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A new Terex CC8800-1 owned by ALElifts a 1,475 tonne reactor in Sines,Portugal - the heaviest lift applicationever for a single Terex crane.

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In the next Issue of C&A: Loader cranes, truckmounted aerial lifts, Tower cranes and a review

of SAIE.

Books & Models 53ALLMI Focus 55

Training 57IPAF Focus 59

PASMA 61Innovations 63Your Letters 64

What’s on 68On-line directory 74

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Rough Terrain scissor lifts 35

We take a look at the market for large roughterrain lifts and some of the more unusual products that are now available, many of

which no longer use a scissor type mechanism to lift the platform.

Why SAIE? 43We ask why you should go to

this year’s SAIE exhibition inBologna, Italy and provide a

four page preview of the new product launches that you

might expect to see when youget there.

The Crane InterestGroup meeting 49

Mark Darwin reports form this year’s annualCPA mobile Crane Interest Group and covers

some of the more heated presentations.

SAIE Stop Press 67Some last minute, new product introductions

for the big Italian show.

In the next C&A

regulars

Comment 5News 6

Terex buys into tower crane maker, Spieringsback on track, Kobelco to build plant in China,

Caterpillar and Soilmec team up to produce foundation cranes, Grove launches two newRough Terrain cranes, Specialist Hire Group consolidates cranes, Leigh Farmer makes a

comeback, Boels goes with Skyjack, OlympicPark says no to Particulate Filters, Manitowoc

restructures its debt, JLGswitches to steel covers,

Isoli delivers demountablelift, CTE launches lithium

ion battery powered spiderlift, Verticaaldagen and

Elevarte reviews,Comoplast acquires

Solideal, Custers appointsin the UK, Terex and JLG

win large US militaryorders for telehandlers.

Heavy lifting 17The growth of the

alternative heavy liftcranes is giving usersincreased choice. But

how will this affect the big capacity crawler

cranes from the majorcrane manufacturers?

Cranes&Access investigates and looks at

several heavy lift applications from

around Europe.

Outrigger mats 25In our annual look at the subject of outrigger

mats we make a simplistic and possibly naïveproposal to cut accidents in half. Mike Allanson,

operations manager for BFL Alimats and craneAP warns that doubling up on safety factors

may backfire.


Restoring commonsense As we enter the winter season we areonce again confronted by the popularmedia’s reporting of health and safety‘madness’ - access platforms used forremoving conkers from trees and

Christmas lights cancelled due to the risks and costs of putting them up.

The UK construction industry is continuing with its own health andsafety ‘madness’ at the moment with major contractors adding moreand more requirements, paperwork and costs on to suppliers. Thelatest issue gathering momentum with some contractors is therequirement that equipment operators provide proof that they aremedically fit to operate the machinery safely. This is currently in theearly stages of ‘discussion’ but the worst-case scenario may meanthat all operators will need a ‘current’ medical certificate beforebeing allowed on to site - and this after surveys and statistics showthat the risk is negligible to non-existent.

But where is all this health and safety leading and will it reducerisks to workers? Ultimately, it has to be a reasonable trade offbetween risk and common sense. The long-awaited report on healthand safety by Lord Young encourages this return to ‘common sense’in the management of risk in Britain. Young said that ‘health andsafety had for too long been allowed to become a joke in the mediaand among the public’.

This latest report is backed by HSE chairman, Judith Hackitt, whoagrees that the report ‘is an important milestone on the road torecovery for the reputation of real health and safety and the opportunity to refocus health and safety on what it is really about -managing workplace risks’.

Hackitt also said that the ‘HSE will continue to champion a sensibleand proportionate approach to dealing with serious risks in theworkplace – not eliminating every minor risk from everyday life’.

A common sense approach to the medical certificates would be tofollow the existing guidelines for HGV drivers - a medical test everyfive years from the age of 45. However this common senseapproach needs to be widely communicated in the hope that majorcontractors will also adopt a similar attitude - a sensible and proportionate approach to dealing with risks.

We are all in favour of reducing accidents and injuries, but whenthere is overzealous enforcement of legislation that results in stupidend results (take the over-sizing of crane outrigger pads for example) it loses all credibility and can have the opposite effect.

Hopefully Lord Young’s report will be a step towards restoring acommon sense approach to risk management

Mark Darwin

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Caterpillar and Soilmec have confirmed their plan to jointlydevelop a range of foundationcranes. The agreement follows thelaunch at Bauma of the 65 tonneSoilmec SC-65 lattice boomedcrawler crane which was designedand built in collaboration with CAT.

Since then the machine has goneon to complete the final phases ofits field validation programme in ademanding working environment ona Trevi Group managed job site. Thetwo partners in the project say thatthe cooperation leverages Soilmec’sexpertise in the foundation sector

CAT andSoilmecconfirmagreement

Spierings unveiled the City Boy at Bauma

with Caterpillar’s ability to bringtogether an extensive range of world class components, systemsand technologies supported on aglobal basis. It is planned that thenew crane range will be extended to include further models with capacities of between 60 and 200

tonnes. They will initially be distributedvia Soilmec dealers, but also madeavailable to those Caterpillar dealerswho have demand within their salesterritory.

The Soilmec SC-65 is a joint venture with CAT

Kobelco in China moveKobelco Cranes has announced a joint venture in China to manufacturecrawler cranes. Chengdu Kobelco Cranes Co will be established this monthwith a ¥2 billion (€17.6 million) of capital with Kobelco owning 51 percentof the equity and local partner Sichuan Chengdu Chenggong ConstructionMachinery Co. holding the balance.

The joint venture will build a new 6,900 square metre plant on a 133,000 squaremetre site in Sichuan Province. Production at the new facility is planned to startin August 2012 and is expected to build models up to 250 tonnes capacity withannual production ramping up to 80 units a year within five years.

The new venturefollows Kobelco’srecentlyannounced $12.7million crane production facilityin Sri City SpecialEconomic Zone inIndia which willbuild crawlercranes from 90 to 250 tonnes capacity. Kobelcoclaims a 17.4 percent share ofthe worldwidecrawler crane market.

Kobelco will produce cranes

up to 250 tonnesin both China

and India.

Recom builds theComedil luffing range

Terex buys into Italiancrane manufacturerTerex has acquired a 33 percent stake in Italian-based luffing jibtower crane builder Recom with the aim to make a full takeoverin the longer term. Privately held Recom is based in Belluno, Italyand designs and manufactures luffing jib tower cranes that aredistributed exclusively by Terex Cranes under the Comedil brand.

Recom was established in 2003 by Ferruccio Moritsch, the founder ofComedil tower cranes - now owned by Terex - to design and buildluffing jib tower cranes for the worldwide market and has been sellingthrough Terex Cranes’ distribution network since 2008. Terms of thetransaction were not disclosed.

....And takes a run at Demag CranesIn a separate move Terex has retained Goldman Sachs to advise on apossible bid to acquire a substantial holding in Demag Cranes, theGerman-based overhead and Gottwald port crane manufacturer. Themove follows an earlier strong rebuff by Demag of an uninvitedapproach from Konecranes of Finland. Terex and Demag declined tocomment.


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Tutt Bryant delistsTat Hong has completed its full takeover of the Tutt Bryant Group,acquiring all of the shares in the business that it did not alreadyown. As a result Tutt Bryant was delisted from the Australianstock market on 14th October.

Tutt Bryant is one of Australia’s largest crane rental companies andowns Muswellbrook Crane Services, Bradshaw Ultra Heavy Haulageand Tutt Bryant Crane Hire. It is also big in general rental includingaccess equipment and crane sales and distribution through EQ Hire, BT Equipment, Kingston Industries and Paramount Hire Services.

The Specialist Hire Group has consolidated its crane hire operations into a singlecompany under the Specialist Hire Group Crane Division. The business is a combination of Jardine Crane Hire (acquired 2003) Marsden Crane Hire (2004),cranes from Steelforce Bowmech and more recently Telford and Heartlands CraneHire. More on this along with a face to face interview in our November issue.

Spierings issued a update statement in early October followingthe bankruptcy in June of some of the companies within theSpierings Group. The main operational companies SpieringsKranen BV and Spierings Verkoop BV were not part of the bankruptcy process, allowing the service and parts departmentsto remain fully operational throughout. New crane productionrestarted in a small way in early July and is now gathering pace.The restructuring has shrunk the business to 40 employees,although it has the same plant, tools and equipment and is basedat the same location.

In July, Marcel de Jong joined the management team as generalmanager of Spierings Cranes, while Leo Spierings retains ownershipof the company.

Speaking of de Jong’s appointment, Spierings said: “For many years,Marcel de Jong managed several production companies and willfocus on improving efficiency inside Spierings and increase thereturn on investment of the company.”

The company says that it has retained all orders that were on thebooks as of June 15th and in August delivered the first newSpierings SK498-AT4 to Hardeman Isolatie of Kootwijkerbroek,Holland along with three fully refurbished cranes, two SK488-AT4sand an SK365-AT3.

As to when production of the new City Boy crane, shown as a prototype at Bauma, will start, Spierings said: “It is not totally clear, but the planning is well organised for an open day and a demonstration of the radical new crane at the beginning of nextyear.” In the meantime he is looking to expand the company’s distributioncoverageacross thewhole ofEurope.

First JCB 515-40’s go to workUK-based rental company Rocket Rentals of Dursley, Gloucestershire, hastaken delivery of two of the first JCB 515-40 ultra compact telehandlers, thesmallest model ever produced by the manufacturer. The two units, part of anorder for six, were specified with air-conditioning, solid tyres and licensedfor road use.

The first unit went straight out on a three month rental to Devizes–based contractor Gaiger Bros on a school renovation project in Warminster. The 515-40’s 1.56 metre overall width allowed it to gain access through the very narrow site entrance.

Gaiger says that the alternative would have been to have used a high-masted forklift for handling the materials in its compound on a nearby sports field and acompact dumper to take them through the narrow entrance to the point of construction. As a result it is delighted to have saved on the rental of a secondmachine and also highlighted health and safety benefits of keeping the loads palletised and avoiding the manual handling of bricks that would have been necessary with the dumper option. The 515-40 has an overall height of 1.8 metres is just 2.97 metres long and weighs less than 3.5 tonnes.

The first JCB 515-40 telehandlers have been delivered.

Spierings backin production

Arend Hardeman (L) of Hardeman Isolatie takes delivery of two newSpierings cranes from Leo Spierings.

The Spierings City Boy

at Bauma earlier

this year.

Thihatmer hands over at TeupenAlfons Thihatmer, chief executive of spider and truck mounted lift manufacturer Teupen, has announced that he will assign his current management responsibilities to Michael Wotschke and will resign from theTeupen group management board on his own initiative by the end of this year.

Thihatmer has been a managing director of Teupen since 1986 and has played asignificant role in the company’s development, including launching tracked aeriallift production leading to the company’s current leadership in the mid to large spider lift market. He will retain an involvement with the company as a consultantand shareholder, with particular focus on the development of new products.

Alfons Thihatmer (L) and Michael Wotschke at Bauma 2010

Specialist consolidates into single unit

Specialist CraneHire merged itsoperating unitsinto a single business earlierthis month and hastaken delivery of anew 110 tonneGrove GMK5110-1


news c&aSteel covers forJLG boom lifts

JLG is switching from composite moulded covers on itsdiesel boom lifts sold in the Americas to steel. The move isdriven by customer requests for covers that are more ruggedand easier to repair, as well as being less costly. The firstunits to feature the new covers are the 600S, 800S and800A models.

European units will continue to be supplied with the more rounded composite covers unless there is a clear demand toswitch. Steel cover kits can be purchased for retrofitting, shouldan owner wish to covert an existing machine.

US-based Lift-A-Loft has introduced a new pick-up mounted scissor lift that can be removed in around 10 minutes. The TL22has been developed for shorter jobs where speed across site orto the job is of real benefit. The 6.65 metre platform height liftfeatures a 1.34 metre wide platform with 227kg capacity andincludes a standard 900mm deck extension which provides outreach to the rear. The TL22 can be mounted in any pickuptruck that has 1,250kg of payload and a 2.4 metre bed. It features a self-contained power pack that automatically re-charges from the vehicle’s electrical system. The unit meetsthe requirements of ANSI A92.2, does not require outriggers but is not yet CE approved.

Pick-up scissor lift

The new Lift-A-Loft TL22

210 Skyjack scissors for BoelsDutch-based international rental company Boels has ordered 210, 19ftSkyjack SJ111 3219 micro scissor lifts.The first 126 are in the process of beingdelivered with the remainder scheduledfor next year. The new order follows anorder for 50 units last year.

UK access entrepreneur LeighFarmer is set to return to the accessbusiness with a newcompany, PremierPlatforms Ltd, whichis registered in Cannock in the Midlands.The new company will offer a range of services including new and used equipment sales, service and inspections, operator training and contract hire with possibly some shortterm rental. Farmer founded HigherPlatforms in 1990 which was also located in Cannock, building the business into one of the Top 20 UKaccess rental companies with a fleet of435 units. He sold it to Lavendon inAugust 2007 for £8.9 million.

Olympic Park DPFs - final decisionThe on-going saga over the retro-fitting of diesel particulate filters (DPFs) to cranes, telehandlers and platforms on London’s Olympic Park site has finally reached a conclusion. The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has taken the decision not to implement the requirement to retrofit DPFs to Non-Road Mobile Machinery. The decision follows a cost analysis study which concluded “that the costs and benefits of DPFs do not represent good value for money when compared with other measures".

See www.vertikal .net for more details of the study

Select Plant Hire, part of the LaingO’Rourke group of companies and oneof the UK’s largest crane owners, haspurchased a Sennebogen 683R HD telescopic crawler crane from distributor E H Hassell & Sons.

The 80 tonne Sennebogen 683R HeavyDuty has a five section 42 metre telescopic main boom plus 10 metreswingaway extension. Other featuresinclude hydraulically extendable undercarriage and second winch.

CTE introduceslithium spider Italian truck and spider lift manufacturer CTE will show a lithiumion battery powered version of its 17metre Traccess 170E spider lift atSAIE. The CTE T170E will offer aroundfive hours of continuous operation andwill require eight hours to completelyrecharge.

The bulk of the machine will be the sameas the standard model, with a 17 metreworking height, 7.5 metres outreach,200kg platform capacity and overallwidth over the outriggers of 2.8 metres.See Why SAIE - a preview to the showon page 43 and 67.

The new CTE T170E has lithium battery power.

The new steel covers on a JLG 860SJThe new steel covers on a JLG 860SJ

Select buys firstSennebogen

Select has purchased its first Sennebogencrane, a 683R Heavy Duty telescopic crawler.

Leigh Farmerreturns

LeighFarmer


Manitouraises funds for Alzheimer’sManitou UK has raised £4,000 for the Alzheimer’s society following a fund raising activity at a number oftrade shows earlier this month. The initiative involved collecting donations in return for either a Manitoufeed bucket or a ‘Bag for Life’ at the Royal Highland Show, Cereals and South West Grass event 2009.

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Terex seeks credit amendmentTerex is seeking an amendment to its bank credit facility to liftsome of the more restrictive covenants and provide greater flexibility for the use of the proceeds from the sale of its miningbusiness earlier this year.

Manitowoc restructures debtManitowoc has reached an agreement from its senior lenders for an amendment to itscredit agreement that becomes effective with the pay down of term debt from theissuance of at least $500 million of senior unsecured notes. The change will providemore flexibility and a longer maturity.

(L-R) Caryn Davis of the Alzheimers Society withSarah Hunter, Paul Bidwell and Owen Buttle ofManitou UK

Tanfield completesrights issueTanfield, owner of Snorkel has completed a rights issue, selling 20 millionnew shares to raise £1.8 million net of costs. Shareholders took up 50.4percent of the offering, leaving the underwriters – three of the company’sdirectors – to pick up the balance. The directors - Roy Stanley, DarrenKell and Jon Pither - have also agreed to provide a standby loan of up to£750,000 in order to cover any short term cash shortfalls.

Manitowoc unveiled two newGrove Rough Terrain cranes at itsCrane Expo 2010 event in ShadyGrove Pennsylvania earlier thismonth, one of which – the 135tonne RT9150 – we announced inour last issue. The second newmodel is the 59 tonne GroveRT765E-2, which will replace thehighly popular RT760 of which morethan 2,000 units have been soldsince its launch in 2001. The RT765maintains the overall dimensions ofthe RT760, including the 33.5 metre

main boom length and 62.8 metremaximum boom/extension combination, along with much of its componentry and controls.However it has a new, strongerbase boom section, structuralupgrades to the chassis and superstructure frame, a new telescopic cylinder, new lift cylinder,larger counterweight and mostnoticeable the company’s brandnew cab.

The RT9150 - the largest two axleGrove ever - combines the chassis

of the 130 ton RT9130Ewith the basic superstructure of theGrove GMK5130-2 All-Terrain crane. It is said to offer substantial lift capacity improvementsover the 9130, while the60 metre Twin Lock pinnedboom (a Grove RT first) isalmost 12 metres longer.Maximum tip height ismore than 95 metres whenfitted with inserts and thehydraulically luffed bi-foldswingaway extension. Thenew model will come into

its own on large sites or plants where highreach is required and a long and complexAT chassis a disadvantage.

The cranes outriggers and counterweightcan both be self-removed/ installed fortransport. Both cranes are also equippedwith new, quieter, cleaner Tier 4 engines forNorth America and Europe. Tier 3 powerunits are available for markets where lowsulphur diesel is not yet available.

New RTs from Grove

The new Grove RT765is said to have a loadchart at least five percent better thananything else in theclass

GroveRT9150extensions

The RT9150 is the largest Grove two axle crane ever built

The new Grove cab


Spanish DaysSpain was the centre of attention for the powered access industry lastmonth with both the Elevarte and Europlatform events held in Madrid.

Europlatform attracted more than 100 delegates to hear a wide range ofspeakers including ex-JLG president Craig Paylor, Carlos Fernandez Araoz ofSpanish rental company Gam and Malcolm Bowers of Lifterz and the AccessLink. Craig Paylor of JLG issued a number of warnings including a predictionof steep price increases for new lifts as the recession eases, the threat ofAsian manufacturers buying up large access rental companies and the risingover-specification of aerial lifts. He recommended that rental companies agetheir equipment rather than replace it.

Exclusively TeupenUK-based Aerial Platforms has agreedan exclusive supply deal with Teupendistributor Ranger for the purchase ofTeupen spider lifts. The first threeunits - a Leo 15GT, a Leo 18GT and aLeo 23 GT - have already been delivered. Jason Seddon of AerialPlatforms said: “We will offer the liftson a national basis and see majorgrowth in this sector over the nextfive to 10 years.” Seddon also says aLeo 30T and 40GTX have beenordered for delivery in April 2011.

JLG has won a $40 million contractto supply 280 telehandlers to the USMarines. The units will be built atthe company’s McConnellsburg,Pennsylvania facility over the nexttwo years.

The telehandlers - known as EBFL(extendable boom forklifts) by themarines and MMVs (Millennia Military

Vehicles) in military circles - have a maximum capacity of 11,000 pounds,(5,000kg) and a lift height of 42ft/12.9 metres.

Elevarte

the all new

rangeof electric powered platforms from Versalift

It’s here!

• Low emissions

• Virtually silent operation

www.versalift.co.ukemail us at: [email protected]

Access to a greenerworld

Friday 17th September saw thefirst Elevarte crane and accessexhibition open its doors at a siteon the outskirts of Madrid. Theevent was supported by 31exhibitors - with all of major manufacturers represented - andfollows the informal formula ofPlatformers Days in Germany,Vertikal Days in the UK andVerticaaldagen in Holland. morephotographs from Elevarte can befound on www.vertikal.net

Jason Seddon (R) takes delivery ofa new Teupen Leo 23GT from AndyFirth of Ranger

The JLG MMV telehandler

$40 million US Marine deal


A lift to the church?When Richard Allsop of UK-based ChrisAllsop Crane Hire of Colwick, Nottingham,married Georgina Lane recently, his weddingcar was far from the usual limousine. Insteadhe used an 80 tonne Tadano Faun ATF80-4All Terrain crane to travel to the churchalthough the couple used a more traditionalhorse and carriage once married.

Dutch-based access equipmentmanufacturer Custers Hydraulica ofVenray, has appointed Mansfield,Nottinghamshire-based Hi-Lift Accessas its UK dealer.

Hi-Lift - which currently offers a full rangeof access services including new andused equipment sales and rental focusingon Teupen spider lifts and Ruthmann truck

mounts - will start with Custers non-powered products, including foldingscaffold bases, painters scaffolds up to31 metres in length, platforms and footbridges, roof/window scaffold, roofedge protection systems, alloy spanscaffold towers up 12 metres andstairway towers.

The company also has plans to offer

Custers powered access range, includingtrailer and truck mounted lifts and itstracked boom for forestry work.Custers also recently announced an allelectric truck/van mounted lift, theTaurus 265-12.5E.

Founded in 1901, Custers was part ofSGB between 1977 and an MBO in1995. It built its first truck mounted liftin 1962 adding scaffold products inthe early 1980’s.

Richard Allsop andGeorgina Lanewith the Tadano

Italian-based aerial lift manufacturer Isoli, hasrecently designed and built a demountable truckmounted version of its 21 metre PNT 210J aeriallift for a customer needing the versatility of bothan access platform and a flat-bed truck, completewith loader crane.

The solution uses the popular 3.5 tonne Nissan 35.11and interchangeable platform/flat bed system allowingthe customer to choose between the 21 metre workingheight, 10 metre outreach articulated boom lift with in-line stabilisers or the flatbed truck and loader crane.

The Italian customer says that this system has theadvantage of reduced insurance and tax by usinga single chassis for two purposes.

A Custers span tower

Demountabletruck mount

Custers appoints Hy-Lift

The platform de-mountswhen not in use

Installed and readyto go in half an hour

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news c&aPositive news fromVerticaaldagenThe second Verticaaldagen access, crane and telehandler event near Tilburg, Holland,attracted almost 40 exhibitors and almost 800 visitors from the Dutch crane and access rentalindustry, with several companies chalking up some unexpected orders for new equipment.

The new MEC 40S Titan Boom

The 20ft Dingli JCPT0808 and JCPT1012narrow scissor lifts on the Alp Lift stand.

Patrick Biasin, previously generalmanager of ATN, the French mast boommanufacturer, recently joined wasSkyjack. Biasin covers the whole ofFrance as district manager from hishome base in Tonneins.

The Gerenuk 500 telehandler mountedglass handler on the Heli stand.

Collé had an impressive stand thatincluded several Palfinger platformsincluding this P260 on a 3.5tonne chassis.

A 20 metre CMC TB200, one of 18new truck mounts ordered by Boels

There were several tracked mini cranesincluding this 17.4 metre reach, 4 tonnemaximum Hoeflon C610.

Ruthmann took the opportunity tolaunch its new TB270 and TBR200models in Holland.

A 14 metre Dingli dual mast selfpropelled vertical lift on the FaraoneNetherlands stand.

The impressive new 16 metre MecaplúsME16SL demonstrated its capabilities.

The Komatsu LC08M-1 mini crane’stracks extend from 850 to 1,580mm whilethe counterweight extends hydraulically.

New products included MEC’s40ft/12.2 metre Titan 40S in Riwalcolours fresh from Elevarte inSpain; scissor and vertical mastlifts from Chinese manufacturerDingli; the Guerenuk 500 glassmanipulator telehandler attachmentand two platforms specificallydesigned for tree work - a 26 metretruck mounted platform built byCusters for the City of Maastrichtand the new 16 metre MecaplúsME16SL self-propelled boom.

Electric RT scissor lifts were alsosomething of a theme, with theworld’s largest battery electricpowered lift - the 34 metre HollandLift leading the pack along with theIteco 12180DE.

An unusual exhibit was a 1,590kgKomatsu LC08M-1 mini crane.While no longer in production the800kg crane sported a range ofimpressive features for its size,including a 5.1 metre all hydraulicboom and hoist with 43metres of cable storage.

Chinese manufacturer Dingli hadseveral aluminium self-propelledmachines at the show on differentstands and in different liveries.

Kraan en Truck Service showed oneof 18 CMC new truck mounts thatit has sold to rental company Boels.The order, which follows six unitsthat it acquired last year, includesfour TB200 articulated booms, 10PL 210/212 straight telescopicsand four PL190 straight booms.

Other companies reporting salesincluded AllLift Michielsen whichtook an unexpected order for threeGSR truck mounts and Eurosupply.

Alp Lift which imports Airo scissorsand booms has taken on the Dingliscissor lift distribution for Hollandand Belgium. The two units onshow - a classic 20ft narrow and26ft/46inch model - lookedimpressive in terms of qualityand finish and as good as anyChinese-built scissor lift wehave seen to date.

Heli demonstrated the Guerenuk500 telehandler mounted glassmanipulator. The battery poweredunit is operated by remote controland features a short side shiftmounted telescopic boom that luffsthrough almost 180 degrees, ashort articulated linkage ads further

control, while tworotators add a wristaction to thevacuum frame.

Tuxford, Nottinghamshire-based transport company Walker & Son has takendelivery of a new 100 tonne Grove GMK4100L. Founded in 1954, thecompany is best known for its distinctive red and cream trucks, howeverit also has a fleet of eight mobile cranes ranging from a 12 tonne Iron Fairyto its new 100 tonne ‘flagship’.

The GMK4100L’s 60 metre main boom tops the company’s previous largest -Liebherr LTM1080/1 - by a full 12 metres while offering some significantincreases in capacity.

“Our new crane will enable us to carry out heavier lifts and longer reaches, forwork such as in power stations, collieries and petrochemical sites that we wouldhave previously had to cross-hire,” said Walker’s crane hire manager, Bob Wilson.

Canadian-based rubber track manufacturer Camoplast has acquiredLuxembourg-based material handling tyre, wheel and rubber trackproducer Solideal. The deal should be finalised later this month.

The merged company, Camoplast Solideal Inc, will become one of the world’sleading producers of industrial tyres, rubber tracks and undercarriages witha particularly strong presence in solid wheels and tyres for materialhandling equipment.

Solideal and Camoplast brands will continue to be managed independently. Camoplast Solideal will operate R&D and manufacturing facilities in NorthAmerica, Europe and Asia, with a workforce of about 7,400 employees.

Terex has won an $18.9 million contract tobuild 200 Terex TX51-19MD, 5,000 lb capacity,Light Rough Terrain Forklifts (LRTF) telehandlersfor the United States Marine Corps.

The initial delivery of more than 100 units is valued at around $9 million.The Marines first acquired the TX51-19MD LRTF, a militarised version of acommercial model in 2001 following extensive trials. The unit is designed tomeet the rigorous demands of the USMC which includes fording, beachoperations and helicopter transportation.

Thomas Manley, vice president, Terex government programs said:“We have been fulfilling military contracts for nearly a decade and the Corpshas been one of our most loyal customers. They are demanding because oftheir mission and they deserve the best we can provide.”

Terex winsUS Marinetelehandler deal

100 tonne Grove for Walker


Walkers new flagship,the Grove GMK4100L

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newsc&aAbdullah Ali Kanoo, 83, chief

executive of the Yusuf Bin AhmedKanoo Group passed away onOctober 10th.

German-based Power-Lift is offering to make PDF files available for all old UpRight and Snorkel lifts back to 1970.

The US crane operator certification businessNCCCO has won its litigation against the CaliforniaCrane School.

French-based lifting and transport companyDufour has purchased a new Kobelco CKE2500-2crawler crane.

Tower crane electronics company SMIE has confirmedJean-Charles Delplace as its new managing director.

Caterpillar has informed its dealers that it plans to implement a two percent price increase inJanuary as business improves.

WesternOne of Canada, is rebranding its VolvoRents/Deerfoot Rentals and On Site Equipmentacquisitions and dropping the Volvo Rents franchise.

Bigge Crane and Rigging is relocating its eastcoast Head Quarters to a larger facility inRichmond, Virginia.

Cargotec has won two contracts to refurbish andupgrade ship-to-shore cranes at Port Klang.

The UK’s Access Link held its autumn meeting atthe Terex/Genie assembly plant in Coventry inSeptember.

GGR held an open day at its Blantyre depot inScotland in late September to introduce its latestlifting equipment.

This year’s IPAF Professional DevelopmentSeminars in the UK attracted a record number ofdelegates.

Manitowoc has appointed UN Maskinservice asthe dealer for Grove mobile cranes in Denmark.

Demag/Gottwald and REFU Elektronik havereceived German government funding to exploremore efficient drivetrains.

Dovebid is selling 64 Fraco and Scanclimber mastclimbing work platforms by auction, with finalbids due by November 30th.

Manitowoc has appointed DaveHull as senior vice president ofsales and marketing in NorthAmerica.

Oil States Industries has agreed aJV with G&T Oilfield and Offshoreto manufacture Nautilus cranes in India.

West Coast USA-based Coast Crane Company -the crane and access sales and rental company -has filed for Chapter 11 and is looking to restructure under a new owner Clearlake Capital Group. Mark Yarnold, UK key account manager forSnorkel, completed a 2,000 mile road trip in afully loaded articulated truck in late September. Terex Cranes has appointed Frank Bardonaro as managingdirector of Terex Cranes in theAmericas. Harsco has appointed David C.Everitt of Deere and James M.Loree of Stanley Black & Decker as non-executive directors.Socage will launch a new 28 metre truck mounted lift, the DA328 at SAIE in Bologna thisOctober. Ashtead’s US rental operation Sunbelt Rentals,has opened its first branch in Oklahoma, Yukonon the outskirts of Oklahoma City.Lavendon UK is requiring all managers to take an Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) course.Torgny Eriksson, a non-executivedirector at Finnish rental companyRamirent, has died aged 63.Vp, owner of UK Forks hasannounced the departure in November of group financial director Mike Holt. Harsco, the owner of SGB, Hünnebeck and PatentScaffold – now Harsco Infrastructure - has completed its bond offering. UK-based Generation Training Services has addeda mobile training unit to its range of accessrelated training services. Rental and asset management company ResultGroup has appointed Steve Eldred as its newEuropean projects director. Robert G. Bohn, chairman andchief executive of Oshkosh, ownerof JLG, will retire at the end of theyear. President Charlie Szews willtake over his role.The National Commission for theCertification of Crane Operators (NCCCO) haslaunched its Rigger Level II certification. UK-based One Stop Hire has opened a new location in Widnes, Cheshire, its largest locationto date. Suspended platform specialist Spider, hasappointed Frank Roberts as district sales representative in St Louis. Scott Powerline Equipment of Monroe, Louisianahas delivered an Elliott 30105R boom truck withwork platform, crane and rock drill to theAmerican Salt Mine Company 470 metres underground. E.S. Access Platforms has been placed in administration and it is likely that its assets will be sold off.JCB has agreed a financial settlement from oneof the ‘Asian’ companies that it accused of copying its products at Bauma in April.

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Skyjack has sold off the spare parts rights forits straight mast RT fork truck line - previouslybuilt by Ingersoll Rand.

Dutch rental company Riwal had its premisessearched by police following a war crimesaccusation.

Lavendon chairman David Hollywood, hasresigned and is succeeded by John Standen,the company's senior non-executive director.

Snorkel Deutschland the new master distributor for Germany has sold its first units- two articulated A46 JRT boom lifts - toRoggermaier Arbeitsbühnen.

Heavy lifting and transport company ALEhas formed a new marine engineering and operational services division ALE MarineEngineering.

UK crane specialistAinscough has appointedJulian Dyer as heavy cranesales manager for the UKSouth region while JohnLewis previously of VentureLifting joins its Bristol depot.

Aerial Platforms has recently moved from theAccess Link to the Access Alliance.

Konecranes was strongly rebuffed by Demag Cranes in September after making atakeover/merger approach.

The Crane Industry Council of Australia (CICA) has appointed three new directors toits board - Cheryl Woodhart of RMBEngineering, Dean Short of Freo Group and Ray Brenton of Thiess.

Kranlyft has appointed MiniCrane Co, a newcompany within the Sevzapkanat Group as the new Maeda distributor for Russia.

Australian-based Stephensons Cranes has been fined A$65,000 and ordered to publicisethe facts of the case following a lifting accident.

Tat Hong has completed its full acquisition of Tutt Bryant the Australian crane rental and sales company and delisted it from the ASX.

UK crane hire companyAinscough has appointed anew marketing manager,Victoria Tonge, responsible for advertising, internal communications and PR.

A new crane operator training company IS Training has been established in the UK this summer, based in Preston.

Gerhard Flesch of German access specialistFlesch Arbeitsbühnen celebrated his 70th birthday with customers and friends earlierthis month.

JLG has decided to pull out of ARA/Rentalshow 2011 in Las Vegas citing its proximity to Conexpo as the reason.

Harsco Infrastructure, (SGB, Hünnebeck andPatent) has opened a prototype ‘super centre’location in Las Vegas.

Abdullah Kanoo

Lavendon IOSH

Robert Bohn

Victoria Tonge

Julian Dyer

Frank Bardonaro

David Hull

Jean-CharlesDelplace

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With Manitowoc’s new 2,300tonne 31000 in final stages oftesting and Liebherr’s LR13000 inthe process of having its mainboom mounted, it wont be manymonths before all three of themajor crane manufacturers(Terex, Liebherr and Manitowoc)have a ‘conventional’, largecapacity (2,300 tonnes to 3,200tonnes) crawler crane availablefor delivery.

Out of date crawlersBut in the time it has taken todevelop these latest mega crawlers,have they been eclipsed by the‘heavy lift’ alternatives offeringcapacities up to 5,000 tonnes?

One fact that is certainly true is thatbuyers are not exactly hammering

at the doors of the majors to gettheir hands on these big beasts.Quite the opposite in fact withorders for the big crawlers(although never going to be high)lower than expected. This weakdemand is more surprising giventhat most manufacturers developingand building limited edition largecranes tend to develop the machinein conjunction with ‘guaranteed’end-user partners i.e. a lead customer that is willing to take atleast the first machine. Al Jaberwas the design partner and ownerof the first Terex Demag CC8800-1Twin, Bulldog Erectors for theManitowoc 31000. Liebherr on theother hand appears to have chosena different course and does not yethave a firm order.

But should Liebherr be worried?

Well there has been a global downturn in crane demand,although the sector for large crawlercranes has performed better thanmost. But is there also a shift awayfrom the main line crane manufacturers to the ‘heavy lift’alternatives from companies suchas ALE, Sarens, Mammoet andLampson, mostly building for theirown rental/contract operations.

One reason might be that mostmega lift cranes tend to carry outlifts from a single prepared position.In such cases this makes thecrawler undercarriage an expensiveand un-necessary addition.

than the range topping models.

Travelling or tracking large crawlercranes (more than 2,000 tonnes)can be precarious - as witnessed byLampson’s accident with its 1,100tonne Transilift at the Black Thundermine in Wyoming in 2008 - even ifthe ground has been carefullychecked and prepared beforehand.Perhaps the crawler crane hasfound its true upper limit at around1,800 tonnes, above which the latest generation modularlifters/cranes have the advantage?

Cost and delivery always play animportant role in the choice of largelifting equipment. ALE initially decided to design and build its ownheavy lifter after a total lack of

Chickenor egg?In a typical ‘chicken and egg’ situation there willalways be a discussion as to which came first - the larger capacity crane or the longer, heavier component that needs lifting? In last month’s featureon big crawler cranes we asked whether the newbreed of 3,000 tonne plus capacity cranes from themajor manufacturers had a useful role to play orwhether the mega lifts were better suited to thegrowing number of ‘big lift’ alternatives and indeedwhether this was the way forward? We take a look atsome of the latest big lift machines and assess theirpros and cons compared to crawler crane as well aslooking at some interesting European heavy lifts.

The new Manitowoc 31000 undergoing final testing

On the other hand we can see fromthe Hartinger contract in Germany(page20) space limitation meansthat the ‘smaller’ 1,200 tonnecrawler may have to be fully riggedprior to the lift and then track intoposition. Or occasionally track withthe load on the hook for a short distance as in ALE’s GreaterGabbard offshore wind farm projectwhich required the Terex CC8800-1to track 35 metres across the fabri-cation yard with the 823 tonne jacket. However both these craneshad capacities considerably less

interest from the major manufacturers to come up with asolution to lift a 100 metre long,3,000 tonne column which wasrequired on a petro chemical contract in Saudi Arabia.

By doing its own design and build,it claims to have reduced its costssignificantly, the design was specific for the required contractand the company had total control(as well as responsibility) of thebuild-time and delivery date. It alsoended up with a unique crane thatwould give the company an edge

ALE purchased thisTerex CC8800-1 earlier

this year

Liebherr’s 600 tonnecapacity LR1600


h e a v y l i f t i n g c&awhen pricing for heavy lift jobs. ALEalso designed the crane in such away that with minor modifications –widening the base for instance – amuch larger 5,000 tonne capacitycrane could easily be produced.

In-house advantagesFor these larger, global lifting andtransportation companies keeping it‘in-house’ has its advantages. ALE’smoves appear to have spurred itscompetitors into action and nowmost of the major players in thismarket – ALE, Mammoet, Sarensand Lampson – have designed anew range of cranes. Because ofthis it is difficult to see why theymight be tempted to buy smallercapacity and possibly more expensive 2,300, 3,000 or 3,200tonne crawler crane from the major manufacturers.

At this point we should clarify thatwhile all four of the above heavy lift

companies have produced plansand designs for land based cranesabove 3,000 tonnes, only ALE hasin fact built one - the 4,300 tonnecapacity AL.SK190 – and it is in theprocess of adding a second to itsfleet during the second half of nextyear. The ALE SK is a more radicaldesign than the Mammoet andSarens ‘ringer’ designs, with the latest Lampson bridging the designgap between the conventionalcrawler and modular lifter by usingtwo tracked undercarriages.

Basically the ALE SK uses its counterweight as its centre of rotation which the company claimsprovides a much better workingenvelope, as well as helping reducethe need to track to a different position. Because of the crane’s different configuration the modelnumbering has been changed toreflect the way the industry

measures performance – so theSK190 and SK350 now mean190,000 tonne/metre and 354,000tonne/metre load moments measured from the centreline ofrotation. Measured this way, eventhe smaller SK190 has a loadmoment about 19 percent and theSK350 more than 120 percent morethan its nearest rival - the 160,000tonne/metre Mammoet PTC-160DS.

“Big cranes from major manufacturers such as the Terex8800 Twin are very wide machinesand very difficult to move unlessoperating on a very open site,” saysALE’s executive director MichaelBirch. “As well as having almostfour times the load moment of the8800, the AL.SK190 is much easierto erect, operate and transport andcan be relocated on site by skiddingor by self propelled modular transporters (SPMTs) when fullyassembled and rigged.”

Both SK cranes are equipped with astandard quick winch system (150metres/hour) for loads up to 600

tonnes and a strand jack lifting system (10 metres/hour) for loadsup to 5,000 tonnes.

Traditional ringersMammoet announced the plans ofthe larger PTC-160DS (Platformringer Twin boom Containerisedcrane) even before it had built itssmaller brother - the 100,000tonne/metre PTC120DS. Bothcranes use a traditional ringer withrollers for slewing and use the sameboom and jib configurations as wellas the same counterweight andwinches. The difference is the footprint with the PTC160DS havinga 54.5 metre diameter ring about 10metre larger than the PCT120DS.

Sarens new 3,250 tonne, 120,000tonne/metre heavy lift crane – theSGC120 – is also a classic ringerslewing on a double ring trackwhich sits on a load bearing matsystem. The concept has apparentlybeen in development with RiggingInternational for some but timedevelopment has been spurred onfollowing Sarens acquisition of the

The Mammoet PTC Maxima

Sarens 1,200 tonneGottwald AK680

ALE’s 190,000tonne/metre

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company last June. Work is scheduled to start early next yearand performance examples includethe ability to handle 600 tonnes at100 metre radius.

The SGC120 uses up to six highpower winches rather than strandjacks, with 61 tonnes of line pulland line speeds of up to 20metres/minute making it more akinto a regular heavy lift crane.

And for applications requiring frequent movement, it can bemounted on a dual track rail systemlaid out to suit the job site.

The SGC120’s load moment puts itfirmly between Mammoets pair ofPTC lifters but one major feature isits 90 metre luffing jib compared tothe 43 metres available on the PTCmachines.

The ALE, Sarens and Mammoetcranes can all be broken down totransport in standard 40ft containers and when set up on site,use similar sized reinforced containers filled with locallysourced materials for the 3,600tonnes of counterweight.

The growth of these Europeanheavy lifters and the collapse of

two of the largest 'bespoke' cranesin North America in 2008 – theVersaCrane TC36000 owned byDeep South Crane and Rigging ofBaton Rouge, Louisiana and theLampson Transilift working at theBlack Thunder Mine in Wyoming –means the initiative in the largecapacity alternative crane sector isfirmly on this side of the Atlantic.

New LampsonHowever earlier this yearKennewick, Washington-basedmanufacturer Lampson signed acontract with Hitachi Transport for anewly designed crane the LTL-3000– which has a lifting capacity about20 percent more than the 2,600 USton LTL-2600. The unit is beingdesigned and built over the next 22months specifically for the construction of a new advancedboiling water reactor at HigashidoriNN-1 nuclear power plant for Tokyo Electric Power Company.

Although Lampson claims that theLTL-3000 will be the largest mobile

crawler crane in the world its projected lift capacity of a littlemore than 2,800 tonnes is a longway short of the 3,200 tonne Terex8800-1Twin.

The Lampson LTL is unlike any ofthe European heavy lift cranes inthat in true Lampson style it aims tocombine the heavy lift capacity of abig ringer crane with the mobility ofa crawler by using two, individuallypowered twin track crawler transporters - one at the front supporting the main boom and backmast, and the one at the rear supporting the counterweight.

The front crawler transporter unitincreases to a 15 metre square withthree metre wide track pads andRolli-Flex rollers. The stinger, strutand counterweight frame will besimilar to the LTL-2600, but willincorporate the ability to telescopebetween 24, 30 and 36 metre positions to significantly reduce thetime to perform ‘mode’ changes.

The crane will be equipped newwinches and stronger cable to provide a 50 percent increase in line speed. The LTL-3000 121 metreboom will have 6.1 x 4.8 metrecross section, but will maintain theLampson pin together design concept. The crane will also have a36 metre jib.

At least Lampson has a partner andfirst sale for its LTL-3000. Whetheror not other planned heavy lifterssee the light of day remains to beseen, particularly bearing in mindthