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Truck mounted lifts A look back at 2009

..City crane from Spierings...Shaughnessy takes over at Skyjack...Terex quits mining..

On the cover: Two of the world's largest truck mounted platforms - the 103 metre Palfinger WT1000 - were used to inspect and repair HMS Victory, the flagship of & the commander-in-chief Naval Home c a Command as well as a living contents museum to the Georgian navy, in Portsmouth's Historic Dockyards.

16 Truck mounted lifts Comment 5 Rental rate News 6 guide 37 Shaughnessy heads Skyjack, Manitex acquires It's that time of year again to report on crane, Load King, Terex quits mining, SED cancels 2010 access and telehandler rental rates in the UK show, management changes at Hewden, and Ireland. The current economic situation Spierings launches City Boy, Italy delays is reflected in the general poor state of EN12999-2009, Cypriot takes Ukrainian crane most rental rates. But is there light at the company, Haulotte pulls out of Bauma, HGV end of the tunnel this year? We reveal all in exemptions to go, HSS adds Liftpod, GTK1100 our eight page survey. 2525 Crawler cranes arrives in China, IPAF adds fire fighting course, 29 Versalift launches all 2009 Review 46 electric lifts in We take an extensive look at one of the most Copenhagen, New unforgettable years in living memory - the Altec crawler crane, ups, the downs and the Geda pulls out of downright weird - mixed in Sweden, Sumitomo buys into Sunstate, RB with the varying fortunes of cranes relocated, New UK Access Alliance, Law the crane, access and firm files suit against Terex, IPS -Snorkel JV in telehandler businesses. Australia, ACM launches new Panda 20.

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cranes Hang on in there! Unusually for the Comment I have included a picture which helps illustrate & two things - the fact that everything is access not always as it appears and that simple The Vertikal Press For users & buyers of lifting equipment PO box 6998 Brackley NN13 5WY. UK December/January 2010 Vol. 11 issue 9 actions can have dire consequences. Tel: +44(0)8448 155900 Fax: +44(0)1295 768223 email: [email protected] The wise-guy in the States who put up this 'Christmas Decoration' of Editors: web: www.vertikal.net a man supposedly hanging from the Leigh Sparrow In Germany: gutter because his ladder had fallen away Mark Darwin Vertikal Verlag while erecting Christmas lights, had to take Sundgaualle 15, D-79114, it down after just two days because of the Freiburg, Germany Associate Editors: Tel: 0761 8978660 Fax: 0761 8866814 risk of causing car crashes in the street as Rüdiger Kopf (Freiburg) email: [email protected] drivers rubber-necked and of real accidents web: www.vertikal.net Alexander Ochs (Freiburg) as 'rescuers' - some in their mid 70s - tried Germany, Scandinavia, Andrew Klinaichev (Moscow) Austria and Switzerland to right and climb the ladder to help the Karlheinz Kopp, Vertikal Verlag, hanging 'man'. Sundgaualle 15,D-79114, Freiburg, Germany Sales & customer support: Tel: +49 (0)761 89786615 Pam Penny I am sure that you will agree, this is a classic ruse and we are all Fax:+49 (0)761 8866814 Karlheinz Kopp smiling now. However, this simple, innocuous wheeze illustrates a email: [email protected] Clare Engelke far more serious issue - people jumping to the wrong conclusion and Italy rushing into something without thinking it through. Fabio Potestà, Mediapoint, Corte Lambruschini, Production: A bit like the rental rates in the UK at the moment then….. Corso Buenos Aires 8, V Piano-Interno 7, Nicole Engesser I-16129 Genova, Italy 2010. A new year, a new decade - yet still the same madness. One Tel: 010 570 4948 Fax: 010 553 0088 email: mediapointsrl.it Publisher: of the hardest years for a long time, was made significantly worse by rental companies fighting each other to put equipment out way The Netherlands Leigh Sparrow Hans Aarse below sensible levels. 39 Seringenstraat, 3295 RN, S-Gravendeel, The Netherlands And it is not just the cowboys that are guilty - oh no. Many of the Tel:+31-78 673 4007 Mobile:+31(0) 630421042 national hirers also appear to have lost sight of the financial basics email: [email protected] that ensure the long-term future of a company - such as a company Russia The Vertikal Press Ltd. cross hiring a machine and putting it out for less than it is paying for Cranes&Access Russia MEMBERS OF DM Publishing 127287 Pocc the hire… Moscow tel. +7 (495) 685 94 28 This issue of Cranes & Access features our annual rental rate survey fax +7 (495) 685 94 29 which, as you might have guessed, does not make good reading. e-mail: [email protected] The comments received with the survey forms show an over-riding UK and all other areas anger at the lack of strategy from many companies that ought to Pam Penny PO box 6998 Brackley NN13 5WY. UK know better. Tel: +44(0)8448 155900 Perhaps the company in Scotland has got it right (see letter on page email: [email protected] 38) offering a retail type price-match guarantee in an attempt to Design & Artwork by: take rates out of the equation and force the competition to do bp design Ltd. Tel: 01707 642141 Fax: 01707 646806 something different. email: [email protected] The industry all too often follows like a flock of nervous sheep, down ISSN: 1467-0852 the easy path of price cutting, over reacting to anecdotal rate gossip © Copyright The Vertikal Press Limited 2010 and dismissing their ability to lead or stand apart. The problem is Letters, emails, faxes and that this not only results in the heavily indebted and inefficient The Vertikal Press also publishes: phone calls are welcome and companies going to the wall, but also drags everyone else down as well, taking years to recover. should be sent to: Like the dummy in the Christmas decoration, we all need to hang in there, but why not try to stop and think before following the jittery The Editor, sheep down the path to destruction? cranes & access, Happy New Year! PO Box 6998, Brackley NN13 5WY, UK Mark Darwin Tel: +44(0)8448 155900 Please mail, email or fax any comments you may have, to the editor, Fax: +44(0)1295 768223 stating if we may publish them or not. email: [email protected]

December/January 2010 cranes & access 5 news c&a Shaughnessy heads

Steve Shaughnessy Skyjack Steve Shaughnessy has been appointed president of Canadian aerial lift manufacturer Skyjack, following Ken McDougall's secondment to Linamar's Mexican power-train operations. Shaughnessy quit his role as managing director of Loxam UK in August. He moved from his home town of Boston, USA to the UK when he joined Ashtead in 2004. Prior to this he was chief executive of Shaughnessy Equipment and then chief operating officer of American NES Rentals. Shaughnessy and his family will move to Canada by mid-March. As deputy president of the International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) he is also due to take over as president in March. Jim Jarrell chief operating officer of Linamar - Skyjack's parent - said: “Steve has unparalleled experience of working in the aerial lift industry at a senior level in both North America and Europe. We believe that his appointment will offer significant benefits both to the organisation and to our customers who depend upon Skyjack as synonymous with quality and innovation in the aerial lift market.” Manitex acquires Management changes Load King at Hewden Manitex, the boom truck and RT forklift manufacturer, has acquired Hewden, one of the UK's largest rental companies, has restructured its Load King Trailers from the Genie division of Terex. Terex had announced senior management team. Since last year the company has been its withdrawal from the trailer market in December and had planned the organised around three regions and three regional general managers. permanent closure of Load King's plant in Elk Point, South Dakota. Manitex Now the business is structured around two of those managers, paid a total of $3.1 million, consisting of a promissory note of $2.75 million, Andrew Swallow previously Scotland and the North and Mark Hogg Manitex shares valued at $250,000 and cash of $100,000. Load King's of the central region. The third manager Simon Clothier is leaving the average annual revenues over the past five years were around $23 million. company. The role of regional operations manager, previously responsible for the day to day management of each region, has gone in order to create a flatter, more responsive organisation. Mark Hierons moves to the Industrial Services division and Nathan White moves to operations manager South East. In Scotland Charlie Seivwright moves into a sales and operations role in the north of the country reporting to Swallow. Linda Jones will head up the company's Hire Direct operation in addition to being responsible for credit control. As a result of the changes Chris Johnson and Nick Childs (at one time head of Access) are leaving the business. SED cancels show Terex quits mining UK construction equipment exhibition SED has cancelled its 2010 event Terex surprised everyone in December with the announcement that it scheduled for May. The company said that the number of registrations has sold its mining business to Bucyrus International for $1.3 billion in did not justify holding the show this year and that by pulling out it cash. The products included in the transaction include hydraulic mining would ease pressure on manufacturers' budgets in what is a Bauma excavators, electric drive mining trucks, track and rotary blast hole and Hillhead year. It now plans to focus on the show next year which drills, and the highwall miner, as well as the related parts and has been scheduled for May 17,18 and 19th, 2011. aftermarket service businesses, including the company-owned distribution locations. The transaction, which is subject to regulatory approvals, is expected to complete during the first quarter of 2010. Chief executive Ron DeFeo said: “The $1 billion of after-tax proceeds will allow Terex to invest in its current, high return-on-capital businesses, or to look to add new, well positioned niche manufacturers with strong market presence to the Company's portfolio.” 6 cranes & access December/January 2010 This City Boy is no c&a news ‘wide boy’ Italy delays EN12999-2009 Spierings is planning to introduce a new three axle, single cab mobile UNI, the Italian organisation for self erecting tower crane the SK387-AT3 City Boy. The new model is standardisation, has lodged an lighter and more compact than any previous mobile self erector with a appeal with CEN/CENELEC against chassis length of 9.7 metres and an overall width of 2.5 metres. the ratification of the latest revision In spite of its diminutive dimensions it can lift 2,000kg to 36 metres radius of the EN12999-2009 standard for at 30 metres of height. Alternatively it can lift the same load to a height of loader cranes which was due to be 53 metres at a radius of almost published at the end of December. 26 metres. Maximum capacity A meeting of the CEN working group is 7,000 kg at up to 9.5 metres. will be held in Germany on February The new crane is not only 11th to discuss the details of the revolutionary in its basic design, appeal which cites four key objections. but also features Eco Drive, a The objections will either be rejected or the standard changed accordingly. built-in battery pack allowing it Regardless of the decision, the introduction/harmonisation of the latest to both drive and operate with revision of EN12999 faces further delays as a result. zero emissions, ideal in areas The current A2 version of the EN12999 standard does not meet the Essential where noise or emissions are Health & Safety Requirements (EHSR's) of the new Machinery Directive that an issue. The new model will came into force at the end of December. Until the new revised standard is be unveiled at Bauma in April. available manufacturers/importers will have to declare conformity directly The new crane covers up to 53 metres high with the EHSRs of the Machinery Directive. and 36 metres radius. One area of concern is the rated load indication and stabiliser position The new monitoring and interlocks. Any company putting a 2010 built crane into Speirings service needs to ensure that it meets the new directive in spite of the fact City Boy that the standard has yet to be harmonised. SK387-AT3 Haulotte pulls out of Bauma Aerial lift/telehandler manufacturer Haulotte has announced that it will not Cypriot takes Ukrainian exhibit at Bauma 2010. Haulotte president Alexandre Saubot told Cranes crane company & Access that the decision had been a very difficult one, but that the management team had weighed up the costs, which were in the region of Cyprus-based Halfona Investments has clearance to buy a majority €500,000 plus personnel, travel and lodging costs, with the alternative stake in the Drohobych Truck Crane Plant in Ukraine which builds uses it could put the funds to. “While all of the customers we spoke to Dzak/DAK cranes. The deal will give the buyer more than 50 percent of would like us to be there, when given the option of spending more on the voting shares in the business. At the end of 2007 the plant's four customer support, local marketing and extra product development there largest shareholders were registered at the same address in was no question which was the better investment,” said Saubot. Dnipropetrovsk and included Ukragromash (25%), Unikum (31.68%), Anklav (19.13%) and Starcom (20.76%). The company, founded in 1959, operates from a 32 hectare site, with around 54,000 square metres of covered production space spread over 11 buildings. It has also established an assembly operation in the Indian city of Nashik - DAK Crane India. The first unit a KTA-25 truck crane to be built there has already been completed. Maeda arrives in Azerbaijan Fagioli shows off its new 1,350 tonne LR 11350 to a group of international customers. Kranlyft has shipped the first Maeda mini crane into Azerbaijan, the first Maeda in the Caspian region. The unit, a MC405CRM-E spider Fagioli introduces crane, has been sold to Baku-based JSC "Metal Qaynaq Sinaq" (MQS). The company, which provides a range of services for oil and gas projects in the region, was founded in 1998 and is 100 percent locally 1,350 tonner owned with 220 employees. Italian heavy transport and lifting group Fagioli has shown its new The Maeda 405's first job involves 1,350 tonne Liebherr LR 11350 crawler crane to a group of international landscaping work on a construction customers at the manufacturer's facility at Ehingen. site on the outskirts of Baku. The crane - which will be delivered shortly - was put through its paces in a A Kranlyft technical specialist demonstration that included showing off its precision lifting capability by accompanied the crane to conduct pressing a cork into the neck of a champagne bottle. Fagioli ordered two training for MQS's Liebherr crawlers - a 750 tonne LR 1750 and the LR 11350 - just over a year crane operators and MQS has purchased the first Maeda in ago in order to extend its 'full service' capability starting from feasibility and mechanics. Azerbaijan, an MC405 spider crane. engineering, right across the entire range of moving and lifting heavy loads.

December/January 2010 cranes & access 7 news c&a New improved Panda crane Australian Crane and Machinery (ACM) has launched a new 20 tonne articulated mobile All-Terrain crane - the latest product of a joint venture with one of China's largest equipment manufacturers, XCMG. The Panda ARC-20 has a travel speed of 80 km per hour and includes components from major manufacturers such as Cummins engines, Allison transmissions, Meritor axles, ZF sub-transmissions and Vickers hydraulics. ACM general manager, Phil Chadwick said: "This is an updated and improved version of a popular pick and carry crane. Its lack of competition means that we The 20 tonne pick & carry crane has a road speed of 80 kph are confident that it will attract a great deal of interest." HGV exemptions to go GTK1100 arrives in China The first Grove GTK 1100 telescopic tower crane in Asia, owned by China The current exemption from annual Heavy Goods Vehicle road Power Equipment Installation Engineering Co (CPIE) has completed its worthiness tests for mobile cranes and large truck mounted aerial lifts first contract helping to build a major wind farm installation in Inner in the UK looks set to end. A government consultation document is Mongolia, China. The unique crane installed 92 This was currently being distributed that seeks comment from interested parties wind turbines with tower heights of more than the first job over the next three months. 70 metres and turbine sections up to 75 tonnes in which the in desert conditions. GTK was The document proposes to withdraw the exemption from nearly 5,000 road Zhu Jingcheng, chairman of CPIE said: “There moved with going cranes and more than 3,000 truck mounted lifts currently registered in superstructure was no other mobile crane in the world that could the UK. Once the consultation process is closed on March 19th there will be in place a delay of a further three months or so before the findings are published, handle this job, given the height and working with any changes likely to come into force in 2011. radius required. The GTK combines a perfect blend of short working radius, tall Copies of the consultation document can be found at www.dft.gov.uk and height and strong capacity that is responses should be sent to Joanne Wake, needed for this type of work.” e-mail: [email protected] The crane installed two 1.5MW windmills in Ganqika, Inner Mongolia The Grove GTK1100 at shortly after being delivered at the work in outer Mongolia end of June 2009. However the main HSS adds Liftpod contract was the installation of 90 wind turbines UK-based rental company HSS has become at the Zhurihe Wind Farm at the end of last year. one of the first rental companies in Europe “The whole area is turning into a desert because of drought, soil erosion and to add JLG's Liftpod to its fleet. HSS is water loss,” said Zhu Jingcheng. “The main roads are flat, straight and The Liftpod was developed by JLG in the first well-prepared, but around the windmills' foundations was loose soil, which Australia and launched internationally at European meant heavier cranes couldn't setup nearby. Because the GTK1100 is Conexpo almost two years ago. company relatively lightweight, we didn't have any difficulties with setup. We were However the European CE approval has taken to add also able to drive the GTK1100 with the superstructure attached, reducing our much longer than expected and was only the Liftpod transport convoy, which made things cheaper and faster. Travelling in this recently completed. to its fleet configuration also means a smaller assist crane.” The Liftpod will be HSS' smallest, most portable non propelled vertical lift with a working height of up to 4.3 metres and New electric lifts in Copenhagen 70kg weight. Versalift and the Smith Electric Vehicle division of Tanfield both launched all electric vehicle mounted lifts at December's Climate Conference in Copenhagen. The 13 metre Versalift ET36LF mounted on a Smiths Transit- 4th generation lifts based Edison chassis, has been German-based truck mounted aerial lift manufacturer Ruthmann is to developed in partnership with Scottish launch four new 4th generation Steiger TB machines at Bauma, and Southern Energy and has a 160km including a 27 metre unit on a 3,500kg chassis. range from its lithium ion batteries. The Steiger TB270 concept machine was shown at Platformers Days last The Versalift ET36LF on display (see more details on page 23) in Copenhagen. year and features a 27 metre working height and will be available on a variety of 3.5 tonne trucks. Ruthmann says that as with the current generation TB series (which will remain in production) more emphasis will be put on off-road capability and load capacity. IPAF adds fire fighting course IPAF has launched a special course for aerial lifts used for fighting There will be three other models in the new line up. The features of the TB fires. The new category will be piloted in the Netherlands with an 270 will be integrated into two of these - the 23 metre TB 230 and the 19 international roll-out at a later date. The course is aimed at all fire metre TB 190. The company is also launching a completely new boom fighters who operate rescue vehicles including aerial work platforms system and will be seen on the Steiger TBR 200, a 20.5 metre telescoping and ladder trucks and was requested by several fire brigades asking boom platform with 110 degree rotating jib. for a standard fire fighting course tailored to their specific needs.

8 cranes & access December/January 2010 12 month review c&a news The UK Health and Safety Executive will review the new tower crane register after just 12 months giving an early opportunity to extend or scrap the system. Traditionally there is a delay of between three and The Rowes at it again five years before a performance review of new regulations. Creditors trying to obtain payment from UK lifting company PSS claim The register has been criticised as 'pointless' by many trade bodies saying to have been warned that the company may be liquidated. The current that it is predominantly aimed at public reassurance rather than improving PSS company PSS (LT) was registered on the same day in 2006 as PSS safety standards. The HSE has not yet decided how it will measure its (Lifting) which traded under the same name - PSS Group - until it was success, but said that key factors could include numbers of registrations, placed into liquidation a year ago. The owners Lee and Kenneth Rowe have hits on the website and public inquiries. a history of setting up multiple companies with the PSS initials and then shifting business from the trading company to the dormant company before liquidating the former. In spite of the 'unfortunate' business history of the Rowes, they appear to have run up considerable debts with a number of crane hire companies. PSS was appointed as a CPCS testing centre last July. We understand that the Rowes set up a new PSS company called Professional Specialist Services Ltd. in 2007.

The HSE will review new tower crane rules after just 12 months New crawler crane US-based aerial lift and boom truck manufacturer Altec Industries has launched a special track mounted crane and aerial work platform mounted XCMG raise funds on a Prinoth Go-Tract tracked chassis. The first unit mates a 38 tonne Altec Chinese crane and construction equipment manufacturer XCMG, is AC38-127S crane to the largest tracked chassis in the Go-Tract range, the planning to raise 5 billion Yuan ($733 million) through the sale of new new GT4500. The unit has a maximum shares. The company says funds will be used to 'finance new nine new tip height of 58 metres and includes projects and obtain advanced technology through additional research an optional, fully integrated, two-man The Altec and development'. work platform and fully insulated jibs AC38-127S or platform attachments. The new shares will be issued in a private placement to 10 unnamed crane on the investors. The shares were trading at 33.65 Yuan (about $5) almost twice The crane is designed for transmission new Go-Tract what they were a year ago. The Shenzhen listed company claims that the line construction and maintenance GT4500 nine projects will add annual profits of nearly 2.3 billion Yuan ($337 million) work over ground inaccessible to chassis once complete. First quarter revenues were 14.2 billion Yuan ($2 billion) with regular vehicles. The new machine profits of 1.3 billion Yuan ($190 million). also boasts a payload of up to 20 tonnes on its cargo deck. Beam and jack outriggers not only provide stability but also assist in levelling the machine on uneven ground. Geda pulls out of Sweden German-based hoist, mast climber and suspended access Specialist Geda, has closed its Swedish plant with the loss of 30 jobs. The company opened the facility in Skellefteå in 2007 to build and develop a larger range of rack and pinion hoists and material lifts with capacities from two to 3.5 tonnes and heights of up to 400 metres. The facility was also the base for the group's Scandinavian operations. Production will wind down in January and February as it is transferred to the company's German facilities. An XCMG truck crane at Intermat 2009.

December/January 2010 cranes & access 9 In the Feeling City Grove has delivered one of its new 45 tonne, GCK3045 City type All Overweight? Terrain cranes to Hamburg-based Operator Lutz Seidler crane rental company KSG takes delivery of the new GCK3045 Kranservice. Sumitomo Corp buys into Sunstate Sumitomo Corp has purchased a $50 million, minority stake in Phoenix, Arizona-based rental company Sunstate. Majority Sunstate shareholder Michael Watts will continue to head the company with the current management team. Sumitomo already owns SMS Rents - a 15 location rental company in Canada - and says it plans to become a leading company in the North American equipment rental market RB cranes relocated UK-based RB cranes and Priestman Grabs - acquired by Delden CSE from Langley holdings in October - are now trading as a division of Delden-CSE, from its depot at Selston, Nottinghamshire. David Warwick remains as sales manager. Delden manufactures genuine spare parts for the entire range of RB /Ruston Bucyrus crawler cranes and a full range of new Priestman Grabs. The company also operates a crawler crane rental business and used crane sales operation from the same premises. New UK Access Alliance A new UK grouping of independent access rental companies - Lighten The Access Alliance - has held its first meeting. The new organisation is following the formula of the Access Link in which a number of regional companies with common aims and quality standards agree to the load work together to provide their customers with a national coverage. Ben Hirst of founder member Horizon Platforms said: “The support and with the enthusiasm that we have is incredible. Each member offers a professional Visit customer-focussed service in its own region. We are pleased to welcome other companies on board, but we are not prepared to dilute the quality of service. As a result, certain standards of equipment are required along at Bauma 2010 with a passion for customer service and attention to detail.” StandF11/1103/2 AB38 Outdoor Area The Initial membership comprises the following companies: • Best-in-class •Access Plus Scotland •Horizon Platforms Northern England 13m working height •G T Access Midlands/ South West & 6.5m outreach •London Tower Services London/South East •Mr Plant London/ South East •ES Access North East • Lightweight with standard •G B Access Northamptonshire •Sky High Access East Anglia non-marking tyres •Tracked Access London/South East

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10 cranes & access December/January 2010 Giraf at work Vehicle mounted access The first Giraf Track crawler mounted boom lift is now working in the UK. Market Leader However, unlike the standard model displayed at Apex in 2008 and Vertikal Days last year, the unit sold to Devon-based telehandler New Build / Service / Training rental company and specialist contractor Cropmech, is fitted with a New LVI option superstructure mounted operators cab. The machine also includes a number of attachments including a 400kg capacity work platform with 20 metre working height and a chassis mount dozer blade that can level the unit up on sloping ground, while acting as an anchor on steeper slopes. The unit can also be fitted with forks, making this a 360 degree crawler mounted telehandler, or equiped with a winch and boom nose, turning it in to a small crane. The Giraf is based on a Merlo telehandler superstructure and a heavy duty Caterpillar excavator chassis. Cropmech has purchased the unit with the utility market in mind where rough terrain capability and a decent lift capacity are appreciated, as is the 1 Altendiez Way, Latimer Park, versatility of being able to switch between aerial lift, telehandler and crane. Burton Latimer, Northants. NN15 5YT t:01536 721010 f:01536 721111 e:[email protected] The Giraf Track with cab at work on overhead power lines

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Law firm files suit against Terex Law firm Izard Nobel has filed a lawsuit against Terex, seeking class action status on behalf of all those who purchased Terex shares between February 20th, 2008 and September 4th, 2008. The Complaint charges Terex and certain executives and officers with violating federal securities laws by failing to disclose material adverse facts about the company's true financial condition, business and prospects. On September 4th, 2008, Terex announced that it was updating its '2008 full year guidance and providing quarterly guidance due to changing market conditions'. The effect of the statements was a 20 percent fall in the price of Terex stock to close at $38.02 per share. New access products Following its acquisition by the Altrad Group in September 2008, Derbyshire- based construction equipment producer the Belle Group, will unveil a number of new access products next month. Including a new Façade and Plettac multi-directional scaffold systems.

Belle Group UK managing director Ray Neilson (L) with Mohed Altrad.

December/January 2010 cranes & access 11 news c&a IPS-Snorkel JV in Oz UK-based Independent Parts and Service has agreed a joint venture with Snorkel Australia to create IPS (Aust) Pty Ltd - IPSA - to provide a full aftermarket support and service to the local aerial lift market. The new venture will take over the management of the Snorkel workshops in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth, using them as a base to provide a full product support service for all brands of aerial lift. Rick Mustillo of IPS, and managing director of the new venture said: “The new company will support the Snorkel sales organisation with pre-delivery inspections and warranty support, while offering servicing for all brands of Snorkel's premises elevating work platforms, including 10 year inspections, workshop-based in Brisbane, Queensland repairs, rebuilds, breakdown services and preventative maintenance contracts. We will also offer sales and sourcing of multi-brand spare parts.” What a star Higher profits on Glasgow-based Active Rentals has taken delivery of two, 10 metre working height Haulotte Star 10 mast booms - the first Haulotte products in the company's rental fleet. reduced revenues “We highlighted areas that we wished to strengthen and are currently The UK's largest crane rental company We have invested a further £30 altering the fleet mix to satisfy demand,” said Active's general manager Ainscough Crane Hire, has posted million, primarily in a new heavy Ronny Traynor. “The Haulotte Star 10's have already proven a popular addition”. 2008/9 profits up five percent to £30 lifting crane fleet suited to major million while revenues for the 12 infrastructure projects." months to the end of May are down just over three percent to £128.6 One of Ainscough's new Terex million. The figures include £7.3 Demag million from crane sales, compared to CC2500-1 £1.6 million in 2008 and include a full crawler cranes year's contribution from James Jack Lifting, acquired in April 2008. Neil Partridge, managing director said: “During the period we responded quickly to changing market conditions, reducing our lower tonnage crane fleet Andrew McCusker (L) MD of Active Rentals and Dave Roddy of Haulotte. and streamlining operating costs. We also completed the integration of James Jack which has delivered an excellent Streamlined three row contribution to the overall business reachstacker and extended our reach in Scotland. Kalmar has introduced the DRF420-450L, a new 'streamlined' three row reachstacker. The unit can lift containers five high, while containers can be A spider first picked or dropped-off with the machine approaching from any angle up to 90 degrees. Maximum lifting capacity is 45 tonnes in first row, 30 tonnes in the Manchester-based Higher Access is the first specialist spider lift rental second and 15 tonnes in the third company to be awarded IPAF Rental+ accreditation “Achieving this row of containers. accreditation is testament to the work Kalmar says that the DRF420-450L that our team have put in to ensure provides increased customer value, our customers receive the best service with performance and functions possible,” said director Lucy Ashburner. that are suitable for terminals with “We are committed to driving the medium capacity and average company forward in terms of operational requirements. The Kalmar DRF420-450L reachstacker investment in management systems, people and plant and are delighted to be the first spider lift specialist to gain Giles Councell from IPAF presents the award to Lucy Ashburner, a director of A red herring this certification.” Higher Access. A UK telehandler operator Nigel Herring, 35, has been jailed for 21 months after being found guilty of manslaughter resulting from gross Access Link chair re-elected negligence, following a fatal accident at a site in Cattedown, Plymouth Malcolm Bowers has been re-elected as chairman of the Access Link - on September 14th 2007. A 280kg skip he was lifting fell onto bricklayer, the UK association of independently owned regional rental companies. Reece French, 20, who was working below. Herring, who worked for "The Link will continue to work at 'quality over quantity' and the basic contractor Kier Western, was found guilty of not following safety procedures membership requirement of IPAF Rental+ plays an important part in and being grossly negligent. ensuring that we give our customers the quality assurance that they need High Court judge Tomlinson said: “Testing the machine while lifting the load at a time when so many competitors are cutting costs," said Bowers. above the heads of two fellow-workers was the height of folly and grossly Oxford-based 2 Cousins Access is the latest member to win IPAF Rental+ negligent. It falls so far below what one can expect of a careful and accreditation, leaving only a couple of members who are awaiting their competent telescopic handler driver as to amount to a criminal act.” final audits. 12 cranes & access December/January 2010 In the Grove c&a news The first Grove GSK55 trailer crane has started work with lead customer Sönke Jordt in Germany. Its first job was the installation of structural components at a EUROline Logistik factory extension in Gross Parin north of Lubeck. The crane was on site for two days placing a variety of frame, wall and roof units weighing up to three tonnes to a radius of 20 to 22 metres. The GSK55 combines the Grove GMK3055 All-Terrain crane superstructure, with a specially-designed chassis that acts as an articulated trailer. The crane is totally self contained and can be married to any tractor unit - which suits companies like Sönke Jordt, which operates a fleet of trucks. Gross vehicle weight is 41.8 tonnes, with two axles on the tractor and three on the trailer, the crane does not exceed nine tonne axle weights. Operator, Hartmut Lehn, said: “The crane is manoeuvrable, very quiet and you're not seated as high up as in an All-Terrain crane so it's easier to communicate with signalmen.” An' I would drive 10,000 miles….. The Grove GSK55 at work Two brothers from Blairgowrie and use. Trevor Robertson said: Meigle in Scotland have entered the “The organisers had a list of vehicles 10,000 mile Mongol Rally as the 'Bald they would like entrants to use and we Go west my son Avengers' in a van mounted aerial lift to thought we'd choose the most unusual. UK-based rental company Kimberly Access is opening a second raise money for a number of charities, We liked the idea of a rally to Mongolia London location this month in Iver, Buckinghamshire to the including the Christina Noble Children's in a vehicle which is totally unsuitable West of London. Foundation, Cash4Kids and Tayside for the trip. It also allows us to carry Mountain Rescue. Ben Robertson, more things. We're hoping that we can Kimberly chairman Ray Ledger said: “Having successfully established 52 and younger brother Trevor, 44, will fill up the van the East London depot in early 2009 it now makes sense to open in set out with 300 other vehicles from with medical West London as part of our stated strategy to achieve nationwide Goodwood, Sussex in July. The rally supplies and coverage both organically and by acquisition.” will take six weeks to cover the other goods". Kimberly Access is also looking to expand through regional 10,000 miles to the Mongolian acquisitions which will operate under their own brand names via its capital Ulan Bator and the brothers Ben & Trevor new Alliance Access Group Holding venture. plan to leave the lift behind for locals to Robertson with their well worn van mount.

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News HIGHLIGHTS c&a news •Link Belt has appointed Bruce • Genie has launched a new battery charger for its • International Parts & Service company Kabalen as manager, marketing compact slab scissor models. IPS has appointed Matthew Ashby as communications. • Italian truck mounted lift manufacturer Multitel UK senior account manager. •Skyjack has appointed Strongco Pagliero is planning to launch a new 75 metre model • UK-based Rapid Platforms has Equipment as a VR telehandler at Bauma. added a Bil-Jax 45XA self propelled Bruce Kabalen distributor in Ontario. • Mace Construction has signed an agreement with articulated boom to its fleet. Matthew Ashby •Cargotec has sold its US-based hydraulic cylinder Speedy Hire for an on-site facility at the Shard • Eight Lavendon directors acquired more than manufacturing business, Waltco Hydraulics to Ligon development in London. 805,000 additional shares in the group's recent Industries. • Terex is restoring its senior executive's 10% pay cut offering. •Aichi will launch a new 10m/32ft platform height and compensating for loss of perks. • UK crane and offshore lifting specialist Port compact electric slab scissor lift at Bauma. • Patrick Biasin general manager of ATN, the French- Services has won OHSAS 18001:2007 accreditation. •JLG parent, Oshkosh, has won a based manufacturer of boom lifts, has left the company. new $290 million contract from the • Daylesford Organics, a business run by Sir Anthony • Bosch, Deutz and Eberspächer have formed a US Army. Bamford and his wife was fined £90,000 following a joint venture for diesel exhaust after-treatment devices. •Harsco has appointed Paul O'Kelly fatal accident with a telehandler. to head up its European Infrastructure • Harsco, owner of SGB, Hünnebeck and Patent • Florida-based crane sales and rental company, (scaffold) operations. Scaffold has acquired Bell Scaffolding Group in General Crane has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Paul O’Kelly Australia. protection. •Wim Le Roy of Belgian rental company Heli, and partner Sofie are celebrating • Dave Birkhauser of Manitowoc • United Rentals is to redeem $271 million of outstanding 14% HoldCo Notes that mature in 2014. the arrival of a baby daughter Zoë. has retired after a life spent in the crane industry. UK-based rental company GCS has added four •NES has opened its first IPAF approved operator • • Poclain Hydraulics has taken a new JCB telehandlers to its fleet which also training centre in Des Plaines, Illinois. includes reindeers. majority stake in the fluid power David Birkhauser •Speedy Hire, the UK's largest equipment rental division of Comer Industries. • A group of Kranlyft dealers and customers visited company, has extended its Middle East agreement the Maeda crane plant in Japan. with Al Futtaim Carillion. • Safeworks, the suspended platform manufacturer and rental company has lost its legal battle against • Kier Plant in the UK •UK-based Aerial Platforms has been appointed as an Spyderlift, the Unic crane distributor in the USA. has taken delivery of IPAF training centre. • UK-based mini crane group GGR has opened a CPCS a 70 tonne Kobelco •OSHA, has revealed its Top 10 list of safety violations accredited testing centre for category A66 cranes in CKE700 for London's in USA during 2009. Oldham. Olympic Village. •Washington State's construction crane certification • We have received more reports of counterfeit Tadano • UK overhead crane Kier Plant deadline expired on January 1, the majority remain cranes being offered by China based dealers. and hoist manufacturer Street Crane has unregistered. appointed Juffali Heavy Equipment Company • Iteco, now part of Imer Group, has appointed new for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. •The first Mercedes distributors Kemp Hoogwerkers in Holland, Hamme Zetros for civilian use has in Belgium and Sklad in Russia. • Staffordshire County Council has purchased two Sennebogen 305 Multihandlers for waste recycling. started work for a utility • Arizona-based Sunstate Equipment has opened new company equipped with locations in Texas and Oklahoma. • Caterpillar has acquired JCS, a South Korean Hiab crane and platform. manufacturer of undercarriage components and Mercedes Zetros • UK-based access specialist, Rapid Platforms has opened an R&D centre in China. •UK-based aerial lift rental won a 5 year contract as supplier of choice to company, Hi-Reach Access has achieved Safe Marshall Aerospace. • A Galizia G90 electric pick & carry crane has Contractor accreditation. gone to work on the Veneranda Fabbrica del • The Lifting Equipment Engineers Duomo di Milano. •Finnish-based international rental company Cramo, Association has elected Chris is taking a €22 million asset write down. Towne as its new chairman. • Ashtead has reported quarterly profits are up, while revenues continue to fall. •Finnish contractor Oka Oy has signed a five-year • Australian access veteran Phil rental agreement with Ramirent Finland. Zeitsch of Ace Scaffolding Chris Towne • Suspended access specialist Spider, has appointed Joe Simone as operations manager for its New Tanfield has appointed Jon Peter Pither, 75, as Services passed away in December. • York and Eric Valentine as Branch managers in its new chairman replacing Roy Stanley who has • Cargotec has acquired the port equipment division of New York and Las Vegas. stepped down. Maghrepic S.A. in Casablanca, Morocco. • Resolute Holdings has merged Structure-flex •American Crane and Tractor has appointed Lowell • Spanish rental group GAM, has reported improved Lifting with it Trans-Web lifting slings and safety Snow as director of strategic accounts. revenues and profitability for its third quarter. systems manufacturer. •Riwal has integrated Instant Holland's aerial lift • Mastclimbers of Atlanta claims to have cuts its • UK-based Instant Training has moved into new, business into its own operations, following the insurance premiums by 40% after implementing larger premises. completion of its acquisition on January 1. AWPT training. • A federal judge has appointed George •The first West African Cat Rental Store has opened • Valerio Rampini, previously with Stamboulidis a former prosecutor to head New in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Socage, has joined Oil & Steel as an York's tower crane union investigation. export area manager. •Manitou told its EGM that its Gehl subsidiary was in • Wynne Systems, owner of RentalMan software technical default with its bankers. • The US Department of Labor & has appointed Erwin Luijten as a senior project Industries and Lewis Equipment have Valerio Rampini manager for its European region. •German spider and truck mounted lift settled an appeal over safety citations. manufacturer Teupen, has appointed • Vp, owner of UK Forks/Hire Station, Scott Reynolds as president of • Trojan Battery has appointed the Worldwide Battery has announced its results for the first six Teupen USA. Company as a master distributor. months with revenues down 16%. FASET, the association for fall arrest and safety nets, Three men were arrested as part of a • Former Genie owner and senior vice • Scott Reynolds has published new standards for testing and repairing • fraud investigation into the supply of president of global sales Roger Brown, safety nets. aerial lifts to Darlington Borough Council, in the UK. retired at the end of December. Roger Brown •Harsco owner of SGB and Hünnebeck has secured a three year, $570 million back-up credit facility. See www.vertikal.net news archive for full versions of all these stories

December/January 2010 cranes & access 15 Psst .... Want to buy a truck mount? Because of its wide spread of users and applications, truck mounted platforms have held up better than other access sectors this year - both from a manufacturing and rental point of view. Here we take a look at the main features when buying a machine. Height, outreach and capacity - decide what you need

Small platforms - under 30 metres So what should you look for when Outreach needs to be viewed Check the working height and the majority buying a truck mounted platform? throughout the whole working platform capacity mounted on 3.5 tonne chassis - In the following paragraphs we have envelope. If on a machine of say and its working are mainly purchased by the rental compiled a quick 'buyers' guide' 46 metres you have a choice of a envelope companies and have therefore seen which identifies the main points, better outreach across the whole a slippage this year in the number requirements and pitfalls when out envelope above say 10 metres or of units sold. Truck mounted lifts shopping for such equipment. below 10 metres which would you over 30 metres however have a Feedback from distributors indicates choose? The maximum outreach is higher number of end user buyers that only a small proportion of buyers probably at four or five metres or specifiers (particularly 50 really understand the product and above ground level, but who buys a metres and over) and have can decipher the literature correctly 46 metre unit to work at this height continued to do well in most so many - it would appear - buy other than on the very infrequent European countries, particularly with the heart and not the head. job? Far more important is the the UK. The same dynamics are Outreach outreach at say 25 to 30 metres true in the van mounted lift high. So make sure you compare market, where a large number of Talk with anyone in the truck outreach between different makes buyers either purchase their own mounted lift sector about what of platform in the working area that equipment or, increasingly, look they look for in a truck mount and suits your work. for Contract Hire/leasing terms. outreach will be near or at the top of their list. But what do they mean Ask the question or have a The Italian manufacturers - primarily by outreach? For most it is the demonstration to ensure the On smaller machines the standard Multitel, GSR, Oil &Steel and CTE - maximum outreach the platform required outreach and platform capacity is 200kg but not tend to dominate the 3.5 tonne height will achieve. It is normally measured all platforms that claim a 200kg market, with German-based Wumag, from the centreline of rotation - i.e. payload will operate throughout the Ruthmann and Finnish Bronto tending the centre of the truck chassis, not envelope without a problem, to take the lion's share of the big from the side or from the outriggers particularly if the weight in the truck sales. Some Italian companies so make sure it is enough for your basket is close to the maximum such as Multitel and to a lesser applications. and it is not perfectly still. Some degree Oil&Steel, Bizzocchi and manufacturers have started to offer Socage/Cela are trying to making Outreach is also usually quoted as capacities of 220/225 or 230kg to inroads into the 50 metre plus market a single, maximum possible figure cope with the increasing bulk of the to take share from the top three, but based on minimum platform capacity user, although again take care. A it is a long process that is more with heaviest chassis. Working 220kg payload decal on the platform brand and image driven rather than outreach is often used - normally is sometimes no better in practice the performance and quality of the half a metre beyond the platform than a 200kg payload if the overload product and in this sector price is guardrails - but occasionally based /weight sensor is not designed to way down the priority list. on operators with extra long arms! Platform capacity deal with a load that is not perfectly static or perfectly evenly distributed. What ever you choose, make Another area that needs further sure the outreach is enough On larger truck mounts capacities for your applications clarification when comparing platforms is capacity. A large of 600 and 700kg are available from platform with a 120kg payload to many manufacturers, however the achieve maximum outreach is almost outreach and even height can be pointless. Lifts with working heights reduced at these higher payloads, of between 40 or 50 metres are so make sure that you check. usually put out with an operator, the Do not accept all you read minimum capacity should be at least Not all manufacturers' brochures 200kg, however some manufacturers give the true picture of machine's quote 120kg figure on their literature capabilities. While the vast majority (which gives and increased outreach have been diligently prepared, errors figure.) It is also a fact of life that and omissions can range from the platform users are getting heavier. slightly misleading to the down right

16 cranes & access December/January 2010 untrue. For some the platforms can than it was in the past. Residual only achieve the performance values vary according to the truck mounts information when used by 2.5 metre manufacturer's reputation and its c&a tall gorillas with 1.5 metre long arms. product support quality. As the For others there is the small print market matures it is also likely to which says 'depends on carrier reflect the life-time operational chosen'. It shows a working envelope costs. Light weight or light duty for the platform mounted on a say 12 platforms are not built to have the tonne chassis, while the brochure same life span as heavier duty photographs are of the platform models. Modern high-yield materials mounted on a smaller 7.5 tonne used continually near or at their chassis. The message is clear - ask design limits over a long period of relevant questions and if possible time are likely to experience fatigue check it out in a practical test and and even cracking much sooner tell the supplier that you are ordering than their heavy duty cousins. As on the basis that it will give the such the used market will down-price performance of outreach and height such units as they age. Some as agreed. evidence of this is already starting Outrigger spread to emerge and the trend is expected to continue in the future. The outrigger spread is of course important for two reasons. Firstly the Support and back-up Decide the type of platform you unit has to fit into the space available While every salesman will always need and research the market and secondly the greater the outrigger assure you that their platforms spread the further from the job you never go wrong, what happens you find out if a producer really has although in some countries a have to set up so the more outreach when they do is an extremely the practical level of support that significant market for platforms on needed. The smaller the chassis is important consideration. But how do your business requires? Start by 7.5 tonne chassis cabs will remain for the working height, the wider the talking with those who already use and possibly even grow. These outrigger spread needs to be. An the particular brand. If they say it smaller units are likely to see increasing number of lifts are equipped takes weeks to get spare parts, or increasing numbers of models with fully variable outrigger systems they are not available in August, with in-line outriggers. where the outreach is automatically then it is not good news. If they say reduced when outriggers are not fully On the larger 30 metre plus models, it seldom goes wrong but when it deployed/extended. While this can the divergence in philosophy that has does the spares arrive the next day be a very useful option, information emerged in recent years between then it is worthy of real consideration. on outrigger spread and outreach is lightweight, lighter duty platforms Different manufacturers have seldom shown on a brochure and on lower GVW chassis cabs and different set-ups in how they support often not even on a specification heavier duty higher capacity, longer machines in different countries. sheet so this needs to be verified. life cycle units will continue, What matters is not the system but On smaller machines an increasing providing you, the customer, with the end result. Minimum down time number of manufacturers are now a wider choice than ever. and minimum cost to put it right is adding models with straight line the name of the game. An increasing number of lifts are /straight down outriggers that set up equipped with fully variable outrigger within the vehicles travel width, ideal Plan ahead systems where the outreach is for inner city working and tight areas. Decide what type of platform you automatically reduced when outriggers are not fully Lifetime costs will require well ahead of when you deployed/extended need it and thoroughly research the While many large rental companies market as to what is available. Don't will only keep a platform for a set wait until the last minute because number of years - perhaps four to you will end up buying what is seven for a smaller models and six to More available and not what you really 10 for a larger units - life time costs manufacturers need for the long-term benefit of your may not be terribly important to have models with outriggers within the company. What you need in each them, although this is less true today width of the vehicle size range is the machine that will have a high level of user satisfaction not what just happens to be available A large outrigger spread means ex-stock at the time of purchase. setting up further The future? from the job The truck mounted aerial lift has long been seen as a product which is more resistant to recession and economic boom and bust than purely construction related lifts. There is no reason to see this changing in the future, the choice is getting ever wider even if in some cases this makes the selection process even more difficult. The trend in Europe for truck mounts on chassis cabs of less than 3,500kg will continue,

December/January 2010 cranes & access 17 McNally was the customer for the first Wumag 103 metre platform from Skyking here seen truck mounts c&a carrying out maintenance on the HMS Victory Keep on truc’King As an access equipment distributor that also has its own sizeable engineering capability, King is different, perhaps unique in the UK. Mark Darwin visited King Vehicle Engineering managing director Mark Carrington to find out more about the company that distributes a full range of truck and van mounted platforms, designs and manufactures its own low loaders and heavy duty trailers and a range of highway maintenance equipment. And is looking for more... A few months ago, Market driving the northern hemisphere reduced dramatically but all the Harborough-based King Group economy were spending the oil ratios - such as asset base relative reported a 25 percent increase premium price - up from $100 to to turnover - are about right.” in revenues and an 87 percent $170 a barrel - which would stop as Seeing the crash ahead of some increase in profits for the year to soon as the oil price reduced,” he others enabled Carrington to realign March 2009. Since then, business said. “At this time we had up to a the company gradually but even so, it has been harder but, it would dozen UK companies each putting still had to make some redundancies. appear, it is in far better shape in orders for batches of six or more “King had to reduce its workforce by than many. low loaders but we decided to about 35 percent (from 110 to 70) “30 years ago when I started concentrate on UK user companies but these were predominantly in the Mark that we knew needed and could pay working for York Trailers, I learnt Carrington trailer manufacturing division and not quickly from a very good boss - a for the equipment after the Russian one came from the access division.” Canadian entrepreneur called Fred 'gold rush' dried up. Fortunately we to retain cash. Perhaps it was more “We cut the trailer build because it Davies - the Joe Bamford of the saw the warning signs early and good luck than good planning, but it is the small companies that quickly trailer industry - who used to be decided not to speculate too much meant we were better placed to stop buying and the trailer side very quick to take tough business with things involving cash,” he said. make planned changes rather than decisions,” said Carrington. “When having to make rapid decisions.” we saw the wobble in the UK housing market in 2007, coupled By SED 2008, King still had many with noises emanating from three axle, step-frame trailer forward Germany about sub-prime rates and orders from dealers and UK exporters banks overlending on poor quality buying construction equipment at loans, it was clear that the market auctions and shipping it to Russia, the had overheated and was about to Baltic States and Ukraine where they blow. Seeing the long overdue would then sell the trailer as well. Typical of King's heavy recession approaching we eased “It seemed fairly obvious that the duty trailers is the 5 axle, full steer ballast trailer, one of a number of trailers built for Reading-based Terranova cranes back our expansion plans and tried Eastern European countries that were “When the banking crash happened, was hit hard, with many operators cash immediately became king. of low loaders depending on short Companies had to realign stocks term contracts to move construction and build a cash buffer. We've seen equipment - sales of which fell this situation before - losing money dramatically as the construction becomes less of a problem than industry either stopped investing or running out of cash.” couldn't find bank finance” he said. “The access and traffic management King was overstocked but was able divisions have not seen such a to reduce the overall levels. massive overall downturn but the “Look at our accounts year on year. For 45 years King has been best known for being UK's largest lowloader builder overall profile of the business has Yes, the size of business has changed dramatically.” 18 cranes & access December/January 2010 ReasonsReasons toto bebe cheercheerful!ful!

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T: 0870 225 5554 F: 0207 900 2229 E: info@ rangergroup.co.uk www.rangergroup.co.uk A buoyant area for King has been vehicle mounted crash cushions trucktruck mountsmounts cc&&aa toto thethe motorwaymotorway networknetwork supplyingsupplying more than 130 units in 2009 carries this legacy of debt, probably because of the volume of the financial economy based in UK and it is going to be more difficult for us to dig ourselves out of the recession. Generally UK companies are weaker than their European counterparts. In Germany companies have to retain more profit on the balance sheet British company with major manufactured the old BT pole whereas UK businesses appear to investments in the Far East, erection auger trucks.” receive less government assistance particularly Malaysia and Singapore “Market Harborough had access and boards seem less committed to - in the mid 80s. However, when the technology,” said Carrington, “in King is focussing heavily on the utility long term strategy so, buying and colonies started to be dismantled town was Spencer platforms and market and the new Landrover mount is selling companies and asset stripping Boustead sold off many of its Simon was in desperate trouble and now undergoing evaluation with etc leaves companies very weak.” companies, eventually selling the on the point of imploading. So we customers and will be officially released remainder to a Chinese company into the market in the Spring of 2010. “I worry about the short-term effects decided to be the new Simon using of a change of government because before reinvesting the proceeds into our design and build skills, taking on The King group consists of King the cuts with the Tories are likely to a disparate band of UK engineering staff and starting with van mounts.” Trailers, King Transport Equipment, companies manufacturing products be deeper. There's no doubt that the However Carrington was also after a specialist project engineering including car facias, aircraft seats current Labour Government has another access product to distribute division and King Highway Products and King Trailers. squandered the proceeds of the boom and found Italian platform whose access division includes the years and a change of government During the 1990 recession it again manufacturer GSR - predominantly UK and Eire distribution of Wumag is necessary, though Gordon Brown got into trouble - almost being an export company with three main Palfinger and GSR truck mounted is an unfortunate victim of being in delisted from the UK stock exchange markets, excluding the UK. GSR did platforms and also traffic the wrong place at the wrong time. - and started to dispose of have a distributor (Access Sales in management products from Nissan I am not sympathetic to him, but companies. At this point Carrington Bristol) but sales had been very poor. in Germany, Quixote and Trinity from Tony Blair jumped off the bus at the had been with York Trailers for 18 US. The Traffic management division right time. Brown and Blair were a years eventually running its £20 has now become a bigger proportion double act and it was Brown's own million trailer axle subsidiary but than access and within access policies that he has now been left to the company had also undergone smaller access truck sales (less than deal with.” several ownership changes and 30 metres ie GSR) have reduced In the Pre-budget speech, transport was also clearly struggling in the whilst the market for bigger access and the military were areas identified 1990 recession. (over 30 metresie Wumag) has held to make savings. But with large Carrington left York and briefly up much better as it is less dependent military trailer contracts, will this worked for Hendrickson, a US truck The Skyking 125RA is a compact on the construction industry. affect King Trailers? suspension business with a UK and popular 3.5 tonne van mount “King has not cancelled one Wumag “The military is driven by demand subsidiary based in Sywell, “I went to see GSR to talk about order though some business has so while they may have less Northampton, which had King as a possibly taking over UK distribution taken time to finance which has submarines or aircraft carriers, the customer. An MBO plan was and at the same time we were in required Wumag's patience and current logistics fleet investment hatched with three existing King contact with David Price who goodwill,” said Carrington, “and in will carry on, ” he said. “One of the directors and with the financial was about to launch Nationwide this financial year starting 1st April, strategies King has adopted is to backing of 3i, the team bought the Access,” said Carrington. “The two we have already delivered five big focus our marketing on second company as it came out of went together perfectly - GSR was platforms of more than 50 metres level government money - the key recession in 1994. aggressive and wanted to get into with more to come. King Highways' industry sectors where money is “Our strategy was to build on the a new market and Nationwide was turnover (about £7 million with about being invested such as wind farms well-respected brand that King had looking for something that was a half coming from access) is likely to and utilities - supplying the big built up for niche trailers and bit different. Price liked the GSR be the same as last year, so we are contractors winning those contracts. specialist engineering,” said product but with CE marking on the probably in better shape than most.” King has been fortunate in that we Carrington, “as well as building a horizon agreed to purchase GSR “The UK is currently delaying have been able to develop certain portfolio of more profitable niche platforms only if we could guarantee decisions prior to the coming general niche market areas and business. products and developing a vehicle they would be CE compliant. election and we are now seeing We want to focus on people who engineering business based on Vincenzo Gentilli the owner of GSR the downside of poor government are contracted to government - the specialist equipment. Within six made the commitment that whatever decision making - Goverment is not PFI companies etc. This is where we months our first foray was in access the cost he would ensure the about economics, it is about the need to concentrate our marketing platforms, as King had previously politics. Germany has already had its effort - public utilities, road election and has gone through the maintenance rather than construction King has won a number of contracts with UK MOD - pain of putting off decisions. The UK and nuclear decommissioning - this one is part of an order for eight, 22 metre Skyking aerial platforms for aircraft maintenance Not many suppliers have the kind of areas where money has to be spent capability of King's project engineering in the long term. division which built two of these trailers King history for Airbus wings. Formed in 1962 by Vern King a Canadian Engineer, the company Z booms have become very prominent in Skyking's range. had more than two decades This 29 metre Skyking 290PX manufacturing low loaders before is the largest in a range of four being bought by Boustead plc - a models available through King's partnership with GSR. 20 cranes & access December/January 2010 truck mounts c&a platforms would comply and “We do well with the reverse Nationwide gave us an order for 35 articulated platforms but not units from 14 metres to 27 metres, telescopic van mounts - we need the biggest platform in the GSR range a competitive machine.” at that time.” In the event, Gentilli's GSR is King's longest standing The biggest ever order was the £20 million deal to supply 89 anticipation of what would be relationship although it has not trailers for the Challenger tank required for CE marking meant only been an easy year for small access minor changes when the regulations platforms. Always on the look out driven by price and simplicity. With trailer boom. The unit is currently on were defined enabling Nationwide for a product to complement GSR, most machines being purchased by trial with customers which is the to be only hirer who could claim a King identified German truck hire companies it is often the hire final part of our development process 100 percent CE marked fleet. mounted manufacturer Wumag for rate that drives the purchase price. and is now available for sale. We That deal launched Skyking, the larger machines. After almost With growing demand for platform currently have other 4x4 applications Nationwide became an important five years of trying, King won the purchases from users, specification going through the workshops which player and GSR became UK market UK distribution of Wumag in 2002. features and applications become will keep us busy until March 2010 - leader. With King mounting the slew GSR accept that because of the lack more important and some of the some on Unimogs, a few on Iveco ring up kits it used its engineering of conflict, the company would be smaller Palfinger machines being chassis and one on a Landrover.” skills, allowing the GSR product to stronger with a more diverse proposed will fill some niche markets Bluelift? stay competitive whilst King would portfolio. When King started with very well. Presently King sees no Carrington feels that it took the benefit from GSR's reputation and Wumag, sales were low but the conflicts in the GSR and Palfinger Bluelift product on at absolutely the undoubted engineering skills. company sold eight units in the first product offerings and the company wrong time. The distributorship “We were mounting the 22 metre year and has continued to sell big feels the products are very ended at the beginning of last year platform on a 7.5 tonne chassis units and has become the best complementary. and is now distributed by Bravi UK. export market for the company. when Simon still needed a 12 tonne “GSR is developing a range of bigger “I think both of us were not quite chassis for its 65ft machine,” said “Rental companies liked the Wumag Z booms with a new mid range 25 ready at the time and when we hit Carrington. “The GSR platforms but the product hadn't been metre unit and plans for a 32 metre the credit crunch we were forced to were simple, easy to maintain and supported well in UK,” said unit in the near future, but there is put our efforts into our established operate. We were not just dealers, Carrington. “We have therefore also still opportunity for cheaper, products before we'd established a as an engineering company we got upped our product support game smaller 14 metre telescopics. foothold for Bluelift. It's basically a the overall concept which was enormously and have three service At the bigger end there is still fine product which is a shame unique at the time.” engineers which operate as a 'flying considerable demand in the 50-70 because when the market recovers, metre platform market. King's King would be interested in another enquiry rate is up dramatically and complementary product to Wumag buyers are finding it easier to obtain and GSR - and it could possibly be finance as the credit crunch eases. another spider platform. In the “Finance can be a problem as the meantime when everyone is doing amount of deposit required is larger their best to establish volumes and interest rates are higher,” said for their existing products, Carrington. “However the products diversification is for the brave.” we sell are high quality and have King has recently opened an IPAF good residual values so finance training centre at its offices in The 61m WT610 to Orion was the biggest machine when delivered companies feel reasonably Market Harborough. And whilst it at SED 2008 comfortable supporting our business agrees that there are lots of training if the customer has a sound centres around it is proving to be a doctor' service from Market “Industrial production engineer business himself.” decent revenue earner which covers Harborough for the more technical Vincenzo Gentilli is passionate about its costs. his platforms and builds in customer service and repair work, with local We have recently supplied 70 metre benefits,” said Carrington. “GSR has engineers for routine service work. machines to Extreme Access and “We aren't training a lot compared been an exceptionally committed Much of the GSR general service Blade and I believe that there will with many of the hirers but will try partner. With its modular range there and repair is carried out by local also soon be another 103 metre to increase the numbers,” said are few unique spare parts with subcontractors. I think we have platform in the UK which will be Carrington. “It is making money but many being common between now proved that we can supply the available for hire.” ultimately it is another piece in the ranges - pins, rams, seals etc - level of support needed to keep this With a good engineering base King jigsaw to make a complete access keeping the parts list to a minimum. type of equipment on the road and is in the ideal situation to build company. The company also steers clear of this sets us apart from competitors specialist platforms such as a 4x4 Overall the company has successfully problematic electric controls. We on big machines.” mounted unit.“Our engineering is a developed around selling niche have an excellent relationship with In June 2008, Palfinger purchased strength which many other application engineering and not 'pile GSR which listens to feedback and Wumag. The acquisition certainly companies haven't got. The utilities it high and sell it cheap' and will tries to produce products for the created support for Wumag at a time sector is still relatively strong and continue to develop its business by UK market. Currently we need when as an independant company still has a budget to spend so we getting close to customers and telescopic van mounts to offer an things could have been more difficult. decided to launch a Landrover- understanding their needs. alternative to dominant supplier King is providing support for the based platform using the Matilsa Versalift and to a lesser degree existing Bison Palfinger fleet in UK Gardner Denver.” and is looking at the market for the One of 20 trailers supplied to Nationwide Access “GSR has the van mounted product Palfinger range in UK. The UK but is not currently price market for the smaller platforms is competitive,” said Carrington.

22 cranes & access December/January 2010 New all electric c&a truck mounts truck mounts Versalift unveiled a new range of electric vehicle mounted lifts on Smith Electric Vehicles chassis in Copenhagen in December. One of the vehicles - a

Versalift ET36LF mounted on a Smiths Transit-based The new machine went on display Edison chassis cab, developed in partnership with during the Copenhagen climate summit in December Scottish and Southern Energy - joined a parade at the Bright Green fair at the Climate Conference, Copenhagen.

The new lift has a 160km range Steve Couling, managing director of from the Lithium Ion batteries. Versalift UK said: “This is one of a A typical working day with the whole host of low emission vehicle aerial lift consumes around 10 options that Versalift will be percent of the battery power, releasing to the UK market in early leaving around 140 to 150km of 2010. As market leader we feel that range for travel to and from the we must also take the lead in new job. The 13 metre working height innovation and emission reduction. unit has a Gross Vehicle Weight It is our top priority for next year.” of 3.5 tonnes, while 7.5 tonne The machine on display has and 12 tonne models have also returned to the UK where it will go been developed. The units are into service and be evaluated over considerably more expensive than the coming months. standard vans or trucks, but the operational costs are considerably The new 13 metre lower, leading to a five year pay Versalift on a Transit-based back on the extra investment at Smiths Edison truck. current fuel and taxation levels.

December/January 2010 cranes & access 23 truck mounts c&a When the going gets

Final testing on an Italian contractor’s window cleaning lift - note the cab

highest production levels for “Poland likes buying second hand tough... platforms over 28 metre in our units and over the last 10 years has Visiting SAIE in Bologna, Italy last October, you history with record numbers of 35 taken about 200 units from us, 65 metre, 60 metre and 65 metre percent of them used. They will even would have been forgiven for thinking that the 3.5 models produced in a single year,” pay to have units converted from tonne truck mounted lift market was booming. The says Pagliero. “We also have right hand drive - but only if it is a truth is that this part of the market, so strong in recent achieved the highest ever sales in Multitel,” says Pagliero. “To succeed years, is currently going through a soft patch. Germany, the UK and in several in export markets you need a good Far Eastern Countries.” back up and support system as well Surprising then to hear that Europe's highest volume Not a bad year then, but it has not as a good product. We think we truck mounted lift producer - Italian-based Multitel all been plain sailing. Sales in France, have the best spares back up in the Pagliero - has had a reasonably good year and recently historically its largest market, are business and this is an integral part purchased more land as part of its plans to increase down substantially falling from €30 of being an export-led company.” million to €10 million, as are sales in Whilst Pagliero sees some demand production capacity by up to 50 percent by 2012. the USA (affected by the strong for 100 metre plus platforms in Italy, Mark Darwin visited the company's head office in Euro amongst other factors) and in producing one is not one of his short Manta near Saluzzo in the Piedmont region of Italy several other markets. term goals preferring to focus on a to talk to president Renzo Pagliero and find out why The introduction of the articulated new 75 metre unit. Multitel has already sold two units, the first for the company is doing so well. MX range in 2006 has made a big impact on Multitel's sales of 3.5 Italian rental company Eurotechno should be unveiled at Bauma before Visiting Multitel's headquarters for tonne GVW machines. being delivered to the customer. the first time it is immediately “Prior to 2006 we were weak in the obvious that the company has done smaller chassis machines particularly “Platforms up to 60/65 metres can well in recent years. An impressive, Multitel’s as Italy is 80-90 percent articulated,” always be rented out in place of modern three storey building built largest platform says Pagliero. “We have delivered smaller units while the largest in 2007/8 has re-housed staff that the 83 metre more than 1,000 MX200 platforms machines have problems with J2-383TA worked in offices scattered around in less than four years and are now weight and size and therefore not as working in easy to keep busy,” says Pagliero. the Manta 1 production facility. Southern Italy market leader both for the small and Recent expansion has resulted in larger platforms in Italy.” “We are the only European company with a complete range of truck four production areas - Manta 1 “Revenues are down 27 percent on mounts from 13 to 83 metres.” to Manta 4, producing more than 2008 but this was record year. 1,000 truck mounts last year with Germany has been our big success, Multitel also builds tracked spider working heights from 13 to 83 building up sales over the past five lifts in co-operation with Palazzani, metres. The new plot of land or six years by breaking into leading earmarked for an additional rental companies such as An early building and purchased at the Gardemann, Mateco, Gerken, GL truck mounted beginning of December is a few Verleih, Schmidt and many of the platform miles away and is needed for both Partnerlift/System Lift companies truck and spider lift production. coupled with the increasing Renzo Pagliero's plan is to build popularity of 3.5 tonne units up to 1,500 truck mounts a year compared to 7.5 tonne machines,” by 2012/13. he said. While 2009 production fell short of In recent years about 65 percent of the record number of units shipped output has been exported, however in 2008, the company has had a this figure has been distorted by a profitable year and continues to 30 percent increase in the Italian develop. shipments this year. Belgium, Holland “We have increased our market and Scandinavia are all important share in Italy, restoring our position export markets as, perhaps as market leader while achieving the surprisingly, is Poland.

24 cranes & access December/January 2010 Versatility with a difference! The NEW ISOLI PNT210J Multi position, In-Line & Extended ‘H’ Outriggers with Fly Jib • 21m maximum working height

• 10m maximum outreach

• 3,500 Kg G.V.W. Production in the very clean and well organised Manta 4 facility. • Auto set-up option mounting its MX170 articulated also shied away from installing boom onto a Palazzani chassis. overly sophisticated electronics into • Narrow stabilisation: 1.95m “Palazzani is not strong below 22 products unless they are justified by (outriggers closed) metres so the joint venture suits us the benefits. both. I am happy with the 17 metre “We do not have cracked booms machine and a 22 metre unit using The MPT-140 Land Rover Defender and the other problems that are www.isoli.com our MX225 boom will be introduced common with value engineered and • Fully Electro Hydraulic controls at Bauma. Whether the next model /or overly -sophisticated products. • 14m maximum working height will be smaller or larger remains to Our growing success over the years be decided,” said Pagliero. “To date is due to the fact that customers • 7m maximum outreach we have produced 80 units with a appreciate the product quality, high proportion sold being the reliability and low life maintenance • Only 2.4m footprint Multitel model.” costs. Customer loyalty is such that • Available on Nissan CabStar a Multitel customer seldom looks elsewhere for his next truck • All cables inside boom mounted platform,” says Pagliero. Mutitel is a family owned business Call now for further information & specifications which was founded in 1911 by the grandfather of current owners, Tel: 01226 716657 brothers Renzo and Sandro Pagliero Email: [email protected] www.promaxaccess.com who took over the day to day Renzo Pagliero (R) explains management from their uncle Pietro some features to Melvyn Else when he died in 2004. The company from UK distributor Access Industries initially manufactured agricultural machinery before moving into loader According to Pagliero, the main cranes. It was from these cranes advantage of its tracked machines is that the first truck mounted lifts the low weight. “The new 22 metre THe new head office at Manta I machine will weight just 2.5 tonnes which is about 500kg lighter than competitors, important when transporting on a trailer. The 17 metre unit is about 15 percent lighter.” Multitel claims that its philosophy has always been to try and produce a good quality durable product with a long life expectancy, low lifetime maintenance costs rather than 'value engineered' products with reduced price and quality. It has

A boom section for the new 75 metre platform to be launched at Bauma

December/January 2010 cranes & access 25 The most notable feature of the truck mounts & larger Multitel platforms is the ability c a of the jib to rotate 300 degrees were developed in the late 1950s genuinely legal and below the stated about the main boom - an additional and early 60s. Throughout the 3,500kg weight limit. Over the years 90 plus degrees compared to 1970's and 1980's the company this was followed by 20 and 22 metre competitors - giving the capability increasingly became an aerial lift, units - the success a result of using to work up behind a bridge structure rather than a crane manufacturer. aluminium alloy as a boom material. or similar object. Multitel also claims that because of this geometry The company developed its first While a few other access companies its platforms offer more outreach aluminium booms in the 1980s, have used aluminium booms, only at high level than competitor's although it was the 1990's before Multitel does so on all machines up corresponding machines. More than 1,000 MX200 platforms have aluminium boom models assumed a to 27 metres. On the larger platforms been delivered in less tha 4 years. It may be two or three years before significant importance within the its the lower booms are made from product coupled with good back up the company achieves more than product range. Unlike many other steel while the upper booms and jibs and support is the way forward 1,000 machines in a single year Italian companies, Pagliero has are aluminium. Extruded aluminium rather than producing models for again, but Pagliero does not rule out always designed and built its own allows the designer, using a CAD the sake of adding something 'new' matching its 2008 revenues in product line. /CAM system, to optimise the every year. Our 40 metre model is 2010/11 but with a mix of platforms design varying the thickness of a classic example. Introduced in the The company claims that it was the containing a higher ratio of larger material at different parts of the boom early 1990's it has been a benchmark first to mount a 16 metre platform machines. on a 3.5 tonne chassis cab that was section, based on stress analysis. for large machines in France for “This year we have trained teams many years. With an 11 metre jib that have previously worked on the The original Manta production facility and 365kg unrestricted capacity it 3.5 tonne products to build larger offers 15.5 metres of outreach, with platforms,” he said. “This will make outriggers set within the width the company much more able to of the vehicle or 28 metres with respond to market demands in outriggers fully extended - a the future.” footprint similar to many 30 or 35 Multitel has seen a high rate of metre lifts. Improvements over the growth in its activities since 2000 years have been many including and over the next few years it fully variable outriggers, but why expects a 'shake-out' in truck change the basic machine if you nor mounted manufacturing sector. anyone else can significantly As Pagliero says “a good quality improve on it?”

26 cranes & access December/January 2010 Cleaning up c&a truck mounts (and over) Earlier this year, Slough-based specialist window cleaning contractor RJ Norris started using a 21 metre, CTE ZED21J truck mounted access platform in order to allow it to clean a wider range of buildings and thus tender for more work. The company was specifically looking for a lift on a 3.5 tonne chassis so that all of its staff could drive it. The The jib and end mounted platform company chose the ZED21J because it liked the up and are ideal for certain jobs over and zero tailswing features of the sigma riser and Making the most of boom configuration, as well as the extra capability of the the lift’s reach articulating jib.

The starting point though was to equipment when needed. As the find a machine with the working business grew and the number of envelope to reach windows and contracts requiring access equipment fascias over possible obstructions. increased, it recognised the benefits Louise Herd of RJ Norris said: “The in owning and operating its own lifts combination of the sigma boom and renting them out on a self drive and fly-jib offers clearance over or with operator basis when they canopies and glass structures. are not required for cleaning work. We also liked the fact that the The ZED21J has an unrestricted lift basket is supported on the front capacity of 200kg, 10 metres out- rather than underneath, essential reach up to 14 metres above ground where close-up work is needed.” level, the ability to lift and lower in a Norris targets cleaning contracts at straight vertical line from this height colleges and universities throughout and 360 continuous slew. The window cleaning very fast and easy London and the Home Counties. company also liked the simple with potentially less damage,” said The CTE ZED21 working in a narrow street It previously rented in access controls. “The controls make managing director Richard Norris. High reach in the back of beyond Truck mounted course Finnish utility company Eltel Networks has purchased the first Mercedes Zetros for fire fighters off road truck to go into a civilian application. The unit is equipped with both a IPAF has launched a special course for truck mounted aerial lifts crane and a 30 metre work platform. Eltel will use the vehicle for constructing used for fighting fires. The new three day course, already underway and maintaining electrical and telecommunications networks in northern in the Netherlands is aimed at all fire fighters who operate aerial Finland. The final product was developed in partnership between Hiab and Veho work platforms and ladder trucks and was requested by a number Commercial Vehicles. The 37 tonne/metre Hiab XS 377 E-6 HiPro loader crane of fire brigades looking for a standard course tailored to their specific offers up to 30 metres of lift height and 24 metres of outreach. The truck's needs. The first day is for theory and practical sessions with the chassis frame was stiffened prior to installation in order to reduce deflection instructor. The second day is for practical sessions without the from chassis flex. The Zetros truck features continuous all-wheel drive, a 326 instructor and the third day horsepower, 7.2 litre diesel IPAF now offers a three for more practical time, day MEWP course for engine and a choice of followed by the examination fire fighters manual or fully automatic with the instructor. transmissions. Standard Successful candidates will be wading depth is 800 mm with awarded a PAL Card with the an option for 1,110 mm. category Static Boom (1b) The cab has more space than Special - Fire. Courses will be traditional truck cabs with a held at the facilities of Dutch flat walk through floor, three fire brigades using specific separate seats and room for machines based at the fire tools and other equipment. station. The first training centre The first project for the new to offer the fire fighting course vehicle involved working on a is Van Asten Rescue Training, 220 kV cable from Levi to of Roermond, southern Holland. Sodankylä across a wilderness The company is owned and area with few roads or tracks. operated by Jeroen van Asten, The Mercedes Zetros is a former fire fighting MEWP equipped with a Hiab crane and operator and a certified IPAF work platform attachment instructor.

December/January 2010 cranes & access 27 28 cranes & access December/January 2010 Telescopic crawlersers c&a crawler crane the way forward?? Even during a severe recession, most equipment sectors have at least one area that manages to perform well. In the sub 250 tonne crawler crane market it is currently the telescopic models that are most in demand. A year or two ago, we reported crane onto a lattice crane base. As on how the telescopic crawler part of Hitachi-Sumitomo, the group crane was on the verge of shaking now offers a telescopic range from off its 'niche' tag. Since then we 4.9 to 70 tonnes with the distinct Liebherr’s 1,200 have had the worst economic possibility of extending to 100 tonne LTR 11200 downturn in living memory, tonnes in the future. at its launch resulting in a dramatic reduction As with tracked spider cranes, the “Unfortunately there are still too in sales of new equipment. In smaller telescopic crawlers (up to many contractors willing to take the spite or because of this, the 12 tonnes) are also in big demand risks associated with hiring from relative rarity of this type of unlike small lattice boom cranes. these companies for the sake of crane, coupled with growing One UK hire company said that its saving a few pounds. It is becoming demand has resulted in hire rates eight tonne telescopics command increasingly difficult for reputable remaining very strong and in the same rate as its 50 tonne crawler crane hire companies to some cases increasing. conventionals. Compare the returns justify investment in modern Major manufacturers have tended to on investment between those two equipment when the returns we are shy away from larger telescopic machines! able to generate at times like this crawler cranes - the exception being This issue of Cranes & Access are almost completely destroyed.” Liebherr with its 100 tonne LTR Link Belt features the 2009 Rental Rate The smart money is on the telescopic 1100, although Tadano which now launched its Survey on page 37. The potted crawler along with the larger lattice owns Mantis, produces a heavy 70 tonne TCC version is that the small to mid sized boomed models, but as numbers duty model in this class. Liebherr is 750 last May with input lattice boomed crawlers are having increase it will of course loose its now jumping to the top end of the from UK dealer a torrid time. As usual the recession exclusivity and possibly become a capacity range with its 1,200 tonne NRC Plant has brought out the 'slash the rates victim of its own success. LTR 11200, while planning to unveil brigade.' “Hire Rates have been its smallest crawler telescopic - Sennebogen has a range of three Vive la difference! decimated by those who do not the 60 tonne LTR 1060 - at Bauma telescopic models with up to 80 When Link Belt set out to design a understand the term 'return on this Spring. tonnes capacity and has enjoyed new 70 tonne telescopic crawler investment' and are incapable of considerable sales success across crane it had the benefit of seeing the long term impact on the Europe. However, telescopic crawler belonging to the Hitachi-Sumitomo Liebherr will soon industry of the 'win the job at any cranes of more than 40 tonnes are crane group. In fact the 40 tonne have a three price' attitude,” said one crawler model, telescopic still rare while units in the 70-100 Hitachi SCX400HD, launched in crane hirer. “Few such companies crawler range tonne capacity range are akin to 2005 combined an Hitachi- - the 60, 100 and ever invest in new equipment hens teeth. With safety conscious Sumitomo base machine with the 1,200 tonnes. buying mostly second hand, while contractors beginning to insist on four section Link Belt boom from its This is the being heavily into long term debt. 100 tonne some sites that a crane's boom RTC-8040 Rough Terrain crane. LTR 1100 cannot remain up when not They harm the market by supplying However rather than follow a similar working, the telescopic crawler what is generally substandard design approach for its TCC750 it is often the only answer. equipment but at cheap rates.” listened to its dealers, in particular Weldex recently UK distributor NRC, and incorporated purchased an 80 tonne, a host of different ideas into the Sennebogen 683HD new model. The new crane looks but large telescopics are rare significantly different, with cut away /profiled superstructure bodywork and machinery covers. The point or aim of minimising the covers is not styling related, it has been done with the sole purpose of improving the operator visibility. Part of this effort American manufacturer Link Belt includes keeping most of the sheet launched its 70 tonne TCC 750 metal work behind the cab and crawler telescopic in the UK last below the rearview eye-line. The May (see story below) and with the benefit is that the operator not only help of UK dealer NRC Plant, has has a clear 200 plus degrees of broken away from just putting a forward visibility but he also has a telescopic boom from a mobile better view of the hoist drums.

December/January 2010 cranes & access 29 crawler crane c&a Right first time These are the first fully rigged picture of Manitowoc's Model One of the crane's major features is main boom is 110 metres with a the Variable Position Counterweight maximum 43 metre fixed jib. 31000 - at 2,300 tonnes, that can continuously adjust the Maximum boom and luffing jib the company's largest counterweight radius from 8.4 metres combination is 220 metres - capacity crawler crane to almost 29 metres to maintain the comprising 110 metres of main A quick glance at the Hitachi Sumitomo ever. The base machine load centre over the unit's four boom and 110 metres of luffing jib. SXC400HD and the TCC750 says it was unveiled last trunnion mounted tracks. Equally Manitowoc also claims a lift all…vive la difference September at an open important is the fact the capacity of 1,400 tonnes on the counterweight always remains fixed jib and 1,000 tonnes on the Other features include a three- day at Manitowoc's suspended saving customers time luffing jib. width hydraulically extendable Wisconsin manufacturing and money preparing the ground for Mike Wood, global product manager undercarriage with load charts for facility. traditional counterweight trays. for crawler cranes, said: “We've each position providing more been impressed with how the well versatility and compact transport the crane has fitted together, our width. The counterweight is connection technology - FACT which hydraulically removable with load allows technicians to rig Manitowoc charts with or without it, allowing crawler cranes faster and smoother users to send out a lighter machine than competitors - has worked for certain applications. The first perfectly. The technology covers TCC was launched in the UK last the whole crane design which May and then in North America in means that technicians and riggers October with ALL Erection Crane don't need to get into awkward or Rental buying the first 10 units. difficult spots to check alignment. Link Belt has gone on to develop a This patented technology is a Built in a new section of the factory range or attachments for the crane The Model 31000's unusual track real differentiator for Manitowoc specifically for the huge crane, which include an aerial work system results in a ground bearing Cranes.” the rigging of the crane starts an pressure of 120 psi (8.5 kg/sq cm) platform, a two Pengo hydraulic “The systems installation has all powered earth augers. extensive, almost year-long testing when lifting its maximum load, programme prior to being delivered about the same as 181 tonne gone exactly to plan,” he adds. to the first customer, Newberry, capacity Manitowoc Model 777. “Things like attaching the crawlers The TCC750 has three operational widths South Carolina-based Bulldog worked seamlessly the first time. all of which have their own load charts. The crane's footprint is slightly Erectors at the end of this year. The When you consider the size and the smaller than previously reported at detail on a crane this big then it's a machine photographed is in fact 20.2 metres by 15.5 metres. The destined for the second customer, real testament to the great work our boom and jib combinations have engineering team has done to get Crane Rental Corporation, based in now been confirmed - maximum Orlando, Florida. that right first time.”

One of the crane's major The features is the Variable counterweight Position Counterweight always remains suspended saving customers time and money preparing the ground

30 cranes & access December/January 2010 The first c&a crawler crane of many? We spoke to PJ Plant's Rob Smith about his experiences in buying and operating a Chinese crane and find out if he would Several of Saren’s Zoomlions purchase another..... completing a lift Chinese crawler crane Crowland was looking to bring the comprehensive parts back up, and Crowland carried out a thorough manufacturers have made huge first Zoomlion crawler into the UK. this together with its skilled labour inspection of the machine and strides over the past few years Off to China force, calmed most of our concerns.” completed many small but particularly in terms of product After several discussions and Equally important was the financial important modifications, tweaks development and exports. some internet research our initial aspect of the deal. “We were able and improvements, bringing it up Companies such as Sany, impressions were good. But what to negotiate the purchase of the to full UK specifications, including Zoomlion and XCMG have was it like under the skin? The only new Zoomlion for a similar outlay a new rated load indicator system. substantial model ranges with answer was to go to China and look as a five to six year old Japanese The crane was then exhibited at capacities of up to 1,000 tonnes. for myself.” equivalent and with excellent SED before finally being delivered While there have been a reasonable delivery times,” says Smith. “So in July 2008. With the factory's assistance, number of Chinese crawler crane we placed the order for the first Crowland arranged a visit to view “The Zoomlion has been very busy sales in developing countries, sales Zoomlion QUY70 in the UK.” similar machines in a working over the past 18 months, proving in Europe, particularly the UK and environment coupled with a visit to When the crane arrived at very reliable with no real Ireland have been relatively few. the impressive engine manufacturing Crowland's premises near downtime,” says Smith. “Our One such sale is the 70 tonne plant, thrown in. A visit to the Peterborough there were several back-up service from Crowland Zoomlion QUY70 to PJ Plant - the Zoomlion plant was supposed to favourable changes to the model Cranes has been excellent - mainly first Zoomlion crawler crane in the round off the trip, but due to the Smith had seen working, and routine servicing and minor teething UK - delivered by distributor worst weather in 50 years, meant importantly, the undercarriage issues. Good to its word, Crowland Crowland Cranes in May 2008. the visit was cut short but enough design was much improved. now keeps a comprehensive parts stock, which thankfully we haven't was seen to remain interested. Poor paint needed, but it is reassuring to know For Smith, the plus side of the “One downside was the poor its there.” Zoomlion was that it was well built, paintwork finish which was “Would we buy another Zoomlion in had impressive lifting duties and common to these early machines. the future? In these hard times, any used simple, reliable technology, Subsequently we arranged for a new machine purchase is doubtful similar to the truck cranes that complete repaint, which was but if we had the right contract and Crowland were already familiar carried out by Crowland Cranes. if costs were comparable with the with. He did observe a few weak This was an extra expense, but used European market, yes we points though, mainly in the was allowed for in the cost probably would.” undercarriage design, which Issitt calculations.” Peter Issitt (L) seals the deal with Rob Smith. also noted and agreed. “The concerns over the “Because we had secured a new undercarriage design were raised long-term contract, we started with the manufacturer and the looking for a 70 tonne crawler in design was actually modified,” early 2008,” says Smith. “At that says Smith. “It seems that this time, demand for cranes was still manufacturer isn't afraid to listen high and we struggled to find a to customer feed-back and make suitable used machine in Europe, changes. I have since discovered similarly delivery dates for new that this is a continual process with Japanese crawlers, were too long, user information supplied to dealer, not to mention the high pre- then onto the manufacturer.” recessionary prices. I knew of a recently imported 50 tonne Sany Replacement crawler and spoke to the new parts concerns owner, who was very pleased with The next stumbling block was the product. I also knew that spares and parts. “Our existing Crowland Cranes were marketing Japanese crawler dealers only keep Chinese truck cranes and having the bare basics, and we have had known and worked with them over some delay problems. Crowland, PJ Plant’s QUY70 is still the only the years, rang Pete Issitt for a chat. however, promised to provide a Zommlion crawler in the UK Timing wise, this proved ideal, as

December/January 2010 cranes & access 31 crawler crane c&a ‘Custom After the night-time ‘Custom heavy lift, the crane continued installing the lighter steel cross members - up to seven tonnes each - on the build’ crane new prefabricated build’ crane steel bridge One of the largest international oil and gas service contractors - Saipem - has installed a new 'custom build' 135 tonne capacity Kobelco CKE1350 crawler crane with 48.8 metre main boom, on the world's second largest heavy-lift OnOn thethe nightnight traintrain crane vessel, the Saipem 7000. The crawler crane A 550 tonne capacity Kobelco SL6000 crawler crane will work alongside the belonging to Weldex has been in action installing the twin fixed main cranes main structural elements of a new railway bridge on on the upper-deck - each the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) at Canning Town in On board the Saipem 7000 off the with 7,000 tonne lift East London. This is part of a £350 million programme Norwegian en route to the Frigg Oil Field capacity - the CKE 1350 in the North Sea. upgrading of the DLR, due for completion later this year. will handling smaller The crane is painted with special Contractor PJ Carey - working for The crane was able to complete the components and has the corrosion resistant epoxy paint for Taylor-Woodrow Construction remainder of the bridge assembly capability to move around extra protection; a wind speed (TWC) - had to carry out the main in daylight, installing the lighter the deck. meter; aircraft warning lights and lifts at night because of the need supplementary steel cross-members four lifting points for lifting the to close and isolate the line. Work weighing between four and seven The Saipem 7000 semi-submersible complete, 140 tonne crane fully involved placing the main pre-cast tonnes each, using a faster single vessel can handle offshore rigged with its main boom. concrete abutments and lifting line and fitted with the lighter, construction projects worldwide Rene Kraakman, service manager two, 55 metre long, 110 tonne standard counterweight. including pipe-laying in water for Kobelco Cranes Europe, who pre-fabricated steel beams onto depths of more than 2,000 metres supervised the installation and the abutments. The Weldex 550 tonne capacity Kobelco and heavy lift operations of up to provided on-board training for the SL6000 with 72 metre main boom in 14,000 tonnes. Apart from the restricted time-frame, Super Heavy Lift configuration, installing new crane, said: “You have to the job was complicated by the the pre-cast abutments and the two The vessel is currently working in experience the weather conditions limited space and confined main prefabricated steel span beams the North Sea decommissioning an which include six metre high waves weighing up to 110 tonnes each. accessibility of the site old oil-rig platform in the Frigg Field. and strong winds to appreciate the for a heavy-duty crane The Kobelco CKE1350 was equipped importance of having appropriate, with the adequate reach with a number of special options to reliable machinery which can and capacity. make it more suitable for specialised function efficiently. The weather “It was a tight squeeze, offshore operations. The main boom conditions, particularly at this time but with careful planning is fitted with a special short jib of year are extreme, but the crane between TWC, Carey and allowing three hooks - main hook, has been modified to cope with the Weldex team, the auxiliary hook and a hook for man- this tough application.” Kobelco SL6000 fitted the riding only - to be rigged at the The Kobelco CKE1350 being prepared job perfectly,” said Andy same time. and tested at the Saipem dock-side yard Housden, Taylor Woodrow A third, high-speed drum has been in Schiedam, Netherlands, before being Construction's deputy fitted for the man-riding operations transfered by barge to the Saipem 7000. project manager. where the man- With only five metres of basket has to be clear tail-swing space in rapidly lifted clear a confined corner, it was from the deck of possible to rig the extra another vessel 200 tonnes of suspended before the boat is counter-weight of the lifted by the next super heavy-lift wave. There is configuration, together also an emergency with 72 metres of main electric back-up boom. This was helped system in case of by the crane's compact any failure of the dimensions and its ability diesel power unit. to rig itself.

32 cranes & access December/January 2010 crawler crane c&a At the end of the line The new Saale-Elster valley viaduct bridge currently under construction is part of the new high-speed rail link between Berlin and Munich. When the line is completed in 2017, the journey time between the two cities will be cut to less than four hours. With a total length of 8.89 km - The Sennebogen 660 works on the main bridge is 6.5km - the viaduct will be cantilevered falsework to the longest railway bridge in Europe. Structural carry out a wide variety of tasks work is scheduled for completion in 2012. The main contractor for the around a third of the way along "We are extremely happy with the Byzak bridge construction is Himmel its length - and is largely carried machines - they are reliable, and Papesch together with its out using a technique that uses powerful, highly versatile and their subsidiary company Gerdum and cantilevered falsework to create tremendous stability is a major Breuer. Himmel and Papesch the bridge deck, allowing the advantage when working at this was founded in 1924 and has ground and surrounding area to height.” specialised in large bridge remain untouched throughout The third crane - a Sennebogen 640 construction ever since. the construction process. HD - is responsible for the guide-free The new track runs through several Three Sennebogen crawler insertion of sheet piles weighing conservation areas as well as a cranes are being used during up to four tonnes outside the water pollution control area, making the initial bridge construction. cantilevered falsework. In one the construction work particularly Two 60 tonne capacity section, the sheet pile foundations challenging. Sennebogen 660 HDs, each with 32 The sheet pile boxes are then had to be built in a lake which "Both the technology required and metres of main boom, are positioned excavated and the reinforcement required the crane to be positioned on the implementation of this on the north and east abutments, for the foundations and pylons lifted a hydraulically-supported pontoon. construction project go above and working on a specially prepared into place. The 660s are also used “The size of this construction site beyond everyday activity and pose track on the cantilevered falsework to place the concrete for the means that the cranes have to be major challenges on site for all at a height of almost 20 metres foundations as well as lifting and moved frequently. Thanks to the involved," said Michael Felgner, above the ground. The cranes are lower the supports as the falsework short set-up times and the fact that project manager with DB used for a wide range of tasks is moved forwards. it can be assembled and dismantled ProjektBau. including inserting 10 and 25 "A large part of the work at the front without additional lifting equipment, The bridge construction is being metre long sheet piles for the of the cantilevered falsework is the 640 has reduced our costs and started at all three ends - the foundation of the abutments using carried out by the Sennebogen is extremely efficient,” explains viaduct runs roughly east to west a combination of vibrating and 660s," says Ulf Oelze, site Oelze. “The elevating cab offers with a spur joining from the north impact hammers. manager for Himmel and Papesch. improved views and coupled with the outstanding handling of the machine means the cranes are particularly Short set-up times make popular among our operators.” the Sennebogen 640 a highly efficient solution for inserting In the UK, Trentham, Stoke-on-Trent- sheet piles based EH Hassell has been the distributor for Sennebogen cranes since 1998 and has chalked up more than 100 sales. Customers have included companies such as Morgan Est which runs an 18 strong Sennebogen crane fleet which includes Heavy Duty, lattice and telescopic boomed units. Other multiple Sennebogen crane owners include Carillion, Byzak, Barhale Construction, Fussey Piling, CBI John Brown and Weldex. The latest deliveries include an 80 tonne capacity 680 HD to Byzak, an 80 tonne 683HD to Weldex and a 140 tonne 4400 to Carrillion.

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2009 Rental c&a 2009 rental rate survey rate guide It has been a long time since we compiled our annual rental rate guide in such volatile circumstances. This time last year the general economic situation looked dire given that it came merely weeks after the worldwide banking collapse was on the cards.

However the rental industry and Access rental companies on the In Scotland, Active Rentals followed rates in general were holding up - other hand - normally very good at a similar yet different policy to but only just. Few anticipated a responding - were both slow and in Hewden, which mirrors one found in rosy year, but even less expected many cases reluctant to participate. the retail sector, were a great deal it to be as bad as it has generally Telehandler inputs showed little more sophistication is applied to proven to be. In the UK the crane change on previous years. pricing strategies. Dubbed the “Crunch Buster”, the company and powered access rental Strategies to cope simply gave a guarantee that it companies managed to keep a with the rates slither of sanity going for some would match or beat any of the first half, but then one As the 2009 rate war got nasty competitive quote. Active says that after the other, rates began to around mid-year, companies reacted it worked surprisingly well tumble and a good deal of in different ways when confronted disarming competitors which had stupidity came into play - much with competitors offering their a habit of turning up on site offering of which is still happening. customers seriously stupid rates. lower rates. The idea is that word (In spite of declarations of innocence gets around that rate cutting on its As always many companies cut or ignorance most medium to large own would simply not win the rates with no thought, discipline or companies have participated in the business - the key with this strategy strategy and as you might expect practice). Hewden was the most is how it is used and having the the net result has been a double right disciplines behind it. Active whammy as rates fell along with to control pricing strategies or says that the number of times that utilisation. In the crane hire market, discipline through the ranks and it has had to cut its rates has been tower cranes took an early there are dozens of examples of minimal. An abbreviated copy of a hammering as the housing market most companies leaving massive letter from Andrew McCusker of meltdown caused some developers percentages “on the table” even for Active explaining the rationale not only to suspend construction short term contracts where the behind the price guarantee campaign but also to 'off-hire' any tower delivery and handover costs do not is published on the next page. cranes they might have had on site. justify sending the equipment out. Mobile crane hire followed soon open, having seen such tactics The telehandler market is another after as construction projects began rob it of otherwise satisfied beast entirely. Rates have typically to wind down and the general customers as it attempted to been lower in this market as a economy began to cut the number maintain its pricing integrity. The percentage of the machine’s cost of routine short term lifts. Some company reacted with a limited and given the hard treatment the sectors such as the smallest and time offer - 'Return to Sender' - equipment often receives it can be larger crawler cranes have offering to replace equipment a lean business. However utilisation continued to fare well but overall currently on rent at a lower price has traditionally been high, the year has not been good. for hires of three weeks or more. compensating somewhat for the The aim was to send a message The powered access business has low relative rates. The housing that it was prepared to be had a patchier year. Companies slowdown caused telehandler competitive and to get back in tune serving niche markets or offering utilisation to fall earlier on than the with a portion of its customer base specialist equipment have fared mobile crane and access markets. that it says it had lost due to its reasonably well, particularly the However if our anecdotal evidence policy of holding firm on rates. The smaller companies that are closer is anything to go by telehandler campaign caused controversy due to their customers and markets. rates have held up better than most. to its stated aim to break existing As you will note from the comments It could be argued of course that Examples of this include companies hires rather than be competitive for accompanying the returns this they had less distance to fall. specialising in spider lifts and some the next contract. Hewden year there is a great deal of anger, vehicle mounted lifts. General run One interesting fact this year was maintains that it was only doing frustration and finger pointing in of the mill, mid-sized booms and the participation levels we saw. openly what most others were the industry. So far there is little scissor lifts on the other hand, have First of all more people responded doing on the sly. Other tactics sign though of any significant shift suffered from a total lack of common overall, but the mix has changed. during the year included a wide in the way that crane and access sense or pricing integrity, led by Crane hirers, usually reluctant range of underhand practices, companies manage their pricing over indebted small to mid-sized participants were the shining including accusations of salesmen strategies and the largest are as companies along with some of the examples this year with more lurking outside competitors' guilty as the smallest, or infact national rental groups. Few, if any companies responding and being premises and following delivery more guilty as they ought to be of these companies have been able the first to return completed forms. trucks to site. showing some leadership. December/January 2010 cranes & access 37 2009 rental rate survey c&a Crane rates Active Rentals says its price match campaign has worked surprisingly Crane rates are a story of many parts, tower cranes, mobile well. Managing ddirector Andrew McCusker explains his rationale in a cranes, large crawlers, spider cranes all faring differently. letter sent to C&A. Overall the picture for 2009 has been fairly gloomy. Dear Sir, Active Rentals has undertaken a marketing campaign - 'Crunch Buster' - aimed at generating business within our local area whilst reassuring our customers that they are receiving competitive hire rates. This has been met with some derision. Anyone who knows me will confirm that I am a staunch champion for commercially viable and sustainable hire rates and not a comedian. We have always sold the hire of our equipment based on the quality of the service we provide, rather than the lazy salesman's way of offering the machine for a few pounds cheaper than the next Crane hire rate trends all crane types company. However, we began to find that we were losing business Crane hire rates Crane hire rates left right and centre, from one time very loyal customers. Time after over the past 12 months during the next 12 months time when we challenged our customers for an explanation the 3% (76%) 0% increase increase reason the customer gave was that we weren't competitive enough, 0% (16%) or we weren't hungry enough for their business. A few customers (0%) actually took umbrage that we hadn't seen fit to reduce our rate 51% automatically. On virtually every occasion the customer conceded (76%) that the quality of our service until that point had been excellent. 49% In mid June we consulted with a marketing company. Our outline 97% (8%) (22%) was to cultivate new and existing business, be seen to be competitive and responsive, but try and maintain decent hire rates. (numbers in brackets The advice was a complete surprise and completely opposite to my = 2008 results) instincts, it was to offer a price match guarantee! This year is the most negative since we started the survey in over 10 years Price matching forces our competitor to do something different; they ago. All but a few reported a drop in rates during 2009, with almost half cannot continue to offer something underhand that we are offering expecting them to continue to decline in 2010. No one expects publicly. We have forced our competitors to consider their pricing them to increase but over half believe that we have reached the bottom. and to ensure they are offering realistic rates; there is no mileage in undercutting in a market where someone is promising to beat any price. Once it is presumed that everyone is on a level pricing field Crane fleet size then rental companies have to rely on good customer service to win Crane fleet size Crane fleet clients, this benefits the end user significantly. It should very quickly over the past 12 months during the next 12 months steady the local rental market and have everyone quoting the same type of rate structure. 3% (57%) The problem with our industry has been masked by the economic 12% 15% boom and the significant pace at which it has grown over the last (54%) 42% 10 years. IPAF president John Ball commentated in his address at (37%) 28% the 2009 Summit that as an industry we have spent so long (15%) 69% convincing customers to take our unusual equipment that we have (28%) become subordinate to them, even scared to ask them for payment. 46% 47% (9%) This echoes the sentiments of Kevin Appleton of Lavendon, when he (numbers in brackets commented that powered access hire was treated by customers = 2008 results) somewhere between toilet roll and stationary purchases. This is because of the way we operate as an industry and I don't personally This year roughly half of companies surveyed cut their overall fleet size, see it changing anytime soon. Whilst access people continue to while the vast majority expect to hold fleets at their current levels jump from company to company and show no loyalty and access throughout 2010 limiting any purchases to replacements. professionals are placing rental operations into administration this week and opening up next week under a new name, customers will only see us in one light! Decreased Stayed the same Increased Active Rentals is a small company, I am personally involved in operational matters, delivering machines etc, not necessarily every day, but we still operate at that level. If this company takes a particular stance, then I personally have to be firm and committed to that cause, there are no tiers of management to protect or provide excuses for me. I believe that we have taken the higher ground with this campaign and that it will prove to have a positive effect on the market. More people should have the balls to at least try and make a difference. Yours Sincerely,

Andrew McCusker Managing director

38 cranes & access December/January 2010 Utilisation and return c&a 2009 rental rate survey 100 Cranes giving best physical utilisation 90 Daily rates for mobile cranes 80 A quarter of replies said utilisation levels were equally AT/Truck cranes Lowest Highest Average 70 poor whatever the capacity Under 25 tonnes £255 £360 £312 60 25 to 45 £280 £400 £328 50 50 to 65 £390 £560 £488 40 33% 70 to 85 £590 £760 £693 30 95 to 125 £880 £1,100 £996 20 135 to 200 £1,495 £1,800 £1,681 9% 12% 10 6% 6% 210 to 350 £2,210 £3,750 £2,897 0% 3% 3% 2% 0 Over 350 £4,800 £6,300 £5.533 Spider under 25 25 - 45 50 - 65 70 - 85 95- 125 135 - 200 210 - 350 Over 350 cranes tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes City Cranes mobile cranes £420 £500 £447 Mobile tower cranes

100 3/4 axles £550 £670 £610

90 Cranes giving best return on investment 5/6 axles £1,025 £1.250 £1,144

80 A third of replies said return on investment was equally poor on all cranes Weekly rates for crawler cranes 70

60 Lowest Highest Average

50 30 to 50 tonnes £1,450 £1,850 £1,601 50 to 100 tonnes £2,220 £2,790 £2,530 40 33% 30 100 to 249 tonnes £2,560 £4,850 £3,972 250 tonnes plus £4,500 £6,500 £5,695 20 12% 12% 10 3% 3% 3% Weekly rates for other cranes 0 0% 0% 0% Spider under 25 25 - 45 50 - 65 70 - 85 95- 125 135 - 200 210 - 350 Over 350 Lowest Highest Average cranes tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes Spider Cranes £550 £1,150 £767 mobile cranes Mini crawler cranes £600 £1,400 £986 Self Erecting towers £510 £700 £595 This year a full quarter of our respondents said that all sectors were Rates quoted do not seem to reflect the extreme pessimism of the comments equally bad and did not attempt to rate the different crane sizes for either we received, possibly because respondents were conservative in the data utilisation or returns. The one mobile crane size class that jumped out they sent in? A number of respondents declined to complete this section. though was the 100 tonners, which probably reflects the new long boomed models now in fleets that are able to compete with older 150 to 200 tonners in terms of lifts at height and reach.

Do you employ any female crane operators?

11% (14%)

89% (86%)

(numbers in brackets = Yes No 2008 results) The numbers employed are still negligible and the shift in percentages meaningless.

December/January 2010 cranes & access 39 2009 rental rate survey c&a Respondent’s Comments

“Everyone in the industry is As so often the case in the past the unprofessional approach to a market downturn What percentage of your responsible for the cut throat (panic selling) by certain companies has impacted in a more adverse manner than jobs are contract lifts? rate structure that's been made. market conditions actually warrant. Hire Rates have been decimated by those who It will take years to repair! seemingly do not understand the term "return on investment" and are incapable of Type of company Crane Hire Contract Lift Various companies in our area seeing the long term impact on the industry of the "Win the job at any price" attitude Mobile crane hirers 76% 24% are getting away with murder which unfortunately prevails within a considerable number of crane hire businesses. It All crane hirers 86% 14% under CPA conditions. Just one is becoming increasingly difficult for reputable hire companies to justify investment in example is charging customers modern machinery for the current returns when any relationship to sensible market £100 for a method statement so rates has been destroyed. It will take several years to recover from the current mess This year we have separated crawler and they don't have to do a Contract just as it has done before. Do they never learn?? tower crane companies out given that most Lift as they don't have the labour of them put crane hire as 100% therefore Crawler crane hirer distorting the mobile crane numbers. force to do anything else. On site there is no Certified AP, no Would you recommend supervisor, no method state- ment, no certified slinger, no “In 1984 "Tricky Dicky" charged me £750 per day for a 60 tonne Krupp AT. In 1989 the crane hire industry berthing plan or drawings. The I bought an 80 tonne Kato KA 800 and I still got £750 per day. Here we are 25 years to your children? UK is safety mad but they let later and we now struggle to get £750 a day, WouldMobile I recommend crane hirer this stupid the cowboys get away with industry to my Children, NOT ON YOUR LIFE!!!!” 2009 (2008) what they want when good “Rental rates have fallen by 15-20% whilst machine prices have risen due to the Yes 52% 82% companies suffer because they rate of the Euro. Rates will no longer support any kind of machine replacement No 46% 14% have a higher profile.” programme as hirers will not be able to invest in modern equipment when returns Don't know 2% 4% Mobile crane hirer are so poor.” Tower crane hirer

“Rental rates throughout the year have tumbled, largely due to some hire companies panicking and putting cranes out This is a significant shift. As usual when for stupidly low rates. There has been massive over-reaction on the part of a few firms which has ruined the reducing times are tough fewer people want to market for everyone else.” Tower crane hirer recommend the industry to their children. “Shocking!” Crawler crane hirer “Most severe pressure on rates for more than 10 years.” Mobile crane hirer

40 cranes & access December/January 2010 Powered c&a 2009 rental rate survey Access rates

Rate trends

Reduced Stayed the same Increased Access rates over Access rates over Weekly rental rates by general category the past 12 months the next 12 months 2% (0%) (numbers in brackets Platform Height Lowest Highest Average = 2008 results) 2% (0%) Electric scissors 10% (27%) 5 metres and under 59 90 71 27% (42%) 6 metres (19/20ft) 65 145 94 8 metres (26ft) 95 160 119 88% 71% (29%) (58%) 10 metres compact (32ft narrow) 115 175 135 10 - 20 metres 140 160 153 20 metres plus 785 900 845 This time last year no one expected rates to increase but the majority hoped Diesel/Bi Energy that they would hold firm, while that largely held true for the first quarter or 8 to 10 metres (26/33ft) 102 145 129 even half year, everything crashed in the second. A full 88 percent reported falls in rates and those reporting rates remaining the same are almost 10 to 14 metres 95 145 121 entirely made up of companies that operate in niche markets where over 14 metres 150 188 172 equipment shortages have kept rates at last year's levels. Electric Booms Once again the outlook for the next 12 months is that they will remain the same, this time though this strikes a pessimistic note as almost everyone under 11 metres 161 195 173 recognises that rates cannot afford to remain the same and need to rise, 10 to 14metres (32/40ft) 175 195 183 few though believe that they will. 14 metres (45ft plus) 195 225 205 Fleet trends Mast booms 8 metres 195 220 204 Fleet size over the Fleet size over the past 12 months next 12 months 10 metres 195 245 212 (numbers in brackets RT articulating booms 12% = 2008 results) 15% (62%) (15%) 15 to 16 metres (45/51ft) 120 224 171 7% 20 to 23 metres (60/70ft) 190 323 267 30% (38%) 58% 24 to 26 metres (80/85ft) 430 520 472 (30%) (8%) 78% (47%) over 26 metres 695 735 723 Straight Booms Under 17 metres (40ft) 165 230 183 It is clear that many companies that expected to maintain fleet levels in 20 to 23 metres (60/70ft) 255 330 284 2009 ended up cutting them. Just 15 percent were expecting to cut back 24m to 26 metres (80/86ft) 420 525 473 and yet 58 percent have now reported doing so. 0ver 27metres 705 940 815 Once again everyone appears to be more conservative for 2010 with just seven percent expecting to increase rates. Most intend to hold their fleets Trailer lifts and merely replace older equipment. 12/13 metres (30/38ft) 185 285 205 17 metres (50ft) 190 415 244 over 20 metres 875 975 902 Spiders 12 to 15 metres 420 500 436 16 to 18 metres 445 700 639 over 18 metres 965 1,100 997 Van mounts All sizes 320 360 338

December/January 2010 cranes & access 41 Would you recommend the access 2009 rental rate survey c&a rental industry to your children? As might be expected there was a shift away from the almost unanimous Yes vote last year to a more measured 27% response as some became exasperated (4%) with the current market and the reaction of competitors. Regardless of 73% (96%) this, it is still a very positive vote for the business.

Yes No (numbers in brackets = 2008 results) Truck mounted daily rates Platform Height Lowest Highest Average Truck mounts Under 22 metres (3.5 tonne) 95 315 225 20 to 35 metres (7.5 tonne)* 395 480 462 36 to 45 metres * 705 815 788 46 to 70 metres * 945 1,300 1,150 Over 70 metres* No Input *With operators This year the inputs were a little different, in addition to the forms that everyone returned we were also sent a good number of written quotations from competitors, in this cases the rates quoted were almost always considerably lower than the 'official' rates submitted. We have included these where we have been certain of their authenticity. This has probably added some further realism to the numbers this year? The issue of the different type of rental companies and contract periods concerned also leads to fairly wide spreads in the level of the rates. Comparing the rates with last year would appear to confirm the comments received.

1 = best Utilisation and Return 10 = worst Type Best Physical Best Financial Utilisation Return Small electric scissors 3 (1) 2 (1) Electric scissors 12metres+ 4 (2) 6 (2) Big electric scissors 20metres+ Too few Too few Compact diesel scissors 5 (6) 6 (7) Diesel scissors 12 to19 metres 10 (7) 10 (7) Big diesel scissors 20 metres+ 6 (NR) 6 (NR) Small electric booms 5 (3) 4 (4) Mid articulated booms (45ft) 4 (4) 7 (5) Big articulated booms 4 (4) 5 (5) Respondent’s Comments Straight telescopics 8 (5) 9 (6) Trailer lifts 6 (8) 4 (3) “2010 is likely to see a continuation of the extremely competitive Mast booms 4 (5) 6 (7) landscape we see at present” Push around lifts 1 (9) 1 (9) We were undercut by £125 a week for a 21 metre boom even though Spider lifts up to 18 metres 2 (NR) 3 (NR) the utilisation is sky high. Thankfully our units were all out at better Spider lifts over 18 metres 7 (NR) 4 (NR) prices than we offered for this deal.” This year sees some changes and I hope that the Olympics will soak up a lot of the gear from the idiots that the input is odd in places. Small are continuing to offer stupid rates leaving the rest of the market to the electric scissors, usually in the top more astute. two when it comes to utilisation and return has slipped a few spots, “£165 for a Genie Z45 - has the world finally gone mad?” while push around lifts - included “The industry should be concerned about the freefall in rates being led for the first time last year - have by the nationals. We have seen documentary evidence clearly showing jumped from near the bottom to contracts being undertaken at suicidal rates such as 80ft booms at first place. £350 per week!” We believe that last year many “The larger hire companies do not seem to have any pricing controls and respondents may have been are leaving stupid amounts on the table. In a recent deal we offered a thinking of AWP type lifts and this boom at a very special price of £225 well below what we would like. year are more in tune with push We were undercut by more than £50 a week!!” around scissor lifts?

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Telehandler Rates c&a 2009 rental rate survey Rate trends

Reduced Stayed the same Increased

Telehandler rates over Telehandler rates over the past 12 months the next 12 months

4% (30%) 4% (0%) Increased 0% 15% (36%) 9% (41%) Percentage of units going out with work platform 96% 87% attachments (2008 results in brackets) 47% (30%) (59%) Type Lowest Highest Average

(numbers in brackets Fixed frame 0%0% (10%)(0%) 33%30% (30%)(33%) 18%15% (17%)(18%) = 2008 results) 360 degree 25%20% (20%)(25%) 48%30% (55%)(48%) 34%28% (31%)(34%)

The vast majority of companies have reported falling rates in 2009, while this time last year most expected rates, which had already fallen, to remain Weekly rates for telescopic stable. The falls have not been as great as those seen in the crane and handlers access markets but then the rates were already relatively low. Capacity Lowest Highest Average A larger majority this year expect rates to stabilise although virtually no one Fixed frame is anticipating any increase. It seems that those with 360 degree machines have fared better than the run of the mill 12 or 17 metre straight frames. Under 10 metres £170 £220 £188 10 to 12.5 metres £200 £230 £214 13 to 15.5 metres £200 £300 £260 Fleet size 16 to 20 metres £310 £370 £331 360 degree Fleet size over the past Fleet size over the next Under 20 metres £410 £540 £466 12 months 12 months Over 20 metres £1,000 £1,200 £1,074 4% (38%) 8% (29%) 8% (5%) Respondent’s Comments “Extreme rate attrition driven by reduced volumes. Key players have 44% 52% reduced fleets to reduce costs.” (47%) (15%) 84% 47% (66%) “This has been a hard year, it started last year in the second half, we have been surprised though in that this year did not get worse than it (numbers in brackets did! We have managed to sell a fair few older units and have not = 2008 results) replaced them. I am looking at the little JCB… not because we get a lot of requests for smaller units, just looking to try something different.” Larger fleet owners have cut fleet numbers in 2009 while smaller and mixed access/telehandler fleets have tended to hold at 2008 levels. Some niche “Rates were not great to start with yet have fallen further as those who operators have done quite well in 2009 and have added a few units. While think they can keep 2007/8 volumes by slashing their rates are given the picture looks more promising for 2010 few companies are planning their head. It doesn't work like that - now we have low volume and crap major capital additions. rates.” “Good thing is that we don't have to rent telehandlers or access for 1 = best that matter, we will of course but are reducing the fleet rather than cut 6 = worst Utilisation and Return rates any further. We are looking at ways to add value or differentiate Best Physical Best Return ourselves…” Fixed frame Return on Investment Under 10 metres 3 (4) 3 (2) 10 to 12.5 metres 1 (2) 4 (5) 13 to 15.5 metres 4 (6) 2 (5) 16 to 20 metres 2 (5) 1 (1) 360 degree Under 20 metres 4 (3) 5 (4) Over 20 metres 1 (4) 1 (3)

(2008 results in brackets)

December/January 2010 cranes & access 45 A look 2007 back at 20092008 2009 will be a year we all rememberas one of the toughest in living memory. The banking collapse sent shockwaves across the whole industry with spending almost grinding to a halt. Most equipment suppliers saw dramatic reductions in orders and hire rates2010 with only a few specialist suppliers performing well. Let us hope 2010 will be a big improvement.

Industry Industry January News World News February News The UK Health & Safety Executive • Slovakia adopts the Euro MEC launches new scissor lifts decides to press ahead with an • Israel launches an invasion of the Gaza Strip including two Speed Levels its own official register of tower cranes. • Russia shuts off all gas supplies to Europe through Ukraine version of UpRight's Speed Level Dutch based rental company. • Barack Obama is inaugurated as the 44th Kamphuis expands into scissor lifts President of the United and adds more boom lifts following a States German acquisition. (L-R) Mike Wishart, Russell Rowley • Icelandic government and Hi-Reach Access doubles its fleet banking system collapse and Martin Birbeck at its London Thames Gateway Eazzi Lifts appoints R2 Access • An aircraft with disabled location. as its UK distributor. engines lands in the Hudson river in New York The Youngman Group launches Bravi UK takes over distribution of a new generation of its Boss Eddie Lift brand push around lifts. aluminium scaffold tower system. Terex Cranes lays off around 150 Merlo UK delivers its 7,000th Omme 2750RBDJ at its Waverly, Iowa facility. telehandler to GT Lifting solutions Manitowoc Crane Group reports of Lancing West Sussex. record crane sales for 2008, at $3.9bn, up almost 22% and at the same time announces workforce cuts for 2009. Omme Lift launches a new JLG reports a 40% drop in revenues 27.5 metre working height for its first fiscal quarter 2008/2009. spider platform. United Rentals announces a $1.1 Following reports of counterfeit billion non-cash hit in its 2008 Graham Trundell Tadano truck cranes in the accounts. of GT Lifting Middle East, units appear in The UK's Health and Max Access, the company that Australia. Safety Offences Act introduced the spider lift to the UK, 2008 was a record year for CTE launches three new product 2008 comes into goes into administration. Multitel Pagliero with more brands for its truck, force with increased than 1,000 platforms spider and Bizzocchi sentencing powers. IPAF issues a record 81,378 PAL Cards (Powered Access Licences) manufactured. fire platforms. Youngman launches in 2008. SGB announces it will be closing Layher, the German-based scaffold the BoSS X3 push manufacturer, relocates to a new BoSS X3 Geoff Holden appointed chief its powered access business. around scissor lift. 12,000 square metre facility in executive at the Lifting Equipment Tadano purchases Spandeck Manitou confirms it will not be Scotland. Engineers Association (LEEA). Mantis, the US-based exhibiting at the Intermat exhibition telescopic crawler crane in Paris and issues a warning of a Terex Manitowoc's manufacturer. severe fall in order intake. Cranes Glen Tellock The Malaysia Mobile Crane elected as Liebherr officially breaks ground at unveils its Owners Association announces chairman as well its new plant in Dzerzhinsk, in Nizhny new 1,600 a 5% reduction in official rates as his role as Novgorod region of Russia. tonne capacity Demag CC 'in an effort to help the chief executive. JCB launches a 9800 crawler construction industry'. new pick Genie decides to supply its parts and carry crane built at Isoli appoints, Gabriele Valli and service manuals on DVD and via mobile tractor its facility in previously with CTE, as its the web only. type crane in Zweibrücken new sales manager. India dubbed Germany. UK Generators is declared the Liftall. FTSE 100 January 4580 DOWN insolvent.

46 cranes & access December/January 2010 Industry World News March News c&a look back 2009 • A Russian and an American satellite collide over Siberia Allan Aerial lift equipment supplier CTE UK relocates • Morgan Tsvangirai is sworn in as the new Hemmings its operations to larger premises at Enderby near prime minister of Zimbabwe is appointed Leicester. managing JLG opens a new sales and service facility director of Peter in Singapore. Hird & Sons. Niftylift unveils German-based Beyer Mietservice adds its new SD120T 15 more Maeda spider cranes to its fleet lightweight self • Heavy snowfall hits the UK Socage delivers six new 35 metre truck propelled boom lift • The World Economic Forum 2009 got under mounted lifts to Russia on Kamaz trucks. with a 12 metre way with politicians working height. turning up in force to try UK-based tower crane rental company WD to come up with urgent Bennetts, is found guilty of Health & Safety The Skylift division solutions to the global breaches following the death of two men in a of Nationwide recession 2005 tower crane accident. Platforms' adds the first of two 58 metre Ruthmann truck mounted lifts AB2000 takes delivery of the first Terex Power Tower announces a distribution with TV/Film attachments. Demag AC120-1 All Terrain crane to be based partnership with in Scotland. Terex chief executive Ron DeFeo declines a $1.17 Redband UK and million annual bonus. launches two new Haulotte/Bil-Jax launches an alloy scaffold tower models with working product at the ARA show. heights of 3.8 and 4.5 metres. EPL Access adds 10 more Hiab has receives CTE Z-Series an order for 292 vehicle mounted Hiab 222ATF-1 platforms. loader cranes from Terex Demag AC120-1 BAE Systems for delivery to the US Army. Grant Loader crane manufacturer Terex Atlas is Woodward Liebherr releases the transferred from Terex Construction to Terex founder of The first photos of its new Cranes. Platform Company departs the Lavendon Group 350 tonne LTM1350-6.1 Tanfield announces a new North American following the merger with Nationwide. All Terrain crane to be venture, Smith Electric Vehicles U.S. Corp launched at Intermat. will locate its new assembly plant in Kansas City, Missouri. Dinolift managing director Erkki Hokkinen, Liebherr unveils its new four axle mobile resigns with chairman Lars-Petter Godenhielm self erecting tower crane, the MK88. taking over his duties. Lavendon, restructures its UK operations Italian tower crane manufacturer Raimondi following a period of consultation with its enters administration as it seeks to restructure. employees. UK specialist rental company, Rapid Platforms orders a 35 metre Multitel/Pagliero, a 45 metre Wumag and a 53 metre Wumag lift. Abnormal Load Engineering sets up a new company - ALE Projects Limited. Genie launches a 16 and 18 metre, 360 degree The first 23 metre telehandlers with 4,000kg lift capacity. Hinowa 23.12 JLG launches three new spider lift in the compact telehandlers UK goes to work aimed at the agricultural in Glasgow. market. Bronto, reports a strong year and a strong fourth quarter with A mobile crane tipped over in Manchester World News annual sales up 23% and profits climbed city centre - no one was injured and the • Gunmen attack a bus more than 30%. operator escaped unhurt. carrying Sri Lankan cricketers in Lahore, The Irish prime minister Brian International access and lifting company Easi Cowen meets with IPAF Pakistan, killing eight UpLifts, sets up a new people and injuring president John Ball to learn truck mounted aerial lift several others. more about the Federation rental fleet in the UK. • The Bank of England cuts interest rates to a Brian Cowen (L) ahead of its summit in Dublin. Chuck Martz, record low of 0.5% and begins the process of pumping tens of billions of pounds of newly Wayland Hicks quits as vice chairman of president of Link-Belt, created money into Britain's troubled economy United Rentals. is appointed as a vice president of Sumitomo FTSE 100 February 4292 DOWN Heavy Industries. FTSE 100 March 4292 DOWN

December/January 2010 cranes & access 47 World News look back 2009 c&a • The G-20 summit of state leaders meets in London Trojan batteries appoints Union to discuss the global financial crisis, Industry amid violent scenes in the City News Power Systems as its new master April • Albania and Croatia join NATO distributor/importer for the UK. Intermat attracts almost 185,000 • North Korea launches the visitors - just 11.5% down on 2006. Palfinger merges aerial lift brands Kwangmyongsong-2 rocket Wumag and Bison into Palfinger CMC and SUP-Elefant appoint • The World Health Tadano confirms Alexander Knecht, Platforms. Baker Access as its UK distributor. Organisation warns on Swine will succeed Masaharu Nakanishi as Flu spreading from Mexico. CEO of Tadano Faun. JLG receives an order from the Raimondi, which went into United States Army for 214, ATLAS • A 6.3 magnitude administration, restarts production earthquake strikes UK tower crane rental company WD II telehandlers. Bennett enters administration. with the backing of the Ramco near L'Aquila, Italy Group of Qatar. killing nearly 300 The first UK units of the new Oil & and injuring more Steel Octopussy 1400 are purchased Brian Sherlock and Alan Huddart, than 1,500. by Jackson Tools, Scotland. previously colleagues at UK rental • America's third-largest car manufacturer, company Hewden, launch Spa Chrysler, declares itself bankrupt. Cargotec - owner of Hiab loader Asset Management. cranes and Kalmar port handling • Susan Boyle appears on Britain's Got Talent. equipment - combines Hiab and Dutch-based crane rental company Holland Lift confirms that Haulotte • Venetia Williams became Kalmar sales and services networks the second female trainer in Europe, Middle-East and Africa. Haulotte introduces a number of will distribute its heavy duty scissor ever to win the Grand new products at Intermat including lifts in France, Italy and former MJ Van Riel orders the first National when her horse, 100-1 shot the Compact 14, a 40ft platform Yugoslav states. Mon Mome, raced to victory. Grove GCK3045 city crane. height 1.2m wide electric scissor lift. Wolffkran unveils its Wolff 1250 B Sascha Scholz, previously with a 1500 tonne/metre luffing tower Liebherr unveils Terex Demag's engineering team joins crane, with the prototype of Chinese manufacturer Sany as head up to 60 its new 1,200 of R&D mobile cranes. tonne lift tonne LTR 11200 UK-based AFI-Uplift purchases 55 capacity telescopic small electric aerial work platforms. and 80 crawler crane. metre jib. Manitou-owned Gehl enters into a Hinowa unveils a new 3.5 tonne forbearance agreement with its lenders FTSE 100 April 4125 UP truck mounted lift at Intermat. to avoid Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Industry Speedy Hire announces a £100 Facelift adds JLG announces the new G10-43A May News million rights issue. to its self- high boom North American drive vehicle telehandler. Senn AG, of Oftringen, Switzerland PB Liftechnik appoints Ranger mounted lift of Bromsgrove, UK buys orders a 1,200 tonne Liebherr LTM Equipment as its UK/Ireland GT Access distributor. fleet which six Haulotte Star 10 mast booms. 11200-9.1 All Terrain crane. now totals Richard Everist, previously Kirsten Skyba, vice president of Sennebogen launches its 310 100 units. with HMF (UK) is named the new global marketing leaves JLG. Multihandler. Heli Iisakka, chief financial managing director of Liebherr Ian James, general manager of officer and Mikael Öberg, senior Great Britain. Access Platform Sales (APS), leaves vice president, Scandinavia leave Holland Lift announces plans to the company. Finnish-based international rental introduce an economy range of company, Ramirent. compact electric scissor lifts at World News Access Rentals, the UK rental Bauma. • The Sri Lankan Civil War ends with the company enters administration. total defeat of the Tamil Tigers Equipment Parts Wholesale Caterpillar launches the TH514 • Former president of South (EPW) opens its European business telehandler aimed at tough at its new UK sales and warehouse Korea Roh Moo-hyun, under Spider and truck mounted lift investigation for bribery, applications. facility in Greenfield, Flintshire. commits suicide manufacturer, Teupen acquires Ainscough's first big crawler • North Korea conducts a second successful Teupen Hungaria and its Traklift brand. crane - a Terex Demag CC2500 - is nuclear test in North Hamgyong. Easi Uplifts takes delivery of four made ready for its first job in the UK. • Campaigner Joanna new Bronto truck mounted lifts for Lumley celebrates the the UK. Horizon Reinforcement & news that Nepalese Crane Hire of Falkirk, Scotland soldiers would gain full takes delivery of a new Tadano UK residency rights. Faun ATF220G-5. • MPs' expenses debacle - plasma televisions, chunky Kit Kats and dog food to avoiding paying capital gains tax, 'flipping' second home designation and 'phantom' mortgages Pat Fiscelli, president of US • David Cameron leader of the opposition operations at Lifting Gear Hire, retires. makes a 'twitter' Genie restructures its European of himself on a distribution organisation, centralising local radio Elavation acquires the powered station interview access division of Safeline Access all logistics and distribution functions Solutions. in Roosendaal, the Netherlands. FTSE 100 May 4243 UP

48 cranes & access December/January 2010 Industry June News The Access Link, the UK association of independent aerial lift rental companies reaches a partnering agreement with Partner Lift in Germany. AJ Access orders one of the first Blade Access Specialists buys Hybrid HB1030CE compact light a 70 metre Wumag and the first weight scissor lifts at Vertikal Days. of a number of CTE platforms for Link-Belt builds a new assembly bay its self-drive fleet. at its facility in Lexington, Kentucky. GGR-Unic launches its all-new SEV (US) teams up with Altec to EMU 1000 at its Open Day. produce an all electric truck mounted JLG wins a contract from the United boom lift. States Army to rebuild 500 All Ainscough Crane Hire orders 20 Terrain Lifter Army System (ATLAS) Liebherr LTM1150-6.1 150 tonne All telehandlers and 300 other rough Terrain cranes. terrain forklifts. Two men Bluelift appoints Bravi UK as its UK were arrested and Ireland distributor for the UK. in South Wales Elliott Equipment Company unveils after staging an a new 60ft/18 metre straight early morning telescopic platform. father's day demonstration on the jib of a 35 metre tower crane. Hi Reach takes delivery of a 34 metre Rough Terrain, its fourth big Holland lift of the year. Keith Kendall the former owner of Access Rentals, establishes a new Liebherr introduces a new 60 aerial lift rental company in the UK. tonne truck crane, its largest to date. Direct Access Hire Edmolift and Bravi UK launch a new Easi UpLifts, orders 10, Genie two man push around scissor lift. 135ft Z135/70 for its expanding UK Q-Plant operation. Hire adds six Liebherr celebrates 40 years of more Kobelco manufacturing mobile cranes at its crawler cranes Ehingen plant with several for its fleet. Don’t Miss spectacular customer days. Haulotte confirms the purchase of The 1,000 tonne Terex Demag Access Rentals as a going concern. TC2800 owned by Port Services Broderson appoints Cranes UK to of Scotland finally goes to work in distribute its products in the UK and the UK. Ireland. Manitou announces senior management changes, with Jean-Christophe Giroux replacing Marcel Claude Braud as CEO. FTSE 100 June 4506 UP

Dutch-based heavy lifting World News company • More than 150 are killed when ethnic Mammoet Uighurs riot against Han Chinese in Ürümqi, Xinjiang unveils plans for • Air France Flight 447 from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, crashes into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 228 on board a new 100,000t/m • Swine flu, is declared a global pandemic plus • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is re-elected as the president of mobile Iran following claims of massive vote rigging spurring mass crane. demonstrations. Haydock Park • Protestors barrack BNP leader Nick Griffin as he abandons a press conference outside the Houses of Parliament in London June 16th & 17th 2010 • Sweden assumes the presidency of the European Union • Iceland's parliament votes to apply to join the EU. • The longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century occurs over parts of Asia and the Pacific. www.vertikaldays.net • Michael Jackson dies

December/January 2010 cranes & access 49 World News look back 2009 c&a • Bernard Madoff receives a maximum 150-year sentence Ainscough, announces further for masterminding a $65bn Industry (£38bn) fraud in the USA management changes including the July News • First World War veteran Henry Allingham departure of Grant Mitchell. - the world's oldest man - dies at the age Valla parts company with its long of 113. time UK distributor, Valla UK and • Thousands of fans brave re-appoints Peter Hird of Hull. A JCB telehandler helps people to appalling weather at the the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square world premiere of Harry Steve Shaughnessy, managing Potter And The Half-Blood director of Loxam UK, announces he in an Antony Gormley live art work. Prince in London. will be leaving the business. Paulo Troni, previously with Rent-Up, • Russian casinos and slot machine halls has taken over Italian aerial lift close down as gambling laws are manufacturer Cela. reformed. Riwal, confirms details of its new US Boom truck Allan Access Hire, the company UK operation - Riwal UK. manufacturer, that took over from Allan Access Manitex acquires Badger Equipment. Cumberland Industries completes when it went into administration last a 38 metre, Terex Utilities insulated Two men die after the roof of a year, fails. boom truck mounted platform, the stage being built for a Madonna EPL, one of the longest established largest sold in Europe. concert in France was dropped during Two of the world's largest truck powered access companies in a tandem lift. Palfinger launches another heavy- mounted platforms - Wumag Europe, files for administration. duty loader crane - the PK40002-EH. WT1000s - are used to inspect PC Harrington Contractors is fined and repair HMS Victory. £175,000 at the Old Bailey after an PP Engineering takes delivery of a accident during the construction of 220 tonne Tadano Faun ATF220G-5. Wembley Stadium. JLG agrees to pay extra A tower compensation to employees who crane threatened to explode gas cylinders collapses Dinolift unveils its first tracked at its plant in Tonneins, France. onto a block spider lift, the Dino 185XTC. of flats in Oktopus UK is purchased by its Liverpool. FTSE 100 July directors from administrator. 4234 DOWN

GBK the Glasgow-based crane Industry BMW in the News rental company appoints an August UK takes administrator. WD Bennett is fined £125,000 delivery of Mammoet announces that it has plus £264,299 in costs but with the the first two designed a larger - 160,000 company currently undergoing tonne Galizia tonne/metre version of its recently liquidation there is little or no chance pick & carry announced PTC120DS. of the fines or costs being paid. cranes. Italian aerial lift manufacturer Iteco is acquired by construction Bruno Fille, executive vice Emsley Crane Hire places an equipment manufacturer Imer Group. president and director of Manitou order for its fifth Liebherr LTM resigns. 1055-3.2 with David Milne, who Bronto appoints Ian James, retires as managing director of previously of APS, as its sales Liebherr UK. director for the UK and Ireland. The Lavendon Group has Meis Baumaschinen of Reken, purchased the assets and trade of Germany introduces a fully self Markus Liebherr, 61, one of EPL the UK-based powered access PB Liftechnik launches a new propelled platform attachment for Hans Liebherr's sons purchases rental company. 11 metre/33ft platform height big Bobcat telescopic handlers. Southampton Football Club. Michelin issues a statement deck electric scissor lift. Liebherr releases the first image warning that its 445/95 R 25 X Crane of its new LTC 1045 3.1 174F tyres should not be used with Rapid Platforms is the first to order City crane. World News axle weights above 15.6 tonnes. the new Multitel MX225 in the UK. • England regains Penny hydraulics launches its the Ashes with a The 104 metre Bronto HLA104 second mini crane mounted on a momentous 197-run win in the deciding makes its first appearance at Hinowa crawler carrier - with 1.2 Test to seal a 2-1 series triumph Platformers Days in Germany. tonnes capacity • Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi, imprisoned for the 1988 bombing of Pan Bravi, the Italian-based aerial lift Am Flight 103 is released by the Scottish manufacturer unveils a new government on compassionate grounds improved version of its popular • Jamaican sprinter Usain Leonardo. Bolt claims another world record setting 19.19 Manitowoc is dropped from the seconds for the 200 metres S&P 500 after its market capitalisation dropped below $900 million. FTSE 100 August 4671 UP

50 cranes & access December/January 2010 Industry September News c&a look back 2009 Trad Safety Systems of the UK Debbie George, marketing Select Plant takes delivery of its first batch of manager at Genie in Redmond, Hire is fined Monkey Towers for its rental fleet. leaves the company after £100,000 for the Badger equipment, unveils a new 25 years. IPS, the international parts and 30 ton cab down Rough Terrain crane. Croydon tower service company and German- Ruairi Duggan, joint founder of crane accident in based Powerlift launch a joint Merlo launches new 17 metre UpLift, joins UK-based Horizon June 2007. venture online parts service. Panoramic P40.17 telehandler. Platforms. The UK Co- Cumberland Industries is Thomas Ostermann is named Baker Access puts the world's operative food appointed Terex Utilities distributor vice president and managing largest spider lift fleet up for sale. group purchases for the UK, Ireland, Jordan and Iraq. director for Terex's newly acquired Kobelco develops the new 300 10 JLG scissor The UK HSE warns farmers Fantuzzi and Noell port equipment tonne capacity 'SL4500 Light lifts for general not to use telehandlers to drive business. Configuration'. Alpas Hendrion access duties in its warehouses. fencing posts into the ground. Holland Lift unveils a new purchases 250 new UpRight Aichi aerial lifts. Powered 21ft/6.5 metre platform height World News Access crawler mounted scissor. Ranger • Orange and T-Mobile launches a A Mini Crane Hire Co takes Equipment merge UK operations to range of delivery of its first Maeda mini relinquishes its create the country's largest mobile push-around cranes for its fleet in the North UK distribution phone operator scissor lifts. West of England. agreement with • The G-20 summit of world leaders in Finnish manufacturer Pittsburgh announces it will replace the US Crane rental company, Lewis Dinolift. G-8 in an effort to prevent another Niftylift Equipment files for voluntary financial crisis. launches the chapter 11 bankruptcy. Manitowoc A Hewden • Roman Polanski is arrested in Zurich, safety Siops Lifterz takes unveils the base owned Cat pending extradition to the USA. system. delivery of the first structure of its new telehandler is used • The Walt Disney empire announces it is to 2,300 tonne 31000 to help Britain's and investors form PB Lifttechnik buy the superhero Paolo Troni crawler crane. largest puppet walk. stable Marvel First Step to purchase Socage from 225-12E, narrow Entertainment for Fassi joining the Cela business aisle electric scissor $4bn (£2.5bn) FTSE 100 September acquired earlier in the year. lifts in the UK. 4820UP

Industry National Crane launches its Steve and Danni Hitchen, News largest boom truck to date, the previously of Ainscough Crane Hire, October 55 ton NBT 50 Series. form One Stop Hire Ltd. Palfinger shows off its new Merlo enters the Power Link cable winch for its small spider lift sector High Performance crane series. and considers the Manchester-based Higher mainstream access Access takes delivery of eight market. CTE tracked platforms. Liebherr Nenzing Mammoet UK takes delivery of the Galizia launches the GK20 - its opens two new first Tadano Faun HK70 truck crane. first track mounted crane. sales and service HSS shifts aerial lifts from Ireland John Milne, previously president companies in to London. of United Rentals, pleads guilty to Turkey and Lavendon Access Services conspiracy to falsify the company's Azerbaijan. officially launches EPL-Skylift merging books and faces 27 months in prison. EPL Access, Skylift and Rise Hire. George Ellis is appointed as Manitowoc Cranes opens its president, Terex Construction. FTSE 100 October 5024 UP UK lift manufacturer Aldercote, new consolidated parts distribution announces an integrated fork Valla launches an all new 2.5 centre in Jeffersonville, Indiana, USA. mounted work platform. tonne electric pick & carry crane. Edmolift shows a Kranlyft introduces a new 300kg compact low-level lift World News for gaining access glass suction lift developed in • The 2016 Summer partnership with Wirth. through a standard Olympics are awarded to Rio de Janeiro. New crane manufacturer PC ceiling panel. • Ireland holds a second referendum on Produzioni shows its 50 tonne JLG says it is to the EU's Lisbon Treaty which approves RT crane. discontinue production the treaty. • Royal Mail postal workers picket the JCB launches its new 515-40 of its Gradall Link Belt launches attachments telehandlers from entrance to the Glasgow mail centre Miniscopic - the smallest telescopic in Springburn. for its 70 tonne TCC-750 telescopic the end of the year. handler it has • British Airways agrees crawler crane. ever built. Hinowa launches a £4.4bn merger with Caterpillar unveils its new TH417 a Lithium battery- Spanish rivals Iberia telehandler. powered spider • Jenson Button wins Cargotec, sells its off-road Loglift lift with AC drive. the World Formula forestry crane business to Finnish- GGR opens a new location One championship based manufacturer Mesera Salo Oy. in Glasgow. December/January 2010 cranes & access 51 Industry World News look back 2009 & News c a December • A man attacks Italian Prime Terex sells its mining division. Minister Silvio Industry Berlusconi November News UpRight Sumitomo buys into US rental company Sunstate. • The United announces World Lift announces that it is Nations Climate more models German-based hoist, mast climber Change Conference is held building a 52 metre Falcon spider including a and suspended access specialist in Copenhagen. lift, the first of which is sold to Easi revised Geda, closes its Swedish plant. • LCpl Adam-Drane UpLifts of Ireland. Speed Level. A new UK group of independent becomes the 100th Roger Brown retires from Genie. British soldier to access rental companies - the die in Afganistan Access Alliance - is formed. in 2009 General Crane of Florida files for announces • Car manufacturer Saab closes with UK-based Lavendon Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. the loss of 3,400 staff in Sweden raising £80.8 million through an Australian Crane and open offer of new shares. Machinery launches a new 20 UK construction magazine, tonne articulated pick & carry Panda Contract Journal closes its door crane in co-operation with XCMG. after 134 years. Youngman adds BoSS X3X and X2 to its push around scissor lift range.

chief executive Matthew Mark Butler buys out Andy JCB Taylor announces his replacement Ainsworth (R), his 50 percent partner as chief in Zenith, the UK based truck executive by mounted aerial lift rental company. Alan Blake. UK crane hirer MSD Lifting - Alan renamed JD Marine - goes into Palfinger Versalift and the Smith liquidation. Blake opens its Steve Shaughnessy is Electric Vehicle division of Private equity firm, Odyssey new hydraulic cylinder plant in appointed president of Skyjack. Tanfield both display all electric Investment Partners acquires US Tenevo, Bulgaria. vehicle mounted lifts at the Climate company Safway Scaffolding from Multitel launches two new truck A telehandler operator in the Conference in Copenhagen. ThyssenKrupp. mounted lifts on 3.5 tonne chassis, UK is jailed for 21 months for the MT202DS straight boom and the manslaughter, resulting from gross Artic Cranes Raptor 84 MX200 with straight line jacking. negligence following a fatal accident articulating tower crane goes into in 2007. service with its launch customer First pictures of Kobelco Canadian mast climber and hoist City Lifting in the UK. SL3500 Light manufacturer Hydro Mobile files for the Canadian equivalent of Chapter 11. XCMG Construction Machinery plans to raise 5 billion Yuan ($732.5 The first Giraf Track crawler million) through the sale of new mounted boom lift - with operators shares to 'finance new nine new cab - goes to work in the UK. projects and obtain advanced technology'. FTSE 100 December 5327 UP

Cranes & Access related departures Mrs Lucy Valla, 69, president of David Ridge, 62, joint founder of Valla SpA and widow of John Valla World News AFI and the current finance director • CERN restarts the Hadron Collider in Geneva. of AFI-Uplift Dario Piccin, 77, Italian • The Czech Republic becomes the final member Vince Mulvanny, crane and aerial entrepreneur and president of mini/ of the European Union to sign the Treaty of Lisbon. lift engineer and trainer spider crane manufacturer Imai Jekko • The prime minister of Belgium, Herman Van Rompuy, 62, is appointed as the first permanent president of the European Council. Jack Ford, 84, the founder of Roy Wren, 76, ex regional sales Kato Cranes UK • Dubai requests a debt deferment manager for Grove and Coles and speech-master/master of • Tiger Woods takes time off from Golf Gino Koster, 48, general following a number of revelations. secretary of ESTA and ceremonies at the Cranes & • Gold has hit a fresh all-time high, to a manager of safety, health Access - Crane Dinner new record of $1,108.05 an ounce. environment and quality Tom Zorn, ex CEO of RSC in for Mammoet Europe USA and WorkX in Holland David Maddicott, 71, founder and Phil Zeitsch, Australian access veteran owner of Dainton Crane Hire FTSE 100 November 5037 UP of Ace Scaffolding Services

52 cranes & access December/January 2010 Those who departed in 2009 c&lookinga look back back 2009 2009

Andrew Wyeth, American painter Patrick McGoohan, American-born Gene Barry, American actor (born 1919) (born 1917) British actor -'The prisoner' (born 1928) Roy E. Disney, American businessman Ricardo Montalbán, Mexican-born Mollie Sugden, English actress (born 1930) American actor (born 1920) (born 1922) Sir Clement Freud, politician and media Walter Cronkite, Frank McCourt, Irish-American author personality (born 1924) American newscaster (born 1930) Wendy Richard, British television (born 1916) Corazon Aquino, 11th president of the actress (born 1943) John Updike, American Philippines (born 1933) Jade Goody, British Big Brother writer (born 1932) Ted Kennedy, American politician 'celebrity' (born 1981) Ingemar Johansson, Swedish boxer (born 1932) Keith Floyd, wine drinking TV (born 1932) Yoshito Usui, Japanese manga chef (born 1943) Bobby Robson, English footballer and artist (born 1958) Danny La Rue, female impersonator manager (born 1933) Patrick Swayze, American actor and (born 1927) Natasha Richardson, English actress dancer (born 1952) Karl Malden, American actor (born 1912) (born 1963) Pavel Popovich, Soviet cosmonaut (born David Vine, British sports commentator Maurice Jarre, French composer and 1930) (born 1935) conductor (born 1924) Claude Lévi-Strauss, French anthropologist Allen Klein, infamous manager of the J. G. Ballard, English novelist (born 1930) (born 1908) Rolling Stones and Beatles (born 1931) David Carradine, American actor Michael Jackson, American Stephen Gately, pop singer with Boyzone (born 1936) performer and recording artist (born 1976) (born 1958) Farrah Fawcett, American Edward Woodward, British film, TV actress (born 1947) Richard Todd, Irish-born British actor and stage actor, (born1930) (born 1919) Robert McNamara, 8th Sir Ludovic Kennedy, United States Secretary of Otto Graf Lambsdorff, German politician writer and broadcaster, Defence (born 1916) (born 1926) (born 1919)

December/January 2010 cranes & access 53 books & models c&a New Grove models The line up of Grove model cranes has expanded significantly in recent years and this is largely as a result of the partnership with the model maker TWH Collectibles of Wisconsin. Two new models have just appeared and these are the most detailed yet. They are the four axle GMK 4100L and the five axle GMK 5095 both of which are 100 tonne capacity cranes. The GMK 4100L The review models are in the cylinders. The operator's cab has colours of German crane hire excellent detailing and also tilts company Wiesbauer and should back to a similar angle to the real The GMK 5095 be very collectible as only 150 of crane if required. The counterweights each model has been made in are removable by undoing a couple this livery. The colour scheme is of screws and are made up of a also particularly striking, so they number of plates so that self look beautiful. ballasting can be posed realistically. The packaging of the models is very A further very good feature is that good and a reprint of the Grove both models can be fitted with an product brochures is included which optional second winch to provide a is a practice that we believe should second hook for the swingaway be followed for all construction extension. models. The instructions are also Another good looking component of excellent consisting of another full these models are the booms which colour brochure. There is a small are finely detailed with a couple of amount of assembly of the models, cable reels fitted, and the only slight but they are pretty much ready to modelling weakness is the collars display out of the box. on each boom section which are It is the level of detailing which plastic and have a colour match that sets these models apart from is very slightly off. others. Underneath, there are brake Loading the Excellent counterweight lines running to each wheel, and the outriggers chassis also features full working suspension. The cabs on the carriers have very good mirrors, a beacon light and an antenna. Inside, the details continue with a fire extinguisher and seat belts visible. The carrier decks have good diamond plate surfacing and the A nice lattice swingaway boom GMK 5095 also features an opening extension attaches to the side of the equipment box. The outriggers are boom for transport and can be particularly good, with realistic jack attached to the boom head to cylinder rods connected to the pads. provide extended reach. It also has a The crane superstructure on both working offset mechanism allowing models is a shared design and it to be posed at a variety of angles. features a mass of hydraulic hosing Overall the 4100L is the slightly running to the various motors and better model as it appears a to be a The makings of a fleet: the GMK 4100L and 5095 little closer to the real crane in a Fly jib rigged couple of areas, but both models are in short strikingly good looking and make formation great display pieces. These are very high quality and rare models and this is reflected in the price which is around €300. To read the full review of these models visit www.cranesetc.co.uk

Cranes Etc Model Rating GMK 4100L 85% GMK 5095 82%

54 cranes & access December/January 2010 New pressure c&&aa innovationsinnovations switches from Tecsis Tecsis has introduced two new mechanical pressure switches in membrane or piston versions. The new series the S4150 and S4250 offer a high level of precision and robustness. The switches can be used to monitor or control either pneumatic or hydraulic pressure. The new switches can be quickly and easily mounted in most applications. An adjusting screw is fitted to make the in-situ adjustment of a set point a simple matter. The selected set-point setting will then remain stable for many years. The series S4250 switches also have freely adjustable hysteresis, making them attractive for a wide variety of applications. Off highway

latchesSouthco has introduced a new and extensive range of rotary action latches and actuators for direct, remote or multi-point actuation. The new range includes in cab latches that Southco has not previously offered, and it says completes its product line up. By integrating electronic control systems with basic latches, the company says that it can provide solutions for differing levels of security which don't compromise end-user convenience and flexibility. The latches are conceived to be intuitive to use and to exert the ideal forces for the application. It adds that the new products have been designed and built to last as long if not longer than the vehicle. High efficiency hydraulic motors Sauer-Danfoss has launched its new IP67 and IP69K rating to cope 'on the go' shifting from 32 to zero The company says that the new motor H1 60cm3 bent axis hydraulic motors, with the harshest of environments. degrees, providing a smooth transition has been designed with applications designed to complement its range of Sauer Danfoss says that an extensive with little or no torque such as telehandlers in mind and will H1 axial piston pumps. The new simulation and testing programme interruptions or sudden speed significantly reduce fuel consumption motor allows the company to for the new motors has resulted changes. The H1 motor will also while improving the service life of the offer a complete H1 in significant improvements in shift seamlessly between two speed pump and motor. transmission system overall efficiency and an ranges, for example, work mode In addition to their efficiency, the H1 which is fully PLUS 1 extremely low pressure and travel mode, regardless of motors are claimed to have the compliant, enabling drop within the fluid displacement settings. shortest overall length of any seamless galleries of the motor. comparable motor with integration with The efficiency gains at least one “clean its electronic are claimed to give the side”, increasing vehicle machine control motors an advantage of design, flexibility and architecture. at least six percent at facilitating installation. The electrical maximum displacement over controls are also the nearest competitor. designed with an A key feature is the motor's zero Sauer Danfoss claims degree capability, allowing seamless The new Saur Danfoss H1 motor. a six percent advantage over competitors.

To contact any of these companies click on the 'Access & Lifting Directory' section of www.vertikal.net, where you will find direct links to the companies' web sites for up to 12 weeks after publication. To have your company's new product or service featured in this section, please send in all information enquiries along with images via e-mail to: [email protected] with 'Innovations' typed in the subject box.

December/January 2010 cranes & access 55 books & models c&a A view from the top Ken Derry is a highly experienced crane and heavy equipment operator based in Chicago, Illinois. In his 30 year career, mostly with James McHugh Construction, he has worked from the depths of the city's deep tunnel project to a 400 metre perch high above the city operating its highest tower crane, on the Trump International Hotel and Tower. It was during this three year period that Derry took the fantastic photographs that make up his first book, Chicago - A view from the top.

As a keen and clearly highly The book is short on words, with the accomplished photographer, Derry occasional caption or poignant charts the period from the cranes observational comment, the pictures initial erection through to the last skip say it all. From fantastic sunrises, to icy of concrete poured and the erection scenes, views of the city and candid of the building's antenna, all from the pictures of iron workers in action, the top of his beloved Liebherr crane. book gives a unique view of life at the This is a beautiful book for both crane top of a high rise construction project. and photography lovers alike, not to This is a superb piece of publishing, mention anyone with a love of the carefully and lovingly designed with a 'Windy City'. quality hard back binding. A book to dip into now and again it would make an excellent gift. Chicago - A view from the top by Ken Derry is published by Spycrane publishing and can be ordered online from www.KenDerry.com for $29.95.

The author and photographer Ken Derry on the back mast of his crane.

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56 cranes & access December/January 2010 ALLMI elections c&a ALLMI focus The 2010 election process to ALLMI's board of directors and Operators' Forum executive committee kicks off in January. nsThere are four available positions on the board of directors and seven on the executive committee. Elections for committee members and directors take place every two years, with the ALLMI chairman and Forum chairman positions up for election on an annual basis. Tom Wakefield of ALLMI says “We continually remind members that it's their Association and that the election process presents an opportunity to put themselves forward if they'd like to be more involved with the running of ALLMI.” Transloader New ALLMI training facilities website Throughout 2009 ALLMI has been developing a new database driven Hertfordshire-based ALLMI training provider, Transloader Services, has website which will offer a wide range recently added to its training facilities by investing in a brand new loader of new features/facilities for crane dedicated specifically to its ALLMI training courses. Installed onto a members and training providers, as Volvo FM12 6x2 with beavertail plant body, the front mounted Fassi F210A.22 well as site users in general, they include: is equipped to handle a number of attachments including a clamshell bucket • An improved design and layout. and brick grab. The crane is also set up for remote control operation and its • A key word search facility, ALLMI executive director, Tom capacity rating is such that operators who successfully pass the course will including a facility to search news Wakefield, said: “The current qualify for the highest category of ALLMI licence. Director of Transloader archives. website has served ALLMI very well, Services, Carly Barnard, said: “The vehicle will be used primarily at our • A postcode radius search facility but due to the way in which the Harpenden training base, but will also be available for on-site training ses- for users looking for a training provider Association and its services have sions throughout the UK. We've been a provider of ALLMI training since the or member in their area. grown and developed over the last inception of the scheme and continual investment in our equipment and • A facility to search for training few years, the site now needs to be facilities has always been of paramount importance to us.” providers that have their own facilities converted to one which is database and equipment, and that run a driven. This change will bring many particular course, e.g. Slinger/Signaller. new benefits in terms of search • A facility to search for members functions, improved password that offer certain types of services. protected areas and numerous other facilities, and it will also allow • An online order/payment facility us to change the structure and for users to purchase ALLMI products, layout of the site, making it much e.g. ALLMI guidance notes, branded easier to navigate and having a Personal Protective Equipment, etc. much more eye catching design. • A new Engine Management Just as importantly, being database Systems area for ALLMI's driven, the format of the new site manufacturer/service agent members. provides a huge amount of potential • An improved password protected for the development of further online area for members and training providers. services to members.” Transloader's new training crane • Online advertising opportunities for The new website is due to go live members and training providers. this month. New Operators’ Forum membership process ALLMI has announced the documentation, such as reports of objectives are and a timescale put feel this provides a valuable service implementation of a new process for Thorough Examination, risk in place for their achievement. The to the industry as it not only the appointment of new members assessments, method statements applicant is then given provisional ensures that the Operators' Forum to the Operators' Forum. An audit etc… and in some cases, an audit membership to cover the period, continues to uphold its standards, process has been introduced, as well visit from ALLMI's technical director. after which another audit takes but it's also helping companies to as a new 'Provisional' membership The process is intended to provide place before full membership is take major steps forward in terms category for those companies a much better understanding of the awarded. of their lorry loader operations and needing assistance in reaching the applicant's business, allowing Operators' Forum chairman, Steve therefore supports ALLMI's required standards of Forum ALLMI to identify any areas that Frazer-Brown, said: “Standards are objective to raise standards in the membership. require development which it can always of paramount importance lorry loader industry.” The new application process then assist with. Where further to us, which is why we've further includes a more detailed application development is required, agreement improved the joining process. We form, which also requires copy is reached on what the desired December/January 2010 cranes & access 57 Are your staff properly trained ? Don’tDon’t risk itit call aa certifiedcertified locallocal companycompany todaytoday

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All training centres above offer IPAF approved and audited courses for Operators of Mobile aerial work platforms, European directives require that all staff are fully and adequately See www.ipaf.org for full listing trained in the safe use of the equipment they operate. Fork lift operator c&a training fined £2,500 A forklift truck operator whose actions contributed to the death of a colleague was fined £1,500 plus costs of £1,000. The prosecution follows an accident at Crosshills, West Yorkshire-based transport company Joda Freight, on 14th March 2006. The operator, Andrew Mason, had lifted colleague Francis Roberts, 48, on the forks of the truck to scan pallets prior to unloading them. He slipped and fell three metres onto the concrete yard, sustaining serious injuries that required prolonged treatment in hospital. He died two months later from complications. Roberts had volunteered to go up on the forks after the employees who had been scanning the pallets refused. Ironically the pallets were due to be unloaded and could have been scanned at ground level. The court was told that there are clear fork-truck guidelines stating that people should not be lifted on the forks without a purpose-built cage. A-Plant adds Mason pleaded guilty to breaching Section 7 of the Health and Safety at Work Act, in that he failed to take reasonable care and allowed Roberts to fall from the vehicle. accreditation UK-based rental company A-Plant, has achieved the Achilles Building HSE inspector Paul Yeadon said: “Mason will forever live with the guilt of his Confidence accreditation following an audit of the company's health, momentary disregard for safety. Forklifts are extremely common and safety and environmental practices across its 115 locations. invaluable pieces of machinery. However, they also pose a serious risk if The Building Confidence audit is conducted by Achilles in partnership with they are used for anything other than their intended purpose. We hope that Bovis Lend Lease. As a supplier pre-qualification service for the UK this tragic incident will serve as a lesson to all employers and employees construction industry it is already used by a number of major contractors to who work with or near forklifts.” evaluate supply chains. Douglas McLuckie, A-Plant's director of EHS and performance standards said: “Our accreditation on this programme re-affirms our dedication to providing a quality service to our customers, in conjunction with our ongoing commitment to being a safe, socially and environmentally responsible service provider.” £126,000 in MK A-Plant claims to be the first national rental company in Europe to achieve dual certification to both the ISO 14001:2004 Standard and OHSAS 18001: scaffold collapse 2007 specification covering health and safety and environmental procedures. McAleer & Rushe, of County Tyrone, commercial considerations cut Northern Ireland, and Lee Smith across proper safety arrangements." Who trained him then? Carpentry, of Romsey, Hampshire, Both companies have apologised for have received fines and costs the incident. McAleer & Rushe said totally £126,000 following the it had improved health and safety 2006 collapse of façade scaffold procedures and improved its at the Jurys Hotel in Milton Keynes management of scaffolding which resulted in the death of construction. The court was told that John Robinson, 49. the firm which erected the Principal contractor McAleer & Rushe scaffolding, NNM Scaffolding of was fined £90,000 plus £42,000 Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, had costs, while Lee Smith Carpentry also been accused of breaching was fined £36,000 with £28,000 of health and safety law but that the costs after pleading guilty to firm had gone into liquidation and its breaching Health & Safety regulations. managing director John King was A forklift and manual effort Robinson had been working with his ‘hiding in Spain’. A warrant has been does the job. son Mark on the 15th of 19 levels of issued for his arrest. scaffolding during the lunch break HSE principal inspector Stephen Thanks to a reader visiting when the scaffold collapsed dropping Hartley said: "It is a wonder that a small harbour in Cornwall him 30 metres to the ground. more people weren't hurt. It is totally in December where he Mark Robinson and electrician Ivan unacceptable for companies to watched a few men use a Penkov suffered serious injuries. disregard the safety of their workers. forklift to replace a harbour wall timber and then an Judge Nicholas Coleman said: If the scaffolding had been designed, unusual suspended work “This was a disaster waiting to erected and managed properly, platform to secure it. happen," adding “there had been this incident would never have previous concerns about scaffolding happened." An unusual makeshift platform management issues. It may be that finishes the job.

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New Rental c&a IPAF focus Terms and Conditions set best practice in equipment hire Contractors and end-users of powered access equipment The Grange St. Paul's Hotel welcomes IPAF Summit can look forward to revised Terms & Conditions of Hire and IAPA delegates to the heart of London City that improve service levels and harmonise with international best practice. London beckons: IPAF has released a new set of Terms & Conditions of Hire for the powered access industry, available in versions for England and Wales, Ireland, Register now for the IPAF Summit Northern Ireland and Scotland. and International Awards for “IPAF confirms that these Terms & Conditions meet the recommendations and guidance notes set out by the European Rental Association in its Rental Powered Access Checklist and Framework for General Rental Conditions,” says The IPAF Summit and International single ticket (£79 for IPAF members) Giles Councell, IPAF audit programme manager. IPAF contributed to the Awards for Powered Access (IAPAs) or £990 for a table of 10 with one drafting of these documents as an ERA member. will be held in the heart of London's seat free (£711 for IPAF members). historic City district, at the Grange All bookings should be made online The Terms & Conditions are available free of charge to IPAF members for St. Paul's Hotel, on 25th March at www.ipaf.org/events their exclusive use. They have been thoroughly checked by contract lawyers 2010. The IPAF Summit conference for validity in the areas specified. The accompanying Guidance Notes Those needing accommodation is free and open to all upon provide further detail on interpretation and use.E-mail: [email protected] should book hotel rooms early registration. There will also be a to benefit from special rates. networking event on the evening Full details on the venue and getting of 24 March. IAPA dinner tickets there are at www.ipaf.org/iapa Self-certification allowed can now be purchased at £110 for a The self-certification of mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs) by manufacturers is now permitted in the UK, under the Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008, which came into force on 29th December 2009, Regional meeting implementing the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC. Under Article 11(2)a of the regulations, Annex IV manufacturers will be in the South East allowed to self-certify their own machinery, provided that they manufacture to a harmonised European standard and provided that the standard in IPAF is holding its first South East the South East, do take this unique question covers all the relevant hazards associated with that machinery. regional meeting on 27th January opportunity to network with other For MEWPs, EN 280 (as revised by Amendments 1 and 2) is the relevant 2010 at 18:00 at the Hilton London IPAF members, as well as non- standard until the new revision is published. Stansted Airport Hotel, members, in a relaxed and informal Round Coppice Road, setting. The South East event builds Rental companies and end-users are not directly affected by these Stansted Airport, Essex CM24 1SF. on a successful series of regional regulations. The approval of aerial lifts by a notified body meetings in the North West and in along with the provision of a Declaration of Conformity This meeting will be organised by the Midlands. There is a nominal will continue to be a route to CE marking. Alistair Jordan and Chris Buisseret of Rapid Platforms. IPAF managing charge for the buffet provided. director Tim Whiteman, will deliver Register in advance at IPAF looks forward to a short presentation. If you are in www.ipaf.org/events new premises in Cumbria Bravi wins award After lengthy negotiations, IPAF has exchanged contracts on a new property IPAF member Bravi UK, based in Leeds, Yorkshire, has been awarded the at Moss End in Cumbria. The builders expect the project to be completed in Company of the Year award by Business and Industry Today for excellent mid-January, with the move into the new purpose-built premises shortly customer service, innovative products and the rapid expansion and afterwards. developments made within the business. IPAF has been looking for the right property for a long time and this building is an investment for the federation that allows room for expansion and infrastructure improvements, such as a high-speed Internet connection, to better serve IPAF's growing membership. Watch for details of the move and the new address at www.ipaf.org IPAF, Bridge End Business Park, Milnthorpe, LA7 7RH, UK MEWP’s rise to the Olympic challenge Tel: 015395 62444 The IPAF Powered Access Review 2010 is now available. Fax: 015395 64686 The federation's annual journal features articles on how powered access is delivering a www.ipaf.org [email protected] safe construction programme for the Olympic Games 2012 in London and includes useful Offices in France, Germany, Italy, directories. It can be viewed online at the publications section of www.ipaf.org. the Netherlands, Spain, Free copies can be obtained by e-mailing [email protected] Switzerland and the USA.

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62 cranes & access December/January 2010 2009 c&a PASMA what a year! 2009 was quite a year for PASMA, not only did it celebrate its 35th birthday, it finally moved into its own premises, took over full-time responsibility for the secretariat, introduced a new ID card system, appointed its first technical manager and saw the publication of the first ever mobile tower supplement. Council wishes to thank all members, committee members and staff for their dedicated and enthusiastic support throughout 2009. 2010 promises to be just as exciting in different ways and the association looks forward to developing its role, its contribution to safety, standards and best practice over the coming year. Another new face The latest addition to the PASMA Stay the course administration team is Lynn Couttie, a recent graduate in English Literature Low level access and a welcome addition to the head A reworked half-day course designed for anyone who needs to work from a office team. In addition to providing platform with a height of up to 2.5 metres. It covers the safe assembly, general administrative support, Couttie will dismantling and relocation of low level access units and includes a solid also act as personal assistant to managing practical session for all attendees. director Peter Bennett. Work at height essentials That's the way to do it - A course for anyone who knows little or nothing about working at height. This half-day course provides essential information about the use of mobile access towers, plus an insight into the use of all forms of access low level access DVD equipment as represented by the member organisations of the Access This latest addition to the association's Industry Forum (AIF). Please see www.accessindustryforum.org.uk for DVD library is now available. Titled more information. 'Accidents can happen even at low level', it covers both folding step and podium units along with folding tower work plat- Manager/Supervisor course forms. Focusing on use and abuse, the emphasis is very much on best practice. A 'must do' course over one day Stuart Hopkins, PASMA's training scheme for managers and supervisors manager who has overseen the production responsible for overseeing the work of the DVD said: “Not only does the DVD of operatives on site. It is designed complement the re-worked training course, to ensure that work at height using it also shows how this type of equipment mobile access towers is properly can be used safely and productively in the planned and organised and that workplace.” those involved on site are competent and properly trained. Tower inspection and maintenance is Mark this date in your diary an important part of this course. Delegates attending all these courses •PASMA will be showcasing its training courses and safety-related receive a course content/notes products at the following events in 2010: booklet and PASMA Code of Practice, •On stand B130 at the Executive Hire Show, 3 & 4 February 2010 at the together with a PASMA certificate Ricoh Arena, Coventry. PASMA members Euro Towers and the Youngman and photo card for the relevant level Group will also be exhibiting. More information at (valid for 5 years). www.executivehireshow.com •At the IOSH Conference and Exhibition 'Health and safety: Making the case', 24 & 25 March 2010 at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference contact details Centre, Glasgow. More information at www.ioshconference.co.uk •At the Safety & Health Expo, 11 - 13 May 2010 at the NEC, Birmingham, in the AIF Access Village and the completely new AIF Knowledge Base which will host a series of presentations, workshops and lively debates. PO Box 26969, Glasgow G3 9DR. More information at www.safety-health-expo.co.uk Tel: 0845 230 4041 Fax: 0845 230 4042 Email: info @pasma.co.uk We are also planning events and exhibits for Vertikal Days, 16-17th June www.pasma.co.uk 2010 at Haydock Park between Manchester and Liverpool. December/January 2010 cranes & access 63 letters c&a Access Alliance Readers The following letter was sent in response etters Hi Leigh, to the news that a group of independently L I note the news item and owned local rental companies have formed whilst we have no wish to a new association to offer their customers a national service along the lines of the be awkward for its own sake The following comes from a regular correspondent to original Access Link. Cranes & Access since the tower crane accident in we need to point out that Battersea, London in 2006. In this letter which was earlier this year Kimberly Access written as a public response to a speech made by registered a business name at Companies House i.e. David Cameron, leader of the opposition in the UK, in The Alliance Access Group Ltd. We did this for the very which he claimed that Health & Safety regulation or more likely its interpretation, had gone too far. specific reason that it is our short term strategy to make acquisitions in the powered access rental sector and those Dear Sirs, acquired businesses would retain their identity, culture and David Cameron's ill-informed, myth believing, tabloid-pleasing, management [ where possible ] but be wholly owned evidence-free, mischief-making about health and safety has gone subsidiaries of The Alliance Access Group Ltd as indeed so too far. It would be laughable if he were not the leader of a party would Kimberly Access Ltd. This is a well thought out strategy seeking to be in government! David Cameron appears to have which has been the subject of detailed discussion with our taken stories from the tabloids and concocted a web of myth and major shareholder Lloyds Development Capital the private mischief around them, without doing any research to ascertain the equity arm of the Lloyds Banking Group. real numbers killed and injured in workplace incidents - 1,500 to Regards 1,600 each year not just those reported to the HSE - let alone the thousands made ill or dying from work-related illnesses caused by Ray Ledger exposure to unacceptable conditions at work- up to 50,000. Chairman The letter below was received in response to the He should read Hazards Magazine and all of our stories about how Kimberly Access Ltd November report of a 550 tonne Grove All Terrain crane that tipped over in Cedar Rapids, while the people we love went off to work and because their negligent relocating with its retracted boom raised and jib fitted. employers killed them, they never came home again! Much of Initial reports blame the tip on the uneven ground. what he rants about is compensation and concerns children, not This was the second such tip over in a few weeks workers, but he should know that less than 10 percent of workers and prompted our correspondent to comment. get any compensation when injured or made ill by their work.

He also talks of Health & Safety preventing responsibility, yes Dear Sir, quite so, the real issue is of employers refusing to take Re large AT crane tips. responsibility for ensuring basic minimum standards of health As you asked for feedback it seems obvious that the crane was and safety, which are not draconian or over zealous, but very travelling with its boom over the front which contravenes most basic avoidance of most serious risks like fire, explosion, exposure to carcinogens, falling from height, being crushed or electrocuted. manufacturers' instructions for 'over rear travelling'. However All of our loved ones would be alive today if their employers had operator experience plays a large part in any safe operation and just complied with these very basic minimum standards. When necessary questions should have been answered before taking you go to work you are exposed to the risks your employer on such a move. It is also not clear if the crane had any ballast creates: don't blame the victims David, blame the perpetrators. either left on chassis or on superstructure which adds to its stability in the event of side loading during movement. Linzi Herbertson, Founder member of FACK WR California Families Against Corporate Killers

Dear Mark, I have never written to a magazine or newspaper before, but just wanted to say well done on your article talking about the dangers of not putting a good base under crawler cranes. (Stopping that sinking feeling - C&A Nov/Dec) As these cranes have grown bigger over the years, their undercarriages have not grown in the same proportion and so where in the old days base preparation was only needed in virtual bog conditions, modern cranes tend to put much larger tops on the same size bases. Anyway I digress - just wanted to say well done, and that I am keeping this issue to use with those who don't appreciate what can go wrong, nice job. Steve Jones

64 cranes & access December/January 2010 The following letter concerns a news report that c&a letters covered the appointment of former prosecutor, George Stamboulidis, to investigate corruption and Hi Leigh, mob influence in Local 14-14B of the International Last week I received an enquiry from a gentleman who wanted to Union of Operating Engineers, the union that surprise his neighbour, a lady in her 80's. He told me that they had represents most tower crane operators in New York City. The article also pointed out how worked alongside each other for the same company for a considerable powerful the union was given its ability to number of years as well as living in the same village in North Yorkshire. close down New York construction through And for several years she had mentioned to him that one day she Dear Leigh, calling an operators' strike. would like to get some lights on her Christmas tree that she had grown in her front garden. She had planted the tree when it was about three In the past you were gracious enough to send me a video foot high, it's now 37 _ feet (I measured it for him). He wanted to know link to what was, I believe, a Russian crane accident for use if I could supply a 'cherry picker' for him because he wanted to put the instructing apprentices. I have often referred lights in the tree. After I had surveyed the location and informed him that I could and as I thought it was a generous idea I offered my Vertikal.net/Cranes & Access to many of my acquaintances. 'lighting' services free of charge. He was over the moon as they say Among who are in fact, a number of OSHA (our equivalent and then arranged for another neighbour to take her shopping for to your Safety and Health Executive) contacts. several hours. In a comment concerning 'Prosecutor heads NY crane On the day I waited in the next village until the all-clear was given. investigation' I felt the article put the tower crane operators It was then a case of getting on site, arranging barriers and getting (some of who I know personally) in a questionable light that the lights in the tree. It all went well and we were nearly finished I do not believe they deserve. Although it is not meant as a when the kindly neighbour brought her home from shopping half an hour early without letting us know first, shame. criticism of you or your publication and the work you put into it, which I feel to be exemplary. It was hoped that on her return she wouldn't notice the lights and that she would have a surprise two days later (Sunday) when the lights got Lastly. Ken Derry tells me he sent a copy of his book switched on with all her family visiting. But as she was brought home Chicago, a view from the top. Ken's crane was the highest early they had a preview that evening. Needless to say it was quite in Chicago to date, a position I enjoyed when my little 1400 emotional for her. The kindness of her friends and neighbours and of Pecco topped out at 900 N. Michigan Avenue in 1988. I took course having the tree lit up. hundreds of pictures with film type cameras, only to have It's nice to be able to do something for generous people and not just many deteriorate in various ways. Attached is a photo from the normal everyday those days looking north along Chicago's lakefront from a routine if you get my The Dino trailer meaning. I thought this lift and the paltry 900 ft., with, and without, fog. neighbourly job little story might brighten Hope this finds you well and keep up the good work! up an ordinary week. Merry Christmas to you John T Rickert Leigh and everyone at Chicago Vertikal and may next year be a BIG The article largely reported the facts and the comments from the improvement on this one. appointment notice, but also pointed out how powerful the Union was Best regards thanks to its operators who effectively control most of New York City's Shane Wakeford construction sites due to the majority being high rise developments, High Reaching Solutions Naturally within any union many if not most members are regular decent and fair people. We publish John's two photos below. Dear Sir, I could not help but respond to a letter you published concerning a roofer in Ormskirk. This attitude that because someone has been doing something dangerously for 25 years it makes them safe! In fact I see or hear of accidents regularly where a man has fallen and been seriously injured after having worked in the same way for many years….. in essence he has been lucky to get away with it so long. I took a look at the article which I had missed and note that there are two men on the job, I wonder how long the younger man has been doing it? And was he an employer of the older man? If so he would be responsible for him. Finally as you point out in your commentary if one of them had slipped and fallen, especially if it had been fatal, the pub would have been far from happy. No name provided

A high level view of Chicago's shoreline - circa 1988

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Kimberly Access a major UK powered access rental company is embarking on a strategy to create a powered access rental group under a holding company The Alliance Access Group Ltd. This strategy would revolve around building a group of autonomous powered access rental businesses each keeping their own identity/brand but with the benefit Thinking of of being part of a major well funded group. It would be preferable if existing Management wished to selling your remain in place but that is not essential in the correct circumstances. business? Backed by a major institution the size of transaction Why not talk is not an issue as funding is available. If major shareholders within the sector would like to to us! have a totally confidential and exploratory discussion Ray Ledger Chairman call Ray Ledger, Chairman, Kimberly Access Ltd Kimberly Access Ltd on private mobile 07775 898572 or email email; [email protected] All correspondence and discussions [email protected] will remain totally confidential. CONFIDENTIALITY ASSURED

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Zip/Postcode Country Telefax Email Please start my one year subscription to Cranes & Access at the rate of: £40.00/€60 (UK and Irish addresses only) €75.00 (Rest of Europe) $110.00 / £60.00 (Other regions) I enclose a cheque made payable to The Vertikal Press Please invoice me I enclose an international money order Please charge to my credit card Name Card number Expiry date Subscribe online at www.vertikal.net Security code • USED EQUIPMENT • SPARE PARTS • RECRUITMENT • RECONDITIONING • HIRE • WANTED • c&a marketplace • USED EQUIPMENT SPARE PARTS • RECRUITMENT RECONDITIONING HIRE WANTED • USED EQUIPMENT SPARE PARTS • RECRUITMENT RECONDITIONING • HIRE WANTED •

YOURYOUR Direct Route to Access….. • Sales of New and Used access platforms • Training and Instruction anywhere in the UK • Equipment Finance options include Spot Hire, Contract Rental & Buy-back (subject to status) • Worldwide Export with in-house shipping service • Wir Sprechen Deutsch…Se Habla Español…. • Parliamo Italiano….. • Experienced Access people T: 01483 475390 F: 01483 486468 M: 07717-779541 E: [email protected] www.accessplatformsdirect.co.uk

December/January 2010 cranes & access 73 marketplace c&a • USED EQUIPMENT • SPARE PARTS • RECRUITMENT • RECONDITIONING • HIRE • WANTED • ECO LIFT outrigger pads The UK’s Leading Supplier • Manufactured in Germany to the highest standards from regenerated polyethylene • Safe and easy to handle will not splinter • No water absorption • High resistance to impact and vertical pressures • Under normal working conditions unbreakable • Inbuilt memory, adapting to working surface • Custom sizes available • Supporting - mobile cranes, self erecting tower cranes, loader cranes, aerial work platforms, concrete pumps, tele handlers • Load bearing capacities from 5 to 300 tonnes • 3 year warranty against breakage

8 Snowdon Road, Middlesbrough, Cleveland TS2 1LP Bill Green @ PLC Sales Tel: 01642 218607 Fax: 01642 217149 Tel: +44 (0) 1449 674 154 Mob: +44 (0) 7885 020 582 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: +44 (0) 1449 674 173 Email: [email protected] Web: www.outriggerpads.co.uk Web: www.ha-heightservices.com • USED EQUIPMENT • SPARE PARTS • RECRUITMENT • RECONDITIONING • HIRE • WANTED • USED EQUIPMENT • SPARE PARTS • RECRUITMENT • RECONDITIONING • HIRE • WANTED • • HIRE WANTED • RECRUITMENT RECONDITIONING PARTS • USED EQUIPMENT SPARE • RECRUITMENT RECONDITIONING HIRE WANTED PARTS • USED EQUIPMENT SPARE

74 cranes & access December/January 2010 • USED EQUIPMENT • SPARE PARTS • RECRUITMENT • RECONDITIONING • HIRE • WANTED • c&a marketplace • USED EQUIPMENT SPARE PARTS • RECRUITMENT RECONDITIONING HIRE WANTED • USED EQUIPMENT SPARE PARTS • RECRUITMENT RECONDITIONING • HIRE WANTED • Don’t Miss

Haydock Park June 16th & 17th 2010 www.vertikaldays.net

December/January 2010 cranes & access 75 marketplace c&a • USED EQUIPMENT • SPARE PARTS • RECRUITMENT • RECONDITIONING • HIRE • WANTED •

100,000 visitors/month! OVER 5 million Hits/month! OVER 2 million Pages Viewed/month! • USED EQUIPMENT • SPARE PARTS • RECRUITMENT • RECONDITIONING • HIRE • WANTED • USED EQUIPMENT • SPARE PARTS • RECRUITMENT • RECONDITIONING • HIRE • WANTED • • HIRE WANTED • RECRUITMENT RECONDITIONING PARTS • USED EQUIPMENT SPARE • RECRUITMENT RECONDITIONING HIRE WANTED PARTS • USED EQUIPMENT SPARE

76 cranes & access December/January 2010 ACCESS EQUIPMENT - CRANES - TELEHANDLERS

If you buy, use or have a professional interest in Access equipment, working at height, Mobile cranes, Tower cranes and Loader 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 and enjoy a day of networking, deal-making and socialising.

Be part of the UK's only specialist lifting Haydock Park equipment event. Register on-line today for June 16th & 17th 2010 your FREE visitor ticket www.vertikaldays.net email the Vertikal Team at [email protected] Telephone: UK Office +44 (0) 8448 155900

marketplace c&a • USED EQUIPMENT • SPARE PARTS • RECRUITMENT • RECONDITIONING • HIRE • WANTED •

Available for RE-Rent & Cross Hire Working heights from 15 - 50 metres

Why choose SPIDERLIFT? Works on delicate floors Tackles rough terrain Access through narrow doorways Climbs stairs Fast set up on uneven ground All machines run on both diesel & electric Re-Rent programme available from 3 months to 5 years SUCCESS WITHIN REACH... CALL US NOW ON OR SEE OUR WEBSITE AT 0870 225 5554 www.spiderlift.co.uk • USED EQUIPMENT • SPARE PARTS • RECRUITMENT • RECONDITIONING • HIRE • WANTED • USED EQUIPMENT • SPARE PARTS • RECRUITMENT • RECONDITIONING • HIRE • WANTED • • HIRE WANTED • RECRUITMENT RECONDITIONING PARTS • USED EQUIPMENT SPARE • RECRUITMENT RECONDITIONING HIRE WANTED PARTS • USED EQUIPMENT SPARE

80 cranes & access December/January 2010 • USED EQUIPMENT • SPARE PARTS • RECRUITMENT • RECONDITIONING • HIRE • WANTED • c&a marketplace • USED EQUIPMENT SPARE PARTS • RECRUITMENT RECONDITIONING HIRE WANTED • USED EQUIPMENT SPARE PARTS • RECRUITMENT RECONDITIONING • HIRE WANTED •

December/January 2010 cranes & access 81 marketplace c&a • USED EQUIPMENT • SPARE PARTS • RECRUITMENT • RECONDITIONING • HIRE • WANTED •

Name/Vomame: Firma: Umsatzsteuernummer (nur bei Firmen) Straße/Postfach: Postleitzahl/Ort: Land: Tel: Fax: E-mail Address: Ihr Vorteil! 1. Unterschrift des Abonnenten: Um leistungs-und wettbewerbsfähig zu bleiben, benötigt die Industrie Ich wünsche folgende Zahlungsweise: gerade bei harteren Marktbedingungen Bargeldlos per Bankeinzug (nur in Deutschland) hochqualifizierte und ihre Märkte gegen Rechnung betreffende Informationen. Kontonummer: Diesem Verlangen kommt Bankleitzahl: Kran & Bühne mit praxisorientierten Geldinstitut: Firma: Artikeln nach, die dem Leser helfen, Postleitzahl/Ort: fundierte Enscheidungen zu treffen. Die Artikel werden von einem Hiermit bestätige ich, dass die Abbuchung des jährlichen Abo-Betrages von € 26.00 für erfahrenen, international und in o.g. Firma/Anschrift vorgenommen werden kann. Deutschland tätigen Journalistenteam 2. Unterschrift des Abonnenten: verfasst. Kran & Bühne liefert dem Abonnieren Sie jetzt einfach und bequem! Leser harte Fakten darüber, welche per Fax: (0761) 88 66 814 Ausrüstung für welche Einsätze oder per Post: Kran & Bühne Sundgauallee 15 D-79114 Freiburg geeignet ist, sowie Neuigkeiten Tel: (0761) 89 78 66-0 Fax: (0761) 88 66 814 und Baustellenberichte. E-mail: [email protected] www.Vertikal.net • USED EQUIPMENT • SPARE PARTS • RECRUITMENT • RECONDITIONING • HIRE • WANTED • USED EQUIPMENT • SPARE PARTS • RECRUITMENT • RECONDITIONING • HIRE • WANTED • • HIRE WANTED • RECRUITMENT RECONDITIONING PARTS • USED EQUIPMENT SPARE • RECRUITMENT RECONDITIONING HIRE WANTED PARTS • USED EQUIPMENT SPARE

82 cranes & access December/January 2010 Machinery For Sale

Genie Z-45/25J RT Genie Z-60/34 Genie S-65 Genie Z-135/70 Articulated boom Special Articulated boom Stick boom Articulated boom 16m - 2005/6/7/8 Offer!!! 20.4m - 2004/5/6/7/8 21. 8m - 2005/6/7/8 43m - 2007/8

Special Offer!!!

Genie GS-1932 Genie GS-2646 Genie GS-3384 RT SkyJack SJ 9250 Battery scissor Diesel scissor Battery scissor Special Diesel scissor 7.8m - 2004/5/6/7/8 9.9m - 2004/5/6/7/8 12.06m - 2006 Offer!!! 17.1m - 2007

Manitou MLT 523T Manitou MT 1335 Manitou MT 1740 Manitou MT 2150 Telescopic forklift Telescopic forklift Telescopic forklift Telescopic forklift 5m/2.3 Tonne - 2005/6 13m/3.5 Tonne - 2005 17m/4 Tonne - 2005 21m/5 Tonne - 2005/6

MAEDA MC405 CRM-E SPIDER FS290 GSR 198PX Bronto S50 MDT Mobile minicrane Specialised Van mounted truck mounted on VOLVO 16.8m - 3.8 Tonne - 2007 29m - 2005 on Nissan Cab Star 50m - 2004 19m - 2005

Contact: Patrick McArdle 23 Ashbourne Business Centre Ballybin Road, Ashbourne, Co.Meath. Ireland Tel: +353 (0) 1 835 2835 www.easiuplifts.com Fax: +353 (0) 1 835 2781 E-mail: [email protected]