 4.4 x 4.4 4.65x4.65 3.8 x 3.8 4.21x4.21 4.37x4.37

GVW 1,800kg 1,900kg 2,250kg 2,100kg 2,550kg 2,025kg

Power AC AC AC AC AC Battery/Battery Battery Battery Battery Battery Bi-energyBi-energy Bi-energy Bi-energy Diesel Bi-energy

Platform rotation 70+70° Optional 90° 90° 80+80°

Turntable 360° 360° 680° 360° 400° 359°rotation Continuous

Fly jib Yes No Yes No Yes Yes

Drive option No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

How the Platform Basket TR18.90 compares:

Snorkel TS2461SD elevated

Snorkel TS2461SDin Snorkelorange

Straight telescopic trailers areoften lighter, faster and have

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everyone guessing what it waswhile Liebherr were most certainlynot letting on. Several other external stands stood out –Sennebogen with its largestBauma stand ever to launch itsnew ‘green’ corporate branding,Aichi with a substantial woodstructure with distinctive Japanesefeel, Holland Lift had a great beach cabana and IPAF had a large interactive theme park stand.

Despite the bitter disappointmentover the lack of overseas visitors, the amount of new equipment onshow was amazing. Almost every

manufacturer had some new product news – some more radicalthan others. GG Cranes’ twin jibtower crane dominated the northernarea skyline, stimulating debate forand against. For shear size andaudacity of design, the crane mustbe applauded. CTE unveiled itsMP20:13 Multi-Purpose platformwith elevated slew ring which generated a similar level of discussion. And the product thatsummed up the show? It has to bethe 10 metre high, 111 tonne hookblock from Liebherr’s new 3,000tonne capacity LR13000 – amazing.

LiebherrWith such a huge stand it is difficultto know where to start. Five newcrawler cranes included the 100metre boom, 1,200 tonne LTR11200 telescopic crawler crane ona narrow undercarriage targeted atwind farm erection, where it cantravel between turbines with fullcounterweight and luffing jib. Itsmuch smaller brother was the new40 metre boom, 60 tonne LTR1060.The new 300 tonne LR1300SX withnewly developed, eight metre, 117tonne capacity heavy jib for assembly and maintenance work onwind turbines, combined with the113 metre main boom for a sheaveheight of 123 metres which can

As flights came on stream fromWednesday night onwards theoverseas contingent increasedand by the weekend – it wasalmost business as usual. Attimes, the crowds were so largeit was difficult to make any headway. The primary area ofcongestion was around theLiebherr stand, the most imposing, impressive and dominant stand ever seen at aBauma. It is said that WilliLiebherr wanted to make a statement – and that he certainlydid. The biggest talking point ofthe show was the cost, with

Three years in the planning and this year’sBauma exhibition in Munich - the largest construction equipment show in the world –was set to break all records. Then a puff ofIcelandic ‘Eyjafjallajokull’ volcanic ash effectively scuppered tens of thousands ofinternational visitors. Not only did overseasvisitors struggle to get to the show, but morethan 80 exhibitors - mainly from China and theUSA - were also prevented from attending withmany exhibits remaining in their packaging forthe whole show. Final figures suggest 415,000visitors attended, 17 percent less than in 2007.

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handle 42 tonnes. The HS 895 HD isthe flagship of the duty-cyclecrawler crane series and aimedspecifically at maritime duties.

The company also unveiled itsrevised four model telehandler range with lift heights of 10 and 13 metres and lifting capacities of 3.5 and 4.5 tonnes. The most

Part of Liebherr’simpressive stand -inside looking out

The 111 tonne 10 metre highhook block from the new LR13000


noticeable feature was a new boomprofile with larger cross-section androunded wear pads, making it moresuitable for shovel work.

Three new tower cranes includedthe 280 HC-L 12/24 Litronic luffer,the 285 EC-B 12 Litronic flat-top andthe 81 K self erector. The 280 HC-Lslots between the 180 and the 355HC-L and will be available in threevariants with maximum liftingcapacities of 16, 24 and 28 tonnes.The model on show had a 24 tonnecapacity at 60 metres radius andcan be used for both internal climbing (lift shafts) and externallyusing the compact 1.9 metre by 1.9 metre 355 IC climbing towersystem. The new 285 EC-B 12 topsthe company’s flat-top crane rangeat 285 metre/tonnes.

The 81 K supersedes the 71 K withsignificantly improved lifting capacities – up to 25 percent better

in some areas. A new feature in thisclass of crane is the fully double-reeved operation allowing it to operate at maximum speed andload. The new fast erecting craneproved surprisingly popular with asubstantial number of ordersbooked at the show.

In the mobile crane range, the 45tonne capacity, three axle LTC1045-3.1 city crane was clearly thestar of the show. Its innovativemoveable single cab on a telescopicboom can also be specified withelevation for a better view whenloading.

ManitowocManitowoc adapted to the currentmarket slowdown with a more modest stand, where it launched itsnew six-axle All Terrains – the 300tonne GMK6300L and the 400 tonneGMK6400. Although aimed at different applications, both havecommon features including a newcarrier cab offering more space andgreater visibility and five outriggersettings for maximum flexibility.

First to market later this year will be the GMK6300L with its sevensection Twin-Lock 80 metre longmain boom. The 6300L will lift 12tonnes on its full main boom and forfurther reach, a 37 metre jib is available (not the 29 metreannounced in January).

The 400 tonne GMK6400 featuresan innovative single engine powersource, 60 metre main boom andnew self-rigging Mega Wing Liftattachment. Luffing jib length willbe around 79 metres giving a maximum tip height of 136 metres.

Also on the stand was the 40 tonneTMC540 truck crane with 31 metrefour-section boom and 13.7 metreoffsettable swing-away extensionon a four-axle Scania chassis. Witha GVW of less than 32 tonnes it cantravel without special permits in itstarget markets.

Manitowoc also launched the firstof Potain’s new High Performancewinches - the 75 HPL 30 - which

can reach speeds of up to 225metres per minute when working ontwo falls. Single line pull is 3,000kgand the company claims it is thefirst in its class to break the 200metres per minute barrier. It will beoffered on a range of Potain towercranes.

The world’s largest self-erectingcrane – the eight tonne capacityPotain Igo T130 – also made itsdebut. Sharing its main featureswith the Potain GTMR 386, the IgoT130 offers a number of improvements including easiertransport and lower power consumption. It can take its eighttonnes maximum capacity to aradius of 18.6 metres or lift 1.4tonnes at 50 metres.

The new Ultra View operator’s cabwas also shown for the first time, akey design change is the relocationof the electrical control panel to a

dedicated space outside and behindthe cab, freeing up space for a smalltable. The cab is also said to be saferand easier to rig, thanks to itsground level screw-in slinging points.

TerexAn impressive Terex stand includedseveral new cranes and telehandlers.Main attraction was the much anticipated, nine axle 1,000 tonnecapacity AC1000, said to be theworld’s most powerful ‘boom-on’ All Terrain crane. Its two 50 metre‘boom in boom’ arrangement gives a 100 metre maximum main boomwhich can stay on the crane where16.5 tonne axle loads are permittedsuch as the UK.

Terex also claims that the AC1000can be rigged faster than any othercrane in its class, thanks to itspatented luffing jib rigging system,which minimises the requirements

Liebherr’snew 81 Kcab

Liebherr LTC 1045-3.1 with elevating cab

Some of theLiebherr towerexhibits

Manitowoc Cranes president Eric Ecthart in the new ultra cab

Grove TMC540truck crane

The seven axle300 tonne GroveGMK6300L

The 400 tonneGrove GMK6400

model is on thecards. JCB alsomade news at theshow when itwon a courtinjunction to havethree products of“Far Eastern manufacturers”removed or covered up fromthe show for copyright and patentinfringements. Preliminary injunctions were served against one telehandler company, believedto be XCMG and two loader backhoe manufacturers.

for working at height. The crane cabis equipped with an integrated IC-1touch-screen control system whichprovides information on windspeed/direction, hook load, nominalload capacity, reach, boom length,as well as calculated and actual outrigger loads.

Also new was the 100 tonne AC100/4 L long boom, the CTL 440-24luffing jib tower crane and new carrier and crane cabs for its ACrange. Terex says it completed anumber of deals at the show including an AC350/6 and twoAC40/2 Ls to UK-based King Lifting.The new 350 tonne with 64 metremain boom AC350/6 has a 72 metre luffing jib giving a maximum combination of 125.7 metres.

SennebogenSennebogen had four interestingnew machines – the 60 tonne, 42metre HPC 60 truck crane, the 70tonne R673 crawler telescopic, the280/300 tonne 7700 crawler and the20 tonne, 620HD duty cycle crawlercrane.

Dominating the stand was the newStar Lifter 7700 with 140 metres ofboom and jib. A key feature of thenew crane is its ease of transportation and rigging.

The 620HD is a compact 20 tonneduty cycle crawler crane based on a folding boom crane thatSennebogen last built around 20years ago. The crane’s main featureis its ability to hydraulically fold themain boom (up to 12 metres long)backwards with the maximum 10metre long fly jib over the A frame.


50 percent, better lift capacities andreduced energy consumption. Themodel on display had a 16 tonnemaximum capacity with 2.2 tonnesat 82.5 metres radius.

CTEAdvanced information on CTE’s new23 metre Traccess 230 spider liftcreated a lot of interest ahead of theshow, however no-one, expectedthe new 20.13 MP – a 20 metre 3.5 tonne truck mounted platformwith telescopic riser and boom with a slew ring mounted on top of the lower boom. The MP can beused without stabilisers over the

B a u m ac&aKing Lifting’sTristan and KieronKing (centre) travelled to Baumaand finalised thedeal with TerexCranes’ director of sales, EuropeBarry Barnes andUK regional salesmanager MarkEvans

Terex CTL440-20

luffing jibtower crane

Terex AC1000

The crawler undercarriage canextend from 2.75 metres to fourmetres, while transport height withthe folded main boom is just 3.13metres or 3.5 metres with the mainboom and fly jib. The 620 is alsoavailable with a wheeled undercarriage which weighs a tonne less at 22.5 tonnes.

JCBJCB unveiled three new telehandlerswith the 515-40 - the re-namedMiniscopic - the smallest JCB telescopic handler ever at just 1.8metres high and 1.56 metre wide.The compact 527-58 at two metreshigh and two metres wide – and thefive tonne capacity, eight metre liftheight 550-80. While the companysaid it is working on new telehandlers it would not be drawninto saying whether a 360 degree

Sennebogen300 tonneStar Lifter7700crawlercrane

The foldingboom 620HD

HPC 60

GG CraneThe 42085 e-Tronic double jib towercrane from Belgium-based GG Crane Group certainly created a lot of interest. As well as visually dominating the northern area withits twin 85 metre jibs, the helicopter-like sound of the twinpropellers certainly made you awareof the crane’s presence.

JCB 527-58

Individual jib lengths range from 60 metres to 150 metres, giving a maximum span of up to 300 metreson the two metre square tower. The GG Crane was built by Germantower crane manufacturer Wilbertusing around 90 percent standardWilbert components.

Patrick Gillis of GG Crane claims anumber of advantages to the design,including productivity gains of up to

GG Crane’s 420085 e-Tronic double jib tower crane

Patrick Gillis CEO GG Crane

rear of the machine using the upperboom only to a height of 13 metres.Putting the outriggers down, usingthe platform mounted controlsallows the lower boom to be raisedand telescoped, converting it to anarticulated boom with an up andover height of 8.9 metres andaround nine metres of outreach. Inall cases the unit has zero tailswingand totally flexible outrigger

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configurations including straightdown and one-sided jacking. Stoweddimensions are 6.6 metres long withan overall height of 2.7 metres.

Provisional specifications for the 23 metre dual riser, boom and jibTraccess 230 include a working outreach of 11.5 metres, 200kg platform capacity, 2,940kg GVW and overall length of 5,243mmincluding basket.

AltecAltec’s display included its trackmounted, narrow base DB35 crane,work platform and digger derrick.The unit, which was displayed withits auger, can carry a telegraph poleover rough ground, drill a hole, plantthe pole and then use the insulatedplatform to complete the job.

Another new product for Europe was the 36 tonne truck mountedAC36t-38S crane with five section,38.7 metre boom, plus either a 9.4metre or 16.8 metre jib providing a58.5 maximum tip height.

SnorkelOut with the blue and the future mayor may not be bright but it is certainlyorange - Snorkel orange. The corporate rebranding sees theUpRight name and blue livery banished to the history books. New products included the X24SD self-drive trailer mounted scissor liftand three metre Pop-Up Drive 10 selfpropelled.

Other models making their Europeandebut included the 46ft/16 metreT46JRT with two metre jib giving a12.2 metre outreach. The new liftreplaces the Snorkel TB46JRT andthe UpRight SB46. Snorkel is planningto launch further articulating and telescopic boom lifts on the samechassis, over the next 12 months.

The new S series electric slab scissors included the critically important 19ft/5.8 metre micro scissors, the S1930E and S1932E.The S1930E is 760mm wide whilethe lower weight 820mm wide

S1932E is almost 140kg lighter. TheS series replaces the Snorkel S1930and the UpRight MX19. Similarly,the S2632E, S2646E and S3246Ereplace the UpRight X26N, X26 andX32 and Snorkel S2646 and S3246.The S1930E is already in full production, while the other S Serieswill be phased in during 2010.

AichiAichi launched three new modelsthe 34ft/10.4 metre platform heightSP20HD heavy duty boom with500kg lift capacity and 8.2 metresoutreach. The platform has anunusual two metres by 1.5 metresbasket with 180 degrees platformrotation. Other than this the newunit is a classic boom with 360degrees continuous slew. Overallweight is 8,200kg.

The 30ft/ 9.3 metre platform heightWZ09ASM is a telescopic alterna-tive to an RT scissor lift similar tothe Manitou TP15. Unlike theManitou it offers an unrestrictedworking envelope with up to fourmetres outreach from the front axlewhen the boom is horizontal,although capacity in this positionreduces from 800kg to just 100kg.The platform rotates though 180degrees to provide up to a metre oflateral outreach and is a weighty6.8 tonnes

Finally from itsdomestic Japaneserange comes a battery powered12ft/3.8 metrecrawler mountedmast lift, theRM04B pitched as an alternative to 12ft wheeledmodels, such asthe Snorkel/UpRight TM12,JLG12ES and newSkyjack SJ12.

A new range ofmodels was to be launched

at the show butthey have takenlonger thanexpected to get to market.

Manitou The big news atManitou was its supply deal with Terex where it willprovide Genie with a version of itsmast booms, while receivingGenie’s compact RT scissor lifts inreturn, which it will market as theManiaccess 100SC and 120SC RTscissors. It also had its updated46ft/14 metre 160 ATJ+ articulatedboom, with 8.95 metres outreachand 400kg platform capacity.

tonne capacity and 6.8 metre liftheight and is the replacement forthe MVT 665 and MVT 675.

MerloCentre of the Merlo stand was itsnew P41.7 Hybrid which claims to be the first patented hybrid eco-telehandler. Merlo is using itsEcoPowerDrive transmission on itslarger telehandlers which promisesa 20 percent reduction in fuel consumption although the P41.7also offers zero emissions for indooruse with its Hybrid system.Developed in conjunction with TurinPolytechnic, the Hybrid has twopower sources, a 55kW Kubotadiesel and a 50kW brushless permanent magnet electricmotor/generator with lithium ionbatteries. Power to the transmissioncan be provided by the combineddiesel and electric motors for maximum effort, or in Hybrid modewhere the diesel engine is availableon demand to supplement the motoror recharge the battery pack. The allelectric mode is of course ideal forindoor applications or where noiseis a critical issue.

Snorkel Pop-Up Drive 10

Out with the UpRight blue and in with the Snorkel orange

Aichi Takashi Shimada, Jaap Zwart and Masaharu Katouwith two ladies in traditional Japanese costume on the Aichi stand

ManitouMT 625T

On the telehandler front, the 17.9metre lift height 360 degree MRT1840 Easy has new stabilisers, aself levelling option and new cab.Manitou says that the new14, 16 and 18 metre modelsare easier to operate andless sophisticated.

It also launched its latestfixed frame model, the MT625T, a slightly larger 6.8metre/2,500kg ‘compact’telehandler with a 1.92metre overall height and1.82 metre width. Finallythe new MHT 780 TEvolution has an eight

MerloP41.7Hybrid

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Other products seen for the firsttime included Merlo’s All Terrainaerial lift, the MPR15 and 18 andthe larger Cingo PL14 spider lift –the second and largest in a planned range.

PalfingerPalfinger had two stands – one forits loader cranes and one for itstruck mounted platforms. New truckmounts included the P320, a 32metre model with 25.5 metres outreach and a 700kg platformcapacity with a Gross VehicleWeight of 11.9 tonnes. Also onshow was the new 25.6 metreworking height, 15.5 metre outreach P260B mounted on a 3.5tonne Nisssan chassis.

The PK 23002 SH, PK 27002 SH, PK34002 SH, PK 19502 and PK 22002EH High Performance loader cranesall made world premiers.

The most unusual exhibit on thePalfinger crane stand was theWemotec SMK320.67, long boomspecialist spider crane which uses aPalfinger upper. With stoweddimensions of 4.87 metres long,1.75 metres wide and overall heightof 1.98 metres it boasts a 32 metrehook height and 6.7 tonne liftcapacity. The articulated boom hastwo main arms with over-centrearticulation, plus a telescopic jibmaking it amazingly versatile forreaching difficult areas. Maximumoutreach is a remarkable 29 metres.The company says that it plans tointroduce two further mini craneslater in the year.

SpieringsAlmost a quarter of a century afterintroducing its first three axle crane – the SK345-AT3 – Dutchmanufacturer Spierings unveiled itslatest and possibly most radical

new model – the SK387-AT3 CityBoy with Eco Drive. The mostnoticeable feature is the single all-in-one operators’ cab that servesboth as the drivers cab on the road,and tower crane cab. Basic specifications include lifting twotonnes to 36 metres at a 28.5metres hook height. Alternativelythe luffing jib can lift this weight toa height of 53.15 metres. Maximumcapacity is seven tonnes at 12.36metres.

A new compact direct drive 400kW(540hp) electric motor gives continuously variable accelerationup to 80 kph and also serves as anelectric regenerative brake. A small,constant-speed diesel engine uses a generator that converts diesel toelectric energy which can chargethe lithium ion battery pack or helppeak capacity to accelerate or driveup a hill.

With the tower raised and the cabrotated to tower crane mode, thetruck may be driven with steering,acceleration and braking carried outusing the crane’s remote control.When rigging the crane, the jib willonly start to unfold when the threetower sections are fully extended.During breaks in work and slowoperation, the battery is alsocharged allowing the truck to bedriven home.

Also on the stand was the trackmounted SK2400-R which has an18 tonne capacity at 14.6 metres,42 metres radius (with 5.5 tonnelift) and a 56 metre maximum liftheight with the jib raised 30 degrees.

Ausa T133Ausa unveiled its new compacttelehandler the T133 and the slightlylarger four wheel drive version theT133x4 which has a height lessthan two metres and width of

1410mm. Maximum lift is 1.3tonnes and maximum height 2.7metres.

BobcatBobcat showed its new, Dieci-built,360 degree ‘rotary’ models, with lifting capacities from 3,500 to5,000kg and lifting heights from 15.7to 24.5 metres, total weights rangefrom 13.1 tonnes to 17.5 tonnes.

the smaller 13.38 can lift a maximumof 3.8 tonnes to 13 metres and has140 degrees rotation.

RuthmannRuthmann launched two new truckmounted lifts, the 27 metre SteigerTB 270 and and 20 metre TBR 200– both mounted on a 3.5 tonnechassis. Both units feature a 105degree articulated jib coupled witha 160 degrees of platform rotation.Chassis options include the Cabstar,Maxity and even a 4x4 chassis.

Ruthmann says that the show wasits most successful ever with a totalof 30 units ordered worth over €4.5million with the TB 270 and TBR200 accounting for two thirds of thenumbers.

Merlo Cingo PL14 spider

WemotecSMK320.67long boomspider

Palfinger P320and P260B

Ausa T133

Bobcat rotary telehandler

GenieAs well as showing off its new‘Manitou’ sourced GR26 J mastboom, Genie unveiled its new 17.5metre GTH-4018SR telehandler andshowed its Z-40/23N RJ (electric)articulated booms and the Genie S-65 Trax telescopic boom.

Herkules Swiss-based Jakob Fahreugbauwas showing off its new 30 metreHerkules TD40305 telehandler

GoldhofferGoldhoffer displayed its latestdesigns for transporting wind turbine components.

FarasinItalian telehandler manufacturerFarasin showed several new rotating cab telehandlers. The 22.45evo is a 4.5 tonne, 22 metre modelwith 130 degrees cab rotation, while

Spierings City Boy

Genie GTH-4018SR

Genie GR26J

Herkules TD40305

Farasin

Ruthmann TBR200

GSRItalian manufacturer GSR had several new machines on its stand -three in the Comfort E range -including the 26.2 metre E260 TJtelescopic truck mount with 16.2metres of outreach and 280kg platform capacity mounted on a 7.5 GVW chassis.

Socage/CumberlandThere was much to talk about onthe Socage stand, but the productthat stole the show for many wasthe new 13.5 metre working height,Land Rover mounted lift on a shortwheelbase Defender chassis, withlow centre of gravity thanks to itsclever boom design. Total weight is 3075kg.


XCMGAlthough short of a fewstand staff caught in the‘no-fly ash-cloud’ XCMGhad a large indoor standwith several interestingexhibits. Largest was its six axle 240 tonne

QAY240 truck crane but it also had its ZQ20 articulated 20 tonner developed in a joint venture withAustralia Crane and Machinery whereit is known as the ARC20. Copyrightand patent infringement problemskept what was thought to be a telehandler under cover.

HarscoNewly appointedmanaging director ofHarsco InfrastructureEurope, Paul Kelly,outlined the vision forthe $3bn turnover company whichmerges the scaffolding and formwork businesses of Hünnebeckand SGB in Europe and Patent inNorth America.

PausPaus unveiled a new aluminium trailercrane, the Skyworker PTK31, a 360degree slew diesel/electric crane witha maximum 1.6 tonnes lift capacityand 31 metre hook height.

HitachiHelping out with Hitachi demonstrations was this HX99B-2tracked boom lift. Weighing 5.4

tonnes theunit has a 9.4 metre platformheight and 8.3 metre outreach with200kg in the basket.

SanyLargest exhibit on the impressiveSany stand was the 630 tonneSCC6300 in Sarens colours, specifically designed for the installation of 3MW wind turbinesand featuring a 108 metre mainboom and 192 metre maximumboom/jib combination. Alongside itwas the SCC1800 – 180 tonnecrawler aimed at the European market. Also on show was the 55tonne SRC550 Rough Terrain crane.

RaimondiThe newly restructured, now Qatariowned, Italian tower crane manufacturer, Carlo Raimondi,showed its MRT 111 with 1.37tonnes capacity at the tip of its 61metre jib mounted on a 1.5m x1.5m tower.

MoogLatest platform from underbridgespecialist Moog is the MBL1600capable of a 16 metre outreachwhen under the bridge .

CelaNow teamed up withSocage, Cela showed its new 49.4 metre working heightTL50 truck mounted platform. Usingtechnology from its fire fighting platforms, the new TL50 has a300kg platform capacity and 29.5metre outreach when mounted on a26 tonne chassis, or 33.5 metres ona 32 tonne chassis.

Also on the stand was therevamped tracked Spyder 350, a 35metre working height, 16 metre outreach, large basket spider lift.

BrontoAs well as showing a new tool fortesting ground conditions (see innovations) the main attraction onthe Bronto stand was its new,world-record breaking 112 metreworking height S112 HLA truck platform.

The first unit is mounted onto aMercedes 76.60 all-wheel drivechassis with five steered axles anda GVW in standard specification of75 tonnes. Maximum outreach is 33metres with 25 metres available ata height of 90 metres and 700kgplatform capacity.

XCMG QAY240

XCMG Australia crane ZQ20

Paul Kelly

Harsco mastclimber

Paus Skyworker

Hitachi HX99B-2

Baumac&aCela TL50

Cela Spyder 350

BrontoS112 HLA

BlueliftR220C

Socage CumberlandLand Rover

undercover

Sany SRC550RT

Sany SCC6300

Raimondi MRT111

MoogMBL1600

BlueliftBluelift unveiled its new 22 metreR220C spiderlift with 10.8 metreoutreach, and 3.16 tonnes GVW.

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TeupenTeupen launched its new Teupen Leo18GT, a fully reworked model whichincludes many of the features seenon the smaller Leo 13 GT includingthe new black iso-cyanide, electrostatic dipped coating chassisfinish which doesn’t chip, scratch,peel or rust. The company says itaims to create a range of similarmachines with working heights upto 20 metres.

WolffAs well as the new 42 and 50 tonnecapacity 630B and 700B lufferswhich complete its medium toheavy luffing crane range and abrand new System 23 tower systemwhich offers 112 metre free standing height for cranes up to 700metres/tonnes, Wolffkran introducedthe new 8033cross, the big brotherof the best seller Wolff 7532cross.The maximum load capacity of thecrane is 20 tonnes with maximumjib radium of up to 80 metres.

Multitel PaglieroOne of the largest new truck mounted platforms was launched byMultitel - the 75 metre MJ 750 with35 metres outreach and 600kg platform capacity mounted on aVolvo chassis. The first was due tobe delivered just after the show.There was also talk of a new 83metre truck mount. Also seen for the first time was the 22.4 metreworking height, 10.25 metre outreach SMX 225 spider lift whichweighs just 2,500kg.

Skako LiftSkako Lift, the new name forWorldlift, owner of Falck Schmidtspider lifts and Denka trailer lifts,unveiled its all new 32 metre heavyduty articulated spider lift theFS320 which weighs under 5,000kgand yet offers around 16 metres ofoutreach and is priced competitively.

Holland LiftThe Holland Lift stand was stuffedfull of new products, most notableof which were the 106ft/32 metreplatform height battery poweredscissor lift. The new model, sold toRiwal’s new German operation,combined new technology withmassive battery packs to offer adecent shift time betweenrecharges as well as maintainingthe power ofthe dieselmodel. Thecompany’snew Eco Starmodels alsoproved to behighly popularwith a good number oforders bookedat the show.

PB LifttechnikPB was showing off the talents ofits new 4x4 rough terrain scissorrange in the form of the S151-19E4x4. Fitted with a 16kW electro-hydraulic drive system (equivalentto a 25-30kW diesel engine) themachine features 80 degree steering angle, oscillating front axlewith 250mm levelling and a heightadjustable rear axle (up to 380 mm)– which canbe levelledindividually as well as infull automaticmode.

Leader Italian-based Leader launched twonew models – the 21 metre truckmounted AJ 21.10 with a travelheight of just 2.3 metres and theLC1775 spider lift with 16.7 metreworking height weighing 1,950kg.

Jekko Jekko showed off its new 17 metreSPL 17C spider lift (the samemachine as the Leader) butappeared to have more interest inits new, 2.7 tonne SPX 527 minicrane which can tale a tonne tomore than 13 metres and with jibreach to 17 metres.

MaedaKranlyft made its first sales of therecently unveiled 2.93 tonne MaedaLC383M-5B.

Christer Dijner, managing director of ABKranlyft (L) with Peter Leeb from LeebTechnik Austria and Ben Kemp fromKemp Netherlands.

MECTucked away in the northern area,MEC showed its new 12 metre/40ft40S trackedtelescopicboomdesigned inco-operationwith a number ofDutch rentalcompanies,alongside its electricSpeed Level.

YoungmanAs well as its Boss range of pusharound lifts, Youngman had itsEcolite-T mobile lighting tower ondisplay which boast a fuel consumption as much as 80 percent better than its peers.

JLGJLG showed off its ‘similar looking’but almost completely changedE300 series articulated booms.

SkyjackDave Hall ofSkyjack tookgreat delightin showingoff the finalversion of theSJ16 selfpropelled,mast-type liftwhich has many nice featuresincluding the push-out deck.

GaliziaGalizia displayed itsnew GK20electriccrane (liftinga BMWmotorbike)and theimprovedF200 electric.

Imer First outing for Ihimer’s three model spider range, the LEM 1500,1800 and the new machine, theLEM 2200.

Alfons Thihatmer

and MichaelWotschke of

Teupen

Several Wolff cranes

MultitelSMX225

Skako Lift stand

HollandLift

PB’s 4x4 scissor

SandrinoFerrariniwith the

new LeaderAJ21.10

Jekko stand and SPX 527

Youngman stand

Imer’s new 1500 1800 and 2200 spiders

Galizia GK20 and F200

Dave Hall and the SJ16

MEC 40S

The Guide

www.vertikaldays.net

for buyers and users of lifting equipment

Access EquipmentCranesTelehandlers

16th & 17th June Haydock Park

The key point of Vertikal Days is for thosewho buy or use access platforms, cranesor telehandlers to see and try the latestequipment and most important of all tomeet and spend time with suppliers. Inaddition, the growing number of short seminars allows you to combine your visitwith an informative learning experience.

The number of ancillary suppliers is alsogrowing and as a result we have enlarged the ‘marketplace’ marquee yet again. Thisyear’s stands include safety electronics,tyres, batteries, replacement parts, rental/business software and service suppliers.

While this is a small show in comparison toBauma, it is much more concentrated and ifyou want to gain the maximum benefit youshould consider allowing two days. The showis ‘all inclusive’ with coffee, soft drinks andpastries on offer all day with a hot lunch provided between noon and 2.30. Entry, parking and all hospitality is free with yourinvitation or pre-registration.

The Wednesday evening networking eventpromises to be more popular than ever withup to 500 people attending. Tickets can bepurchased through exhibitors.

Construction College andConstructionSkills. The launch will include presentations from the HSE, ALLMI and the CPA.Time: 14.00 – 15.30 Davies Suiteof the Tommy Whittle stand.Contact: Haydn Steele at CPA –[email protected] 17th JuneCPA Plant Safety GroupMeeting 10.30am to 13.00 in LeverhulmeSuite 3 of the Tommy Whittlestand.Contact: Haydn Steele at CPA –[email protected] Operators’ ForumThe ALLMI Operators’ Forum willhold its General Meeting at 10:00in the Whittle suite. Providingmembers with an update:• ALLMI's affiliation agreement

with CPCS• Launch of the ALLMI / CPA

Best Practice Guide• Development of ALLMI's

Appointed Person training course• Update on BS7121 Part 4 and

EN12999• Update on developments to

the ALLMI training schemes.• Update on ALLMI's Code

of Practice development.Non-member guests are welcomeand should contact ALLMI to confirm a place.Contact: Tom Wakefield at ALLMI –[email protected] Seminars – both daysHigher Concept SyrinxWorkshops Higher Concept Rental software is organising a series of trainingworkshops on both days for itsclients in the Newton Stand Café.Contact: Jane Luther at HigherConcept Software - [email protected]

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inspHire MasterclassSessions inspHire is inviting customers to register for Free MasterclassSessions available both days inthe Newton Stand Bar. Ideal forthose wishing to expand theirknowledge of inspHire hire management solution.Contact: Karen Miles at inspHire– [email protected] Leftwich AssociatesSeminars Will Leftwich Associates will beholding two seminars on bothdays also taking place in theNewton Stand Bar:• Surviving the recession

successfully presented byPeter Thomas and RichardMason

• CE marking lifting equipment –impact of the new machinerydirective, presented by NickWilliams, Conformance Ltd and Synchronised BusinessSolutions.

Contact: Will Leftwich –[email protected] Service - Protectingyourself from bad debtTop Service will host seminars onboth days in the Newton StandCafe, covering the topic of helping to minimise bad debt.Contact: Emma Bridges at Top Service [email protected]

Wednesday 16th JuneLaunch of the CPA BestPractice Guide on theMaintenance, Inspection,and Thorough Examinationof Mobile Cranes Produced in conjunction with theHealth and Safety Executive(HSE), Safety AssessmentFederation, the United KingdomContractors Group, the NationalConstruction College andConstructionSkills, the documentaddresses maintenance and thorough inspections along withthe often contentious issue offour yearly proof load testing. Thelaunch will include presentationsfrom the HSE and the CPA andwill provide plenty of opportunityfor questions from delegates.Time: 10.30 in the Davies Suiteof the Tommy Whittle stand.Contact: Haydn Steele at CPA –[email protected] Rental Plus meetingIPAF is holding a Rental Plusinformation meeting on Time: 10.30 – 12.00 inLeverhulme Suite 3 of theTommy Whittle stand.Contact: Jean Harrison at IPAF –[email protected] of the Best PracticeGuide on the Safe Use ofLorry LoadersThe CPA and ALLMI will launchthe Best Practice Guide on theSafe Use of Lorry Loaders, whichbuilds on the advice in the revisionof BS 7121-4 Code of practice forthe safe use of cranes – Part 4:Lorry loaders, produced in conjunction with the Health andSafety Executive (HSE), theModular and Portable BuildingsAssociation, Safety AssessmentFederation, the United KingdomContractors Group, the National

Meetings and Seminars

Venue: Haydock Park Racecourse, Newton Le Willows, Merseyside WA12 0HQ (Junction 23 off the M6)

Wednesday June 16th Doors open 10:00 Lunch 12:00 -14:30Show closes 17:30Networking event 18:30 -11:00(Ticket required)

Thursday June 17th Doors open 10:00Lunch 12:00 -14:30 Show closes 16:30

How to register

• On line at www.vertikaldays.net andpick up your badge at the door.

• Obtain a VIP ticket from an exhibitorand exchange it for a badge at the gate.

• Turn up at the gate, complete a formthen swap it for a badge.

Alarina – Stand MP9First-timeexhibitor Alarinawill unveil abrand new, low-level selfpropelled scissor lift, theAlas 2100 with7ft/2.1m platform heightand GVW of just 340kg – nomore than most push-arounds. ALLMI – Stand 154ALLMI is holding a number of meetings and seminars at VertikalDays and has a stand manned byits members.Altec – Stand 155Altec will show its DB34 insulated‘digger derrick’ with auger, platformand crane alongside the 14 metreAT130F van mounted lift and the 36tonne AC36t-38S truck crane with38 metre main boom.APS – Stand 146/147See Omme and HinowaArtic Crane – Stand 106On the City Lifting stand, the newRaptor 84 articulated tower cranewill be fully erected to demonstrateits world beating out of serviceradius. Ascendant Access – Stand 151Ascendant will feature models fromits growing range of truck and vanmounted lifts including its new 20


vert ikal daysc&a3B6 – Stand 137 Represented by CLEAccess Industries Group –Stand 113See MultitelAichi – Stand 134On the Ranger Equipment stand willbe five Aichi lifts including the40ft/12m telescopic SP14CJ, one ofthe first wheeled Aichi booms in theUK, the 13ft/6m SV06CNS microscissor, the 20ft/6m platform heightSV08CNL scissor with four metrelong extended platform and the24ft/8m SV10CWL with its slightlywider chassis and platform. Bothmini scissors include AC drive andadvanced features. Finally the ultracompact track mounted RM04 mastlift will be on display to gauge reaction.

Exhibitors and exhibitsmetre articulated boom Z20 with9.6 metres of outreach and a 12.5metre van mount. The company isalso looking to expand overseassales.Atlas – Stand 154Terex Atlas is showing models fromits popular range of loader cranes.ATN – Stand 121ATN can be seen on the PowerLifting stand showing one of its Piaf810 mast booms and for the firsttime in the UK and its 12 metre, 4x4 Zebra 12RT boom lift whichoffers the greatest outreach of any articulated self propelled lift under50ft.Avant Tecno – Stand 143See Leguan Bil-Jax – Stand 138Represented by PromaxBison – Stand 114See PalfingerBizzocchi – Stand 150Represented by CTEBluelift – Stand 126On the Bravi UKstand Bluelift willshow its all new22 metre C22/11spider lift, with 11 metres outreach and atotal weight ofless than 3,000kg.Böcker –Stand 104Böcker trailer and truck mountedaluminium cranes and lifts will beon display, possibly with someexamples from its new hoist range. Bravi UK – Stand 126Bravi will have its new Caddy selfpropelled stock-picking lift on show,alongside the improved version of

Broderson – Stand 156On the Cranes UK stand is the eighttonne Broderson IC80 pick & carrycrane with a 14 metre tip heightand four wheel steer.Bronto – Stand 100Bronto will have a 36 metreX36XDT on its stand and will bedemonstrating its Loadman portable ground testing device (see innovations Page 59) Cargotec – Stand 155Represented by AltecCautrac – Stand 133Cautrac will show its latest 15metre articulated self propelled rail-road boom lift which offers anumber of significant improvementsand enhancements. City Lifting – Stand 106London-based crane hirer CityLifting is one of the leading towercrane specialists in the UK and distributes Comansa and Artictower cranes.Comansa – Stand 106

Represented by CityLiftingCompact LiftingEquipment –Stand 137The mini crane andglass handling distributor and accessrental company willshow a two tonne

Jekko pick & carry crane and willlaunch the new JMG range of pick& carry cranes.CPA – Stand MP15The UK’s Construction Plant-HireAssociation has organised a numberof meetings and is launching its latest ‘Best Practice’ guides. Crane Safe – Stand MP8The UK arm of tower crane anti-collision device manufacturerSMIE now offers a wide range ofcrane safety electronics and systems which will be demonstrated at the show. Cranes Today – StandMP10The crane magazine will be on sitealong with sister publication Hoist.The company also organises theMiddle East and Asian crane safetyconferences.Cranes UK – Stand 156Cranes UK is the Tadano Faun andBroderson distributor for the UK butalso carries a good inventory ofused cranes for sale.

Crowland Cranes – Stand MP18The Zoomlion and Ormig crane distributor for the UK will be exhibiting in the Marketplace thisyear with LSI products. It also offersa wide range of replacement parts,crane repairs, testing and engineering services.Crown Battery – StandMP17See Shield Batteries.

the popular Leonardo low-level selfpropelled lift which is now availablewith an outdoor rating. Also take alook at and try the Eddielift Duolightweight push around lift.

CTE – Stand 150CTE is using Vertikal Days to showoff its latest new products includingthe radical MP20/13 3.5 tonne truckmounted lift. Unveiled at Bauma thelift introduces a new concept to thesector, combining a 13 metre telescopic model with no-outriggerduties with a 20 metre articulated.The eagerly awaited Traccess 230spider lift will also be a key featureof the stand. Cumberland Industries –Stand 119Cumberland will show a selection of its own specialist vehicle mounted lifts, along with productsfrom Socage, including the all new

BlueliftC22/11

Bravi Caddy

14 metre Land-Rover based A314articulated boom lift, a Unimog with 14.7 metre Terex TL42M fullyinsulated boom, the world premierof its 4x4 Iveco with the 20 metredouble articulated Socage DA320boom and the first UK showing ofthe 70 metre Socage TJJ70 truckmounted platform. Custom Equipment –Stand 122Custom Equipment will show itsimproved low-weight self propelledlifts, including the 10ft HybridS1030 and the production version of the Hybrid S830 ultra compact.Denka – Stand 116See Skako LiftDinolift – Stand 138Represented by PromaxDunlop Tyres – Stand 117Goodyear-Dunlop is using the showto launch its all-new All Terraincrane tyre, which it says can manage the 16.5 tonne axle loadspermitted in the UK. It is hoping that crane companies will considerswitching from those tyres whichcannot.Easi-UpLifts – Stand 111 Easi-UpLifts will be promoting itssales division which specialises inyoung, used aerial lifts as well as its re-rent operation which offerslarge and specialist aerial lifts and telehandlers on a re-rent basis. Thestand will feature a number of unitsincluding a 70 metre Bronto truckmounted platform. Easy Lift – Stand 121Easy Lift spider lifts on the PowerLifting stand will include the EasyLift R130, R150, R160 and R210models with working heights of 13,

15, 16 and 21 metres respectively.Eazzilift – Stand 122The British-built push around lifts,including a Mini and Midi model will be on the r2 Access stand.Eco Crane Solutions –Stand 104The new company offers environmentally friendly liftingequipment such as the Böcker aluminium crane range.Effer – Stand 150Loader crane manufacturer Effer isrepresented by sister company CTE Elebia - Stand 154The company manufacturers aunique automatic hook for bulk bags and other standard loadercrane loads.Facelift – Stand 131Facelift will show some of its nicheaccess products as well as launching and demonstrating the all-new, radically different ZT SafetySystems fall arrest harness system.In addition to demonstrating itseffectiveness it will also have a testrig to allow visitors to give it a try.Falck Schmidt – Stand116See Skako LiftGalizia – Stand 129The self propelled pick & carry cranes will be on the GGR stand,look for the highly spec’d electrictwo tonne G20.Genie – Stand 149Genie will show a sample of itsscissor and boom lifts, along withthe 26ft/8m platform height GR26Jfrom its new mast boom range. GGR – Stand 129See Unic, Galizia and Paus

Glasboy – Stand 129See GGRGiraf Track – Stand 141The company will show its latesttrack mounted boom lift completewith 13 metre wide platform andseveral attachments. A must seeexhibit.Goodyear – Stand 117See DunlopGrove – Stand 153Grove will show its recentlylaunched 45 tonne three axle Citycrane, the GCK3045.GSR Stands 114/115The company’s range of van andtruck mounted lifts will be on display on the Skyking stand.Haulotte – Stand 125The star of the Haulotte stand willbe its new 33ft/10m compact boomlift the HA12CJ. With an overallheight of less than two metres,width of 1.2 metres and short riser, telescopic boom and jib (with rotating jib on the CJ+) it is idealfor working in congested spaces.Hiab – Stand 155Represented by CargotecHigher Concept Software– Stand MP6 Higher Concept Software willdemonstrate the latest versions ofits Syrinx Hire ManagementSystem. In addition to the rentalmanagement module, Syrinx alsokeeps a detailed service and inspection history for all items inthe fleet, can issue service andsafety inspection certificates whileequipment maintenance can also bemanaged and tracked by the system. The company is also holding its popular Syrinx workshops and technology seminars at the show.Hinowa – Stand 146/147Based on the APS stand Hinowaproducts will include the ground-breaking Lithium-ion poweredGoldlift 14:70, the all-new 17 metreGoldlift 17.80XL IIIS and 23 metre

III series Hinowa 23.12. A trackmounted Hinowa forklift will also be on display.Hitachi Sumitomo – Stand 152No products on display this year but distributor NRC will be happy to discuss any deals.Holland Lift – Stand 132On the Russon Access stand will bethe biggest scissor lift at the show,the 106ft/32 metre platform heightMegastar G-320. Also expect to seeone of Holland Lift’s high-reach narrow aisle electric models withindoor and outdoor rating.Hy-Brid – Stand 122See Custom EquipmentHyTower – Stand 121Power Lifting will show the newHyTower 750 towable push-aroundlift.Imai - Stand 142See Jekko Imer Direct – Stand 123First time exhibitor at Vertikal DaysImer will show the IHIMER spiderlift range that now extends to 22metres, along with a hoist from theMaber range. The company mayalso show one of the new Iteco selfpropelled lifts.inspHire - Stand MP19inspHire will demonstrate its HireManagement Solutions, designed togive the user a comprehensive viewof the business, tracking equipment,customers and trends. inspHire’sfull off-hire service routine withattached test certification helpsbusinesses control their fleets. Thesystem can prevent users frombooking equipment without the testcertification and includes servicescheduling and pre-delivery inspections. Latest developmentsinclude Vista Certified CRM withremote synchronisation andMobileWorking using the latest .Net technology, freeing staff toprocess orders more efficiently with barcode or RFID functionalityincluding features such as on sitesignature capture.

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Haulotte HA12CJ

Hinowa Goldlift 14.70

IPAF – Stand MP12In addition to hosting an openRental+ meeting the InternationalPowered Access Federation IPAF ischallenging operators to ‘Do theTest’ held on a course in a specialdemonstration area. The ‘Test’allows operators to demonstratetheir skills in doing daily checks,testing safety systems, putting onpersonal protective equipment (PPE)and driving the aerial lift correctlythrough an obstacle course. AnIPAF-certified instructor will be onhand to assess the operator’s performance and to explain, at theend, what mistakes were made and what the correct proceduresshould be.IPS – Stand 144IPS will have one of its parts vanson display with the new van-basedIT system that allows computerisedsales quotes and delivery notes tobe produced on the spot. The vanincludes a selection of fast movingparts for aerial lifts. A refurbishedPop-Up will demonstrate the company’s refurbishment abilitiesand will be available for sale fromthe stand. Isoli – Stand 138On the Promax stand Isoli will belaunching its all new 14.2 metreLand Rover mounted MPT140 articulated boom with 6.7 metresoutreach and insulated cage option. Iteco – Stands 123 & 132Iteco scissor lifts - now part of theImer Group - will be on the Russonand Imer stands.Jekko – Stand 142Jekko spider cranes will be onJekko UK stand, while its two tonnepick & carry crane will be on theCLE stand.JLG – Stand 135JLG will feature its direct drive ESscissor lift range with the latest

attachments, the 1230ES mast lift,M3369 compact RT scissor, Toucan10E mast boom, 60ft/20m M600JPBi Energy boom lift and a 3246ESRent-Ready+.JMG – Stand 137New pick & carry crane manufacturer JMG can be found on the CLE standKalmar – Stand 155Represented by CargotecKing Trailer – Stands114/115King Trailer will show off its latesttrailer designed for efficient aeriallift transport as sold to NationwidePlatforms.Kranlyft – 135ASee MaedaLeguan Lifts by Avant –Stand 143The company will show the latestversion of its skid steer booms andspider lifts.Liebherr – Stands 101/102Liebherr is out in force again with a wide range of cranes, includingthe 60 tonne LTR 1060 crawler telescopic unveiled at Bauma and the LTF 1045-4.1 truck cranemounted on a Volvo FM 84 RBchassis. Making its debut is thelargest crane at the show, the 350 tonne LTM 1350-6.1 as well as the 130 tonne LTM 1130-5.1 and the 90 tonne LTM 1090-4.1. In the demonstration area the MK88 mobile self erecting tower crane will be showing how fast and easily it can set up, while theregular tower crane line will be represented by the head of the 250 EC-B flat-top. Instructors fromLiebherr’s highly successful CPCStraining school will also be on hand to discuss courses.Liftlux – Stand 135 See JLG


Liebherr LTF 1045-4.1

Link Belt – Stand 152Link Belt will focus this year on its70 tonne telescopic crawler crane,the TCC750 which is now availablewith a range of attachments including a man basket and an auger.LSI – Stand MP18On the Crowland Cranes stand LSIwill show its wireless safe load indicator, anemometer and slewsystems which can be easily retrofitted to older cranes.

Maber – Stand 123One of the company’s materialhoists will be displayed on the Imer Direct standMaeda – Stand 135AThe star of the Kranlyft stand willsurely be the new LC383M-5 minicrane which sold so well at Baumawhere it was first shown. TheMaeda range of spider cranes willalso be on display.

Manitou – 117AThe stars of the show will be thenew 16 metre 160ATJ+ boom liftwith high lift capacity and the compact, fixed frame MT625 telehandler. The new 360 degreeMRT telehandlers might also be on display. Manitowoc – Stand 153Ask about the CraneStar remotediagnostic/telematics package gradually being fitted as standardon the company’s cranes.MCS – Stand MP13The company will be demonstratingits rental software systems tailoredto companies in the crane andaccess rental market.Mentor Training – Stand MP11Mentor provides operator trainingfor all types of access equipment,overhead cranes and fork lift trucks.Courses are fully accredited by theindustry’s leading bodies includingIPAF and LEEA and can be deliveredon customer sites.Merlo – Stand 136This will be the first event since the company decided to enter themore mainstream access marketwith its compact spider lifts andhigh speed boom lifts. It will alsodisplay the latest models from itsRoto 360 telehandler line and compact Panoramic straight frame models.

Multitel – Stand 113Multitel will show its all-new 22.5metre, two boom spider lift theSMX225. Built in co-operation withPalazzani it offers up to 10 metres of outreach and weighs just2,480kg. Truck mounted lifts willinclude an MX 200 on an Iveco35s11 chassis, an MX225 on aRenault Maxity with inboard outriggers and 10 metres outreachand an MX270 with 13.3 metre outreach and 225kg platform capacity. In the Demo area will be a 35 metre J335ALU with 400kgcapacity and hydraulically extending cage.MTI Lux – Stand MP20In the Marketplace the tower cranedealer will show a model of its new,own-design flat top crane, the firstmodel of which has now been built.Myerscough College –Stand MP2The college which has developed aspeciality in cranes and accesscourses is launching its two yearFdSc Heavy Plant MachineryManagement and Logistics courseat Vertikal Days. The FoundationDegree programme provides a'hands on' practical learning experience combined with academic study and draws ondiverse disciplines from business,science, engineering, IT and logistics.

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Hitachi Sumitomo 152Imai 142Jekko 142 JMG 137Kranlyft 135ALiebherr 101Link Belt 152Maeda 135AManitowoc 153Mantis 156MTI Lux MP20NRC 152Ormig MP18Paus 129PM 110Potain 153Speedy Hire 112Tadano Faun 156Terex-Atlas 142Tinsley Trailers 103Tracked Access 130Unic 129Wienhold 110Zoomlion MP18

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Other3B6 137ALLMI 154CPA MP15Crane Safe MP8Cranes Today MP10Crown Battery MP17Dunlop tyres 117Goodyear 117Higher Concept MP6inspHire MP19IPAF MP12

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Niftylift – Stand 120Nifty will unveil its new 50ft/15metre platform height HR17 Hybridboom lift with environmentallyfriendly economical power systemand award winning SiOPS safetysystem and Tough Cage as well as a range of its trailer and self propelled lifts. NRC – Stand 152See Link Belt and Hitachi Sumitomo

Oil & Steel – Stand 110Oil&Steel will be talking about itsnew regional distribution and willhave its Octopussy 1401 and 1800Evo spider lifts on show along withthe 20 metre truck mounted Snake2010 ‘Rental Edition’ mounted onNissan Cab Star. Omme – Stand 146/147On the APS stand Omme will have its 27 metre Omme 2750 RBDJ

spider lift with 15.5 metres outreach.Ormig – Stand MP18Represented by Crowland CranesPagliero – Stand 113 See MultitelPalazzani – Stand 130On the Tracked Access stand thePalazzani spider lifts will include the22.5 metre dual telescopic boomTZX225 and a 32 metre telescopicXTJ32. There is also a chance that the new ECO-30 model might be on the stand.

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Palfinger Platforms –Stands 114/115UK distributor Skyking will show thecompact, 70 metre Wumag WT700truck mounted lift with 700kg liftcapacity and up to 36 metres ofoutreach. The unit will be mountedon an MAN chassis with 2.5 metresoverall width and 13.75 overalllength.Paus – Stand 129A Paus aluminium trailer crane will be on the GGR stand.

produce accumulator type batteriesin glass jars, it still produces specialbatteries today. More recently it was appointed as sole UK distributor for Crown deep cyclebatteries as used in electric powered aerial lifts. US-basedCrown is also offering its CEG rangeof Gel VLRA batteries for deep cycleapplications. Skako Lift – Stand 116In partnership with Urban Access,Skako - the new name for Worldliftowner of Falck Schmidt and Denka -will show the recently announced32 metre 320Z articulated spiderlift. The new heavy duty lift not onlyoffers more outreach and up andover height from its compact base,but is said to be priced very competitively. A must see.


PB Lifttechnik – Stand 134On the Ranger Equipment standyou’ll find the 50ft/15m platformheight S171-12ES ultra-narrow electric scissor lift. Although only1.2 metres wide it is certified foroutdoor use and offers up to 10.3degrees of levelling. If all goes wellone of the new, highly impressive4x4 Rough Terrain scissors willdemonstrating its amazing abilities.Platform Basket – Stand 138On the Promax stand you’ll find thenew 22 metre Spider 22.10 with10.2 metres unrestricted outreach.Weighing less than 3,500kg withtrailer it features hydraulicallyextending tracks, a self levellingsystem and is fully radio controlled.A similarly equipped 18 metreSpider 18.90 will also be on show. PM – Stand 110The loader crane company will beon the Oil&Steel stand.Pop-Up – Stand 127Pop-Up will show the productionversions of its excellent new push

around scissor lift range the PUSH6, PUSH8 and PUSH10 withplatform heights of 6ft/2m, 8ft/2.5mand 10ft/3m. The new lifts offer numerous improvements over theoriginal models including automaticbraking.PotainWhile not confirmed yet expect tosee the latest self erecting Potaintower crane on the Manitowocstand.Power Lifting – Stand 121See Easy Lift and ATNPower Tower – Stand 145The original push around PowerTower with its 5.2 metre workingheight will be joined by the self propelled Nano which is also available in a simple push-aroundversion.Power Scissor – Stand132On the Russon Access stand is thenew manually operated indoor/outdoor scissor lift with three metreplatform height and can now beused with power drill for faster liftand descent. Do give it a try.Promax Access – Stand138See Dinolift, Bil-Jax and PlatformBasketR2 Access – Stand 122See Custom and Eazzilift Ranger Equipment –Stand 134See Aichi, Giraf Track, PBLifttechnik, The Spider Lift Companyand TeupenRusson Access – Stand132See Holland Lift, Iteco and PowerScissorSB Training – Stand MP16Making its debut at Vertikal Days,SB Training offers a one-stop shopfor safety at work training whichincludes IPAF, PASMA, CPCS,NPORS, and FLT.Shield Batteries – Stand MP17Shield Batteries is celebrating its100th year as a UK manufacturer.Founded in London in 1910 to

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Skyjack – Stand 139Skyjack will have its new SJ16 ultracompact electric mast lift on displayalong with examples from its scissor lift ranges and its articulated4x4 boomlifts.Skyking – Stands 114/115See Palfinger and GSRSMIE – Stand MP8See Crane SafeSnorkel – Stand 128Exhibiting under its new globalbranding the merged UpRight andSnorkel will have a full display, butwill highlight the new 46ft/14mT46JRT telescopic boom lift, withtwo metre jib, 6,400kg GVW andfast cycle speeds. Also look for thenew 19ft micro scissor lifts, theS1930E and lighter S1932E - now in full production.

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Socage – Stand 119Working with Cumberland Industriesthe star exhibit is likely to be the 70metre Socage TJJ70 truck mountedplatform and the new 20 metre 4x4Iveco DA320. Speedy Hire – Stand 112Speedy Hire is the UK’s largestequipment rental company and willdisplay a range of products from itslifting tackle and access equipmentranges. The company also sponsorsVertikal Days and provides generators and fencing.Syrinx – Stand MP6See Higher Concept Tadano Faun – Stand 156On the Cranes UK stand will be anew 220 tonne ATF220G-5 and ahand-over presentation at the showas well as the two axle 40 tonneATF40G-2. There is also a chance of a surprise. Terex Atlas – Stand 154See AtlasTerex Utilities – Stand 119See Cumberland IndustriesTest Centrum – Stand 141See Giraf Track

Teupen – Stand 134There will be a full line up of Teupenspider lifts on the Ranger standincluding the more competitivelypriced Leo13GT and the first UKshowing of the 23 metre ‘Facelift’Leo 23GT - one of a new generationof Leo models. The Spider Lift Company– Stand 134 See Ranger EquipmentThe Vertikal Press –Marketplace centreProviders of information to the lifting industry and publishers ofCranes&Access, Vertikal.net,Kran&Buhne and Cranes&AccessRussia.Thermoil – Stand MP5Thermoil battery treatment additiveis gradually proving its worth as anincreasing number of access usersappreciate the cost savings andextended battery life it offers. Itsbiggest problem is that it soundstoo good to be true, but usersswear by it. Timbermat - Stand 157Timbermat offers a wide range ofmats and tracking to help heavyequipment such as cranes and largelifts cross and set up on softground. Tinsley Trailers – Stand103The company will show the latestdevelopments of its special cranecounterweight trailersTop Service – Stand MP14The only fully integrated financialinformation credit rating and debtcollection service that focuses inthe construction industry withmembers sharing information onpoor and non payers.Toucan/JLG – Stand 135 See JLG

Tracked Access – Stand130See PalazzaniUnic – Stand 129On the GGR stand will be a fullrange of Unic Spider cranes including the largest 706, also askabout ATEX certified air-poweredmodels developed in the UK.UpRight – Stand 128 See SnorkelUrban Access – Stand 116See Skako LiftVersalift – 116AVersalift has a large display of newproducts including a 14 metre boomon a Land Rover Discovery chassis,a new City range all-electric lift onModec electric chassis, a 13 metresemi-electric lift on Iveco Daily, anew fully insulated Xtreme semi-electric 15 metre platform on aMercedes Unimog U400, a fullyinsulated 20 metre platform on aMercedes Zetros chassis and a 13metre boom on a new 4x4 Dailychassis. Wienhold – Stand 110On the Oil&Steel stand the companywill show models from its WLK andWLU Material Lift ranges.WLA – Stand MP7 Will Leftwich Associates is a handson management consultancy thatspecialises in helping developstrategic planning for the future aswell as guiding a company’s growthby merger or acquisition, processimprovement, bringing products tomarket, team building, skills development and training. The company is presenting two shortseminars during Vertikal Days – see Seminars and Meetings.Worldlift – Stand 116 See Skako LiftWumag – Stand 114/115See Palfinger

Wynne Systems – StandMP4Wynne Systems provides the widely used Rentalman rental management software used bysome of the largest and smallestrental companies around the world.Youngman – Stand 148 Youngman will have the latest versions of its increasingly popularBossX-Series push around scissorlifts, including the X2, X3 and X3.5.It will also be demonstrating itsnew BoSS Cam-lock advanceguardrail system for access towers, not to mention ladders and podium steps.ZF Components – StandMP1ZF produces transmissions and running gear for a wide range ofcranes and telescopic handlers andwill be on hand to discuss its support services.Zoomlion – Stand MP18Sadly the two Zoomlion cranes destined for the show, a 35 tonnetruck and 80 tonne crawler cranewill arrive too late to appear, butdealer Crowland Crane has a standin the Marketplace.

Teupen Leo23GT

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EfferEffer showed at least three newloader cranes including the world premier of this 955.

FassiThe new Fassi F100T

Time Versalift Time generated interest in all-electriclifts and 14.3 metre Land Rover unitwith 7.3 metres outreach.

WilbertDominatingWilbert’sstand was itsnew - ratherlarge, 128tonne capacityWT 2405L.Maximum freestandingtower heightsare up to 130tonnes.

HABGerman-based aerial lift manufacturerHAB had a very full stand andunveiled a 100ft/33m platform heighttelescopic boom lift, the T 35 JD4WDL with four section octagonalboom and articulating jib. Also seenfor the first time was its 99ft/30metre, 1.25 metre wide, 600kgcapacity S320 -12 E4WDS electric,narrow scissor. CTE has recentlybeen appointed as distributor for Italy,but the company is also looking for adealer in the UK.

ATN French-based ATN continues itsproduct diversification with thelaunch of its first 4x4 scissor, the15 metre working height, 700kgcapacity CX15.

Zoomlion

Zoomlion had a massive stand andincluded a new 260 tonne QAY260All Terrain, and 80 tonne and 400tonne lattice crawler, five newtower cranes and its first RoughTerrain crane, the 34 metreboom,55 tonne RT550.

BraviBravi remindedeveryone who started the smallmasted platformwith its originalmachine from1995.

TadanoNo new All Terrains on the Tadanostand but following its purchase ofMantis last year there was the 70tonne telescopic boom Mantis GTC700 EX crawler.

XJCM Unfortunately, the stand personneldid not make it from China, butthese two cranes including 30tonne Rough Terrain QRY30 did.

HinowaThis was the first chance for many tohave a closer look at the Goldlift14.70 Lithium tracked spider. Thecompany also launched the 17 metreGoldlift 17.80XL with the IIIS automatic levelling system whichworks on slopes up to 11 degrees.And automatic one button outrigger stowage.

KobelcoKobelco’s plans for two handovers -the latest variant of the 550 tonneSL6000 to Dougie McGilvray ofWeldex and the CKE800 to GrahamBooth of BPH Equipment - werescuppered by the ash clouds. Howeverthe cranes looked impressive.

Isoli RapidlyexpandingItalian manufacturerIsoli launchedits new 22metre PT225HE+HE anddisplayed itsLand Roverbased lift.

Unic Cranes EuropeUnic Cranes had a good show takingseveral orders including this for onefor its largest mini cranes, a Unic706 to Lift Ltd.

Linden ComansaLinden Comansa had several newcranes including the 21 LC 750 itslargest flat-top to date.

IPAF IPAF had an excellent interactivestand with demonstrations to highlight the problems ofnot using the right equipment for a job usinga highly skilled acrobatto reinforce the messageto the many stand visitors.

Oil&SteelItalian truck and spiderlift manufacturer Oil&Steel launchedits new 27 metre working heighttruck mounted lift mounted on a 3.5tonne chassis. The Snake 2714Compact is unusual in that it mounts the platform onto a connected third axle trailer and notdirectly onto the truck chassis. Bymounting this way it can be drivenon B and E driving licenses and isparticularly suitable for the Dutchand German markets.

Hitachi SumitomoTwo large crawlers from HitachiSumitomo, the compact and easyto erect 200 tonne SCX2000A, andthe 550 tonne 6000SLX availablewith superlift attachmentattracted a good deal ofattention.

Link Belt Link Belt executivesstruggled to reach theshow, but UK distributorNRC was out in force.With three of the cranesheading back to the UKafter the show.

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“Come on Andy we’ve heard that one before” Andy McCusker of Activechatting with Brad Boehler and Steve Shaughnessy of Skyjack.

“Damn I broke a nail - where’s that Teresa got to” Karina Lehmannmans the IPAF booth.

“Go on give him one!” Tim Whiteman makesan impassioned point.

“We can really sing where I comefrom” Joy Jones one of the best HSEspeakers ever to address an IPAFSummit.

“Oh I thought it was Karaoke time” KarinNars of Dino lift asks a question.

“So who wrote this then?” Phil Graysmark, Lars PetterGodenhielm and Andy McCusker at the AGM.

“Simultaneous Chinese would be nice” Bai Ri of JCHI at the Summit.

The new president – Steve Shaughnessy is congratulated byoutgoing president John Ball as Tim Whiteman looks on.

“I dare you to come up here and say that!” David Shipman ofAFI makes a strong point.

“John believe me it won’t fit – you’ll just have to do two moreyears!” - John Ball passes the presidents chain of office toSteve Shaughnessy.

“Stop that Steve it tickles” John Ball and SteveShaughnessy share a joke.

Roger Brown and Ward Bushnell founders of Genie got theSummit off to a strong start.

“Aghhh I should never have called that woman a bigot” TheIPAF council at the AGM.

“Oh come on John I told you only five minutes!” Steve Shaughnessy,Tim Whiteman and John Ball during the AGM.

“OK Karina smile like this and they’ll go away”- Karina Lehmann andTeresa Carlino of IPAF.

Trust Vertikal to get it wrong – the backdrop was too high for all butthe end of the buffet.

IPAF summitc&aThe Summit photo albumOnce again by popular demand we include our slightly irreverent photo album from theIPAF Summit and awards dinner. This year’s event was held in London, with an eveningnetworking event at the historic Cabinet War Rooms and the Summit and dinner at a majorhotel next to St Pauls Cathedral in the City of London. As is often the case we had way toomany photos for the five pages that we have available in this issue. If you would like tosee more of them please do let us know and we will look at how we might publish therest. Hopefully the selection we have chosen will portray what a great event it was andjust how cosmopolitan it has become. If our any of our offbeat imaginary captions offendanyone we apologise in advance.


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“They have brought us to a bunker Arjen” Arjen Snijder ofTeupen with Cees van der Kooij of Loxam.

The queen appears to have slipped in unnoticed.. or is it MargaretCaton of IPAF?

Giles Councell of IPAF with Kevin and Alison O’Shea of Mastclimbers LLCSteve Couling of Versalift withDuncan Howard of Platform Sales.

“Hear-Yea Hear-Yea the bar’sopen” Jean Harrison of IPAF ringsthe dinner bell as Peter Cramer ofCramer Arbeitsbühnen looks on.

Pascal Deher of IPAF France with FrançoisDesbriere and Maxime Deroch of Manitou.

“Hey look at me” Florencio Alonso of AP Aerial PlatformsSA with Romina Vanzi of IPAF and Rocio Romero also of AP.

“Now I want you all to listen to what I have to say” Our guide briefs theguests on the detail of the Cabinet War Rooms.

“Its really basic guys” Tony Groat of IPAF/AWPT with SteveShaughnessy and Roger Brown.

“Mastclimbers and hoists ….for us ha ha” Adrian Bolton of Alimak Hekwith John and Alistair Jordan of Rapid Access.

“I’m not impressed with this underground stuff” Peter Grant of Merlo (centre) with Hans PeterSpielhoff of Spielhoff Arbeitsbühnenvermietung (L) and Rhona Lombardo of Nacanco (R). “The three nations” Klaus-Dieter Rösler, Carsten Bielefeld, John Ball, Amancio Lebrero and Wilhelm Buchman.

“So where is this we are going?” Guests including Klaus-Dieter Rösler andCarsten Bielefeld, arrive at the wartime Cabinet War Rooms.

“Eh-up lad” (L-R) Harry McArdle of Easi UpLifts, Russell Rowley of R2Access and Andy Northwood of Ascendant Access.

“Southern Europe rules” (L-R) Rhona Lombardo and Luca Gardella ofNacanco with Macarena Garcia Oliver of Movicarga and RobertoMarangoni of JLG Italia.

“Oh ! Arjen?” Arjen Snijder of Teupen tries to scareMaria Hadlow while of Steve Hadfield of RangerEquipment looks on.

On arrival guests find an occupant left over from the 1940’s.“What on earth is that?” Evaristo Bayona ofMecaplus confronts a typewriter.


The pre-dinner reception.

IPAF managing Director Tim Whitman (centre) dwarfed by two safety champions Brad Boehler of Skyjack and Kevin O’Shea ofMastclimbers LLC.

“Hurry up Fester” Simon Cracknel ofJLG UK and Peter Jones of PJG arriveat the Cabinet War rooms for the pre- summit Networking event

“This is how its done” Chrissie Sloan of R & M Marketing giving a dancing lesson.

Sandra Franco of Alo Rentals Chile with daughter Catia Zenklussen.

John Ball presents the Access Rental company of the year toLavendon UK- Andy Wright, Peter Douglas and Richard Miller.

“OK John we have you outnumbered” Matt Fearon, Roger BrownJohn Ball and Ward Bushnell.

“We are the three musketeers” Gil Male of IPAF, Peter Grant ofMerlo and Peter Jones PGJ Business line.

Renzo Pagliero and wife of Multitel Pagliero with MicheleHillebrand and Lorenzo Cippriani of CTE.

Justin Chadwick of Hendersons Insurance the sponsor of theNetworking event welcomes guests to the War Rooms.

“I have a story for you” Oh Oh someone let John ball have the microphone.

“Dancing like your dad” Kevin O’Shea gets a 1940’s dancing lesson.

Benito Saporito of Riwal with Wayne Lawson of JLG.

“Pst… I am an ex president now” Leigh Sparrow of Vertikalwith ex president John Ball of Easi UpLifts.

From Spain with love - Macarena Garcia Oliver and Romana Vanzi.

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IPAF summit c&aAnd so to dinner Another record turnout with more than400 joining the gala dinner and awardceremony.



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Given that most accidents withcranes, truck mounted aerial liftsand concrete pumps are causedby outrigger and ground failures,the need to assess ground conditions has always been aconcern.

Until recently equipment for testing for underground voids or compaction qualities has beenexceptionally expensive while fillinga van or truck and largely reservedfor specialist road, oil explorationand other geological-based companies.

Bronto - in partnership AlEngineering of Espoo Finland - haslaunched the Loadman, a portablehandheld Falling WeightDeflectometer. Measuring1.2 metres long by 132 mm indiameter and weighing just 16kgthe cylindrical unit has a base plateat one end of the tube while theother houses an accelerometer,electronics, controls and digitalread-out as well as the batteriesthat power the unit. Below these isan aluminium plate that supports anelectro-magnet.

The internalsInside the tube there is a 10kg freemoving weight with a rubber bufferon one end. In order to use thedevice it must first be switched onand left 60 seconds to ‘prime’ itself.The tube is then turned upsidedown to allow the weight to slide

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When we asked the Vertikal team to name the single new product that impressedthem the most at this year’s Bauma, at least one member immediately named oneof the smallest exhibits at the show – the Bronto Loadman.

down to make contact and attachitself to the magnet. The base plateis then placed firmly over the pointto be measured. It is important thatthe plate is in full contact with theground and sand can be used toeven out the surface. The button isthen pressed to release the weightwhich drops to the base plate. The accelerometer records thedeflection under the weight alongwith the length of loading impulse.It is usual to repeat the test in thesame place in order to fully recordthe ground compaction.

The Loadman then gives thefollowing outputs:

•Deflection in mm

•The modulus of elasticity(E or E-modulus)

•The length of loading impulse

•The percentage of rebounddeflection compared to themaximum deflection

•The effectiveness ofcompaction (the ratio of theE-modulus of a second to thefirst tests)

The results are then compared tothe charts that come with thedevice which indicate - dependingon the type of surface - the maximum ground bearing pressurethat the surface will support allowing the crane operator forexample to decide what size of mator other spreader structure may be

required. Larger-sized base platesare available for the device to copewith very soft ground. The standardbase plate covers most ground conditions on which a crane orlarge lift might be set up includingtarmac, concrete, gravel or othercompacted surface.

In addition to checking the localisedload bearing capability, the devicecan be used to check the quality ofa compacted platform constructed

Portableground tester

The Bronto Loadmanand transport case

The controls and readout –The red button drops

the weight while the greenis the reset button used

when switchingmeasuring location

The device will measure the capability ofsurfaces - even concrete - to support loads

The internal details of the device(not to scale)

to support crawler cranes and otherlarge tracked equipment. The devicehas been tested extensively by anumber of research institutes inEurope, the USA and New Zealandsince 1993. Most, if not all of thefindings indicate that in most applications the Loadman was aseffective as the large Falling WeightDeflectometer testing equipmentthat typically costs €250,000 and more.

The major downside of theLoadman at this stage is its price ofmore than €12,000. While it is verycheap in comparison to anythingthat has gone before the price willhopefully come down if and whenvolumes rise and the unit can gointo serial production. Until now ithas been produced on a one by onebasis. The unit comes completewith an aluminium storage andtransport case.


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The two cabs are convincinglydetailed with mirrors and lights. At the rear, the counterweight slabsare made of separate pieces, including cheek weights, whichgives flexibility in rigging the model.The main slab weights can also berealistically stowed on the carrier if desired.

The five section boom is all metaland telescopes out smoothly. A nice aspect is that the Kavanaghname is painted on each boom section. A bi-fold swingaway

extension is also included and thiscan be configured with the secondsection folded or extended. It canalso be set at two different offsetangles which increases the displaypossibilities. Overall the paintworkand graphics are really good and it is obvious that care has beentaken to copy the original machinefaithfully.

The Nooteboom ballast carrier is aversion of the model produced byWSI of Holland. It is towed by an8x4 Scania tractor, and this lookssuperb in Kavanagh livery. Thedetail level is very high, typicalwith WSI models, with good doormirrors and lights, and the cab tiltsforward to reveal the engine. The trailer is very high quality andthe detail underneath is excellentwith hosing to each axle whichruns the length of the trailer. Boththe suspension and steering workswell and is intricately modelled,with the four steering axles linkedtogether. One axle can be lockedup out of service, and there is a spare wheel contained within a holder which has an openingdoor.

Both these models look great incompany colours and will be collectable items for those luckyenough to obtain them. They aresold through the Kavanagh website www.irishcranehire.com

Kavanagh Cranes is one of the largest crane hirersin Ireland and operates a fleet of cranes thatincludes self erecting mobile towers, All Terrain andCity cranes of up to 400 tonnes capacity. In commonwith many of the larger international companies ithas started selling branded merchandise and hascommissioned two scale models in its colours. Theseare the Terex Demag AC100/4 and a Nooteboom sixaxle ballast carrier.The Terex AC100/4 is a four axle100 tonne All Terrain crane with a50 metre main boom. The model ismade by Conrad of Germany and itis typically heavy and solidly made.Steering of the axles is good, witha large range of movement,although they are in linked pairs so not all of the modes of the realmachine can be replicated. Theoutrigger beams are made of toughplastic and the rods are standardscrew threads and do not look asgood as the smooth rods now used by on some models.

Cranes Etc Model Rating

Terex Demag AC100/4 73%Nooteboom Ballast 78%Carrier

MiniKavanaghs

The ballast carrier looks very smart

with the Terex at €185 and theNooteboom at €140. These pricesreflect the limited edition nature ofthese models.

To read the full review of this modelvisit www.cranesetc.co.uk

The Kavanagh model fleet

Lifting on the swingaway extension

Terex Demag AC100/4travelling without

counterweight

Excellent paintwork and graphics


ALLMI focusc&aALLMI at Vertikal DaysFor the fourth consecutive year, ALLMI will have a presence at Vertikal Days which takes place at HaydockPark on the 16th and 17th June. ALLMI will be exhibiting alongside a variety of loader crane manufacturers,as well as holding an Operators’ Forum General Meeting and a seminar forthe launch of the ALLMI / CPA Best Practice Guide. ALLMI executive director, Tom Wakefield, said: “We’re delighted to be involved with thisyear’s show and we expectto build upon the success we experienced last year. Aswell as our presence in thebody of the show, we havetwo important events takingplace at Haydock during the16th and 17th and so we’reexpecting to see a largenumbers of end users inattendance.”

Operators’ Forum GeneralMeeting at Vertikal DaysOn the 17th June,the first Operators’Forum GeneralMeeting of 2010will take place atthe Vertikal Days.As always, theGeneral Meetingpresents ALLMI’soperator memberswith an opportunityto be updated onthe association’sactivities (this will include an update on the development of ALLMI’sAppointed Person training course for lorry loader operations), as well as all technical and legislative issues currently affecting the loader crane industry. Following the meeting, members will have the chance to visit the numerous show stands and demonstration areas, allowing them to view some of the latest lifting equipment to hit the market.

General Meeting review for manufacturers and service agentsOn the 15th April, ALLMI held its first General Meeting of 2010 for manufacturers and service agents. Members were provided with a comprehensive trading update, as well as information on ALLMI’s currentprojects, including: ALLMI’s affiliation agreement with CPCS, theAssociation’s presence at the Vertikal Days show, updates on BS7121 Part 4 and EN12999, as well as the work being carried out on the ALLMI Code of Practice, guidance on used equipment, a ready reckoner for stabiliser loadings, Engine Management Systems and Whole Vehicle Type Approval.Members were also informed that ALLMI will be building a library on its website of frequently asked questions for all technical and legislative issuesrelating to lorry loaders.

“ALLMI fully supports Vertikal Days andit’s pleasing to see once again, loadercrane manufacturers have chosen touse the show as a platform to promotetheir latest products.”

All ALLMI members and trainingproviders qualify for free show tickets,which provide free parking, a hotlunch and refreshments. For further information please contact ALLMI.

ALLMI & CPA launchBest Practice GuideOn the 16th June, again at Vertikal Days, ALLMI and CPA will hold a seminar to launch their ‘Best Practice Guide (BPG) for the Safe Use ofLorry Loaders’. The BPG was produced in conjunction with the Health and Safety Executive, the Modular and Portable Building Association, theSafety Assessment Federation, the United Kingdom Contractors Group,the National Construction College and Construction Skills, and its purposeis to clarify and expand upon the requirements of BS7121 Part 4: 2010(the new British Standard for the Safe Use of Lorry Loaders) which wasreleased in February this year. The seminar will provide an overview of theBPG’s content and will present those in attendance with the opportunityto raise questions and participate in debate relating to any aspect of lorryloader use. ALLMI chairman, Mark Rigby, said: “Both Associations, as wellas a number of other bodies, have put a great deal of work into the BestPractice Guide during the last 12 months and so it’s very pleasing to seeit reach publication. The Guide will serve as an invaluablereference document for all lorry loader users and it willbe freely available on both the ALLMI and CPA websites.”

For further information on the BPG seminar, please contact the ALLMI office.

ALLMI & CPCS form Technical Advisory GroupIn October last year, ALLMI and CPCS formed a temporary agreement that allows ALLMI lorry loader operators to apply for the red CPCS card. In an effortto achieve their aim of further aligning the two schemes, ALLMI and CPCS havedecided to form a Technical Advisory Group, the purpose of which will be to produce a proposal for a permanent agreement between the two parties, whichwill then be put before the ALLMI Board and the CPCS Management Committeefor approval. The Technical Advisory Group will consist of representatives fromthe following Committees, Associations, organisations and industry sectors:

ALLMI executive director, Tom Wakefield, said: “We’re very pleased with theprogress that’s being made between ALLMI and CPCS, and we see the formation of the Technical Advisory Group as another significant step forward.The Group will represent a broad range of interests and viewpoints and sowe’re optimistic that the meetings will result in a proposal that suits all parties concerned and that will benefit the lorry loader industry as a whole.”

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The HSE issued a Prohibition Noticefor failing to implement a safe system of work, and to stop workers gaining direct access tothe roof of the hangar. Inspectorsstressed that Watson should nothave been allowed to access theroof at any time. He should havebeen instructed to cut the tarpaulinfrom the underside of the roof, fromthe safety of the lift’s platform.

In January 2007, the company wascontracted to erect a temporaryhangar at Sellafield Nuclear powerplant. However it was prevented

from starting the job after the site’sprincipal contractor, the Kier Groupdetermined that the method of workand equipment were unsuitable.HSE inspector Steve Frain said:“The principal contractor atSellafield had no knowledge aboutthe Bristol fatality. It does notappear to me that Rubb Buildingshad been proactive in learning thelessons from this tragic accident,despite receiving a letter from theHSE about its failings during theincident and being issued with aProhibition Notice.”

An HSE inspector has criticised Rubb Buildings Ltd fornot learning the lessons from a fatal accident involvingone of its employees. Rubb was contracted to dismantle a temporary airport hangar at Bristol Airport on 16th December 2006. Steven Watson and a colleague were using a boom lift to remove thehangar’s PVC tarpaulin roof. Watson was given permission by his supervisor to step on to the roof tocut a hole in the tarpaulin. He was not wearing a harness and as he started to climb back into the platform he fell 10 metres through the hole he had cut in the roof to the concrete floor below. He died atthe scene from internal injuries.

Slow learning costs £150,000

means of working. There shouldhave been no need to work directlyon the roof and adequate safetymeasures must be in place to protect all workers in order to prevent tragic incidents, such asthis. Steven Watson should havebeen properly protected by RubbBuildings, but instead he lost hislife.”

The principal contractor at BristolAirport - Volkerfitzpatrick Ltd - wasalso prosecuted in October 2009,when it was fined £6,000 plus£10,146 in costs.

Rubb came before Bristol CrownCourt on 13th April this year for the Bristol fatality and was fined£100,000 plus costs of £48,795after pleading guilty to breachinghealth and safety at work regulations. In mitigation, Rubb saidit had no previous convictions andhad entered an early guilty plea andhas put a new safety managementsystem in place and reviewed itsmethod statement.

Frain said: “The company failed inits duty to ensure there was a properly planned and supervised

Climbing out of a platform onto a roof can

be highly dangerous

Cluttered site/unsafelifting costs £20,000John Doyle Construction Ltd of Welwyn Garden City,Hertfordshire, UK has been fined after an employee was seriouslyhurt when he was struck by steel beams falling from a towercrane. Stephen James, 58, was working as a slinger for the company at a residential development at Wilton Plaza, Victoria in September 2007. James had slung 20, 2.7 metre long steelbeams using a twin leg set of chains so that they could to bemoved across the site. As the load was lowered it hit a piece ofreinforcing bar protruding from a first floor slab. The chain legscame together allowing the beams to slip free.

James suffered multiple injuries including severe damage to his rightarm and leg and now has a metal plate in his head and has beenunable to work since his accident. A Health & Safety Executive investigation found the lift was not carried out in safe manner and thesite was congested with building materials, the HSE asserted thatthere should have been a specified safe zone for lifting the companywas fined £2,000 with costs of £17,466

HSE inspector Monica Babb said: "The terrible injuries Mr James suffered in this incident should and could have been avoided. This typeof incident illustrates the importance of lifting operations being properly supervised and carried out in a safe manner. The site shouldhave been tidier and there should have been a specific area set asidefor lifting operations.

A man with a boat saving themodest cost of a platform byusing a makeshift steel scaffoldtower to carry out work on themast. Is all this effort and riskworth the £100 he saved?

Who trained him then?

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A family farm in East Lothian,Scotland, was fined £20,000 afterone of its workers was crushedto death by a one-tonne concretepanel being lifted by a telehandler.On 3 June 2008, the man washelping to build a wall for a barn,when the pre-cast concrete panelfell and crushed him. He diedfrom his injuries at the scene.

The Health & Safety Executiveinvestigation found that there hadbeen no risk assessment carried outfor the project. While the telescopichandler and the slings and hooks

were all in good order, no suitablelifting attachment had been fitted tothe telehandler forks, meaning thatit was inevitable that the slingswould slip and slide on the forksespecially as the panels needed tobe rotated into position. Suspendingthe concrete panel from liftingslings supported by the forks didnot allow the panel to rotate freelyas it would have done if supportedby a crane hook.

Hamilton Famers (East Lothian) of Garvald Mains Farm, Garvald, pleaded guilty to breaching Health

& Safety at Work rules. HSEInspector Gillian McLean said:"Tragically this worker was needlessly crushed to deathbecause his employers failed toproperly assess the risks and implement a safe system of work.The use of precast concrete panels

to build farm buildings is commonplace as is the practice of farmers'having a go' at the constructionwhen they are not properly trained or equipped in structural engineering and health and safetypractices."

Fatal telehandler accident costs£20,000


IPAF works with RoSPAto eliminate trainingalphabet soup

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Launched in May, the National Core Competence Benchmark (NCCB) is acollaborative initiative supported by a wide range of trade associationsand is open to any training provider.

A website will be created which lists courses and qualifications that areaccredited by trade, safety or examination bodies, ranking them againstrecognised training frameworks. The initiative also includes “smart cardtraining passports”, where contractors can store all training histories online

and on electronically readable cards, allowing quick access and easysharing of records.

“This initiative is a timely response to confusion and uncertainty amongemployers as to which training they should choose, the quality of the coursesand the levels of competency,” said IPAF managing director Tim Whiteman.“IPAF is pleased to work with RoSPA to give employers a viable frameworkon which to make training decisions.”

IPAF is working with the Royal Society for the Preventionof Accidents (RoSPA) on a new initiative that willincrease clarity about which health & safety qualificationsemployees need to have and which training courses theyneed to undertake.

An Extraordinary General Meeting is being held on 18th June 2010in Cumbria to vote on IPAF changing its legal status to a mutualorganisation. Copies of the EGM notice and the new rules of theFederation have been sent to all members.

IPAF, Moss End Business Village,Crooklands, Cumbria. LA7 7NU.UKTel: 015395 66700Fax: 015395 66084www.ipaf.org [email protected] in France, Germany, Italy,the Netherlands, Spain,Switzerland and the USA.

Vote on mutual status

Scottish regional meetingIncident reporting

IPAF Safety Experiencedraws in bauma visitors

Trade associations join handsto create the National Core

Competence Benchmark.

In practice, the conversion will notchange the way IPAF deals withmembers and suppliers.On conversion, IPAF will no longerbe a company limited by guaranteethat is registered at CompaniesHouse. Instead, it will be anIndustrial and Provident Societyregistered with the Financial

The IPAF UK Hire Committee is testing an incident reporting form with theaim of drawing out key lessons that can be used to improve safety and bestpractice. The form is for use by

IPAF members to record incidents

that occur to themselves, their

employees and contractedpersonnel. It covers incidents onthe member’s premises as well asthose that occur during deliveryand collection of MEWPs fromcustomers’ premises or placesof work. All information will betreated in strict confidence,with only aggregated resultsmade available to the Committeeand other interested parties.

The European and US rental markets for MEWPs are expected to improve in2011, according to the IPAF European Powered Access Rental Report 2009and the IPAF US Powered Access Rental Report 2009. The European marketis estimated at €2.6 billion in 2009, a decrease of 13 percent over 2008,while the US market is estimated at $6 billion, a drop of 25 percent. Thereports can be purchased at the Publications section of www.ipaf.org

Visitors who did make it to Bauma took the unique opportunity to walkthrough IPAF’s powered access theme park highlighting the safe and effectiveuse of equipment. Professional artistes illustrated, through lively shows, howMEWPs can offer a safer, more economical way to work at height thanladders and other traditional access methods.

PDS events in North and SouthIPAF-approved instructors and training centre staff in the UK can lookforward to attending one of two Professional Development Seminars inSeptember. The PDS for those based in the South will be held on 21stSeptember 2010 at the Milton House Hotel in Oxfordshire, while thenorthern meeting will be held on 23rd September at the De Vere WhitesHotel in Bolton. Details at www.ipaf.org/events

All IPAF instructors are encouraged to attend a PDS once a year and earnpoints toward their continuing professional development programme –required for maintaining instructor status.

Tractel’s Ladytrac harness won the IPAF Design Award for the best designedharness for women. The harness is equally suitable for men. Another harnesssubmitted by ZT Safety Systems was highly commended for its innovativethinking and the fact that no forces are applied to the chest area.

IPAF’s first Scottish regional meeting will take place on 29th June 2010 at18:00 at the Hilton Strathclyde Hotel, Phoenix Crescent, Bellshill ML4 3JQ.

IPAF’s regional meetings are an informal opportunity to meet industryassociates and to discuss topics of interest. A buffet meal will be provided,for which there is a nominal charge. IPAF members and non-members arewelcome and should register in advance at www.ipaf.org/events

Services Authority (FSA)widow/orphan protection.

Having no liability for corporationtax and being subject to the rulesof the FSA will provide betterprotection of any financial reservesthat IPAF builds up and enable itto use these funds purely for thepurposes directed by members.

Dr. Katrin Kobe, managing director ofTractel-Greifzug (L), with the award-winning Ladytrac harness modelled byTeresa Carlino of IPAF.



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Over a period of three days at the recent Safety & Health Expo at the NEC, member organisations of the Access Industry Forum (AIF) delivereda series of debates, discussions and presentations connected with working at height.

In a deliberate break with the past,and with a view to exploring andcomparing the various merits of thetwo methods currently approved byPASMA and the HSE for assembling,dismantling and altering mobile access towers – the AGR(Advanced Guardrail) and 3T(Through the Trap) methods - theassociation hosted a series of university style debates.

David Tait and Andrew Gray, bothrecent law graduates from GlasgowUniversity, debated the followingmotions:

• That 3T is a perfectly acceptablemethod of preventing falls frommobile access towers;

• That advanced guardrails are the best available option for preventing falls from mobileaccess towers;

• That industry cannot afford thecost of converting to advancedguardrails.

Tait spoke in favour of the 3Tmethod and Gray in favour ofadvanced guardrails. The debateswere wide ranging and covered,amongst other things:

• Assembly and dismantling times;

• Safety and fall prevention;

• Application and availability;

• Training and logistics;

• Economic viability.

Both Tait and Gray spoke for sevenminutes each with a three-minute

rebuttal at the end, and questionswere then taken from the audience. The debates are part of an ongoing

process reviewing the two alternative methods.

According to Association News, the online newsletter for the not-for-profit sector, a tradesmanhas incurred a bill of nearly £2,000as a result of falsely passing himself off as a member of a tradeassociation. The person concerned- an electrician from York - pleadedguilty to four charges of displayinga trade association logo he was not entitled to use, and one of displaying a ‘trust mark’ that hewas not entitled to use.

The case was brought by York Trading Standards who claimed thatthe company used quotation formsbearing the logo of the National Association of Professional Inspectorsand Testers (NAPIT) and used a trustmark linked to the same organisation.The logo was also inappropriatelyused on the firm’s website.

The 2010 Annual Members’ Meeting will once again take place at MoxhullHall, Holly Lane, Wishaw in the West Midlands. The date is Tuesday, 13thJuly. A regular highlight in the association’s calendar, the AMM is an idealopportunity to hear about the association’s achievements, its plans for the future and the way in which it is advancing safety and standards generally. It also represents a great way of meeting fellow members and exchanging news and views. For more information, please contact [email protected]

Delegates will be the first to receive a copy of PASMA’s new Annual Review.

Annual Members’ Meeting Passing off sparks court case

PASMA sponsorsSafety Award For the second year running, PASMA sponsored the ‘Effective Health & Safety Management’ award at the Hire Awards of Excellence organised by the Hire AssociationEurope. Regarded by many as the industry’s ultimate accolade, the winner of the 2010PASMA award was Lavendon Access Services.

PASMA managing director PeterBennett said: “This case exemplifiesthe need for all association members to remain vigilant aboutthe use of the PASMA logo and toreport any suspected misuse to thesecretariat without delay. Action will always be taken to protect the integrity of the PASMA brandand the reputation and credibility of members.”

L to R: Roger Verallo, PASMA; ChrisWraith, of Lavendon and Bob Mills

Law graduates David Tait (L) and Andrew Gray (R) who took

part in the tower debates

Peter Bennett joins the panel to discuss ‘Who’s the working at heightexpert – client or contractor?’

Jill Couttieand StuartHopkins onthe PASMAstand in the AccessVillage

Law graduates David Tait (L) and Andrew Gray (R) who took

part in the tower debates


letters c&a

Gentleman,

19th April 2010 (and yes, I should have been at Bauma, too)

The letter entitled 'Poor planning', published on page 62 of the April editionof Cranes & Access, is but a poor - albeit updated - rendition of the famousmonologue given by Gerard Hoffnung on 4th December 1958 at the OxfordUnion. The original recording, of which I have a copy on LP, can now beobtained on a BBC Audiobooks CD entitled 'Hoffnung: A Last Encore', ISBN0563536756.

An accurate transcript of the original can also be found atwww.bluegum.com/Humour/Assorted/bricks.html. However, although thewords on the page tell the story, nothing other than listening to Hoffnunghimself recounting the tale can convey the true brilliance of this classic ofBritish humour. It was his timing that stole the show.

With kind regards,

Simon Walker

Letters to the editor: Please send letters to the editor: Cranes&Access: PO Box 6998, Brackley NN13 5WY, UK. We reserve the right to edit letters for length. We also point out that letters are the personal viewsof our readers and not necessarily the views of the Vertikal Press Ltd or its staff.

ReadersLettersWho trained him then?Hi,

We receive a copy of Cranes & Access every month and always take great delight in seeing the pictures of health and safety nightmares in the ‘Who Trained Him Then?’ section. I suddenly remembered we had photos of an incidentthat would fit quite nicely under this title.

Attached are a couple of pictures of two gents who needed an hour’scrane hire and a man to do some maintenance on the rigging on theiryacht. They felt that the £100 we wanted to charge to assist was extortionate and decided to do it their own way by erecting a scaffoldtower against their mast, precariously perched on bearers across thedeck of the yacht and guyed to the pontoon either side. The yacht wassat in soft mud at the time which was fractionally more stable than itbeing afloat I guess but still unbelievably dangerous!

I hope the pictures are of use to you, I took them myself on a companycamera so you are welcome to reproduce with my permission if youwould like.

Thanks

Name withheld by request

One of the photos sent in by this reader can be seen on our training page under Who trained him then?

Outrigger cribbing,

I note that in your article on page 21 of the April issue ofCranes & Access you show at least one photograph (theMarchetti crane) of a machine set up with no spreaderplates or mats under the outrigger pads. This is oddgiven the position that you seem to take on this subject -which I and my company fully support. Surely if you areserious about this subject you would not publish pictureslike this?

I assume that the photographs come from the manufacturers looking to advertise their products? If so can you not refuse to publish them unless they meet your standards of safety and good work practice?This would then at least focus attention on the subjectand help eliminate the idea that this is somehow anacceptable practice?

Yours Truly

Gerry DanielsShreveport, LA(USA)

Dear Sir, Madam,

Since I appreciate your safety awareness items very much, youcan’t rub it in enough, I thought you might appreciate attachedphoto of an improvised crane which I saw in action in London last year.

A chain hoist, a ladder and some scaffolding is all you need tounload steel from a truck. Working circumstances were difficultthough, a narrow alley close to the Thames made it hard to reach for a crane.

Maybe the photo is good enough for publishing. If so, please go ahead.

Kind regards,

Marcel Riemslag

While we agree with the sentiment of MrDaniels, it is easier said than done in order forour features and articles to cover the full gamutof products and to be visually attractive weneed to show all products and like to use goodphotography. We do try to eliminate such pictures, but sometimes it is the only one wehave, we then try and crop out the offendingpractice but occasionally it is not possible andwe have to either use an offending photo orleave it out…. This particular picture wastaken at Intermat and while the outriggerswere set the boom was not extended, howevermats should still have been used. ed

18th April 2010

Improper use

Just to point out that in your articleon page 24 of the latest issue ofCranes & Access on the ‘DoubleDecker does the Lofts’, you describethe misuse of a mastclimber whereyou suggest that the wrap aroundplatform extension is also used foraccess into the building. If I understand the rules correctly thiscontravenes the regulations coveringmastclimbing work platforms whichare not supposed to have passengeraccess from multiple levels.

Wayne Richards

Bedford

This has also been raised by othersand we are expecting an official letteron the subject. We have checked thewording and confirm that it properlyreflects the information that we weregiven. One thing that is clear is thatany use of the decks to access thebuilding - assuming it was set upproperly - was not intended to convertthe platform into a passenger lift.Surely if the use of such an extensionto access the platform was the only(perhaps the platform did not run fromthe ground?) or safest way for workersto enter the platform and a full and athorough risk assessment was carriedout, it would be perfectly acceptable?Please let us have your opinion. Ed


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STRUCTURAL REPAIRSAvezaat Cranes www.avezaat.comCrowland Cranes www.crowlandcranes.co.ukJohn Taylor Crane Services Ltd www.jtcranes.co.uk

WIRE ROPETeufelberger Seil www.teufelberger.comTMC Lifting www.tmc-lifting.comCasar www.casar.de

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SOFTWAREHigher Concept www.higherconcept.co.ukMCS Rental Software www.mcs.co.uk

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Tel : UK Off ice +44 (0) 8448 155900

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Haydock Park June 16th & 17th 2010

ACCESS EQUIPMENT - CRANES - TELEHANDLERS

the only specialist equipment event for the UK and Ireland

If you buy, use or have a professional interest in AccessEquipment, Working at Height,Mobile Cranes, Tower Cranes andLoader Cranes, not to mention Telehandlers then register now for the UK and Ireland’s event for lifting professionals – Vertikal Days.See the latest equipment and services, meet the experts andenjoy a day of networking, deal-making and socialising.

Don’t missthe UK lifting event

www.easiuplifts.comE-mail: [email protected]

Contact:Patrick McArdle

Tel: +353 (0) 1 835 2835Fax: +353 (0) 1 835 2781

23 Ashbourne Business CentreBallybin Road, Ashbourne, Co.Meath. Ireland

Machinery For Sale

Genie Z-60/34Articulated boom

20.4m - 2004/5/6/7/8

Genie Z-80/60Articulated Boom26m – 2005/6/7/8

Genie GS-1932Battery scissor

7.8m - 2004/5/6/7/8

Manitou SLT415Telescopic Forklift

4m/1.5 Tonne –2003/4/5/7

Manitou MT 1335Telescopic forklift

13m/3.5 Tonne - 2005

Omme 2200RBDSpecialised Boom22m – 2004/6/7/8

Omme 3000RBDSpecialised Boom

30m – 2006/7/8

Genie S-85Stick boom

27.9m - 2005/6/7/8

Genie S-125Stick Boom

40m – 2005/6/7/8

Genie GS-5390 RTDiesel scissor

18m - 2004/5/6/8

SkyJack SJ 9250Diesel scissor17.1m - 2007

Manitou MT 1740Telescopic forklift

17m/4 Tonne - 2005

Manitou MRT3050Telescopic Forklift

30m/5 Tonne – 2008

Scanlift SL185DSpecialised Boom

18m – 2000

Maeda MC285 CRM-EMini Crane

8.70m/2.8 Tonne - 2006

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!Genie GS-3246Battery scissor lift

11.75m/318kg –2004/5/6/7/8

Operator's - Vertikal.net

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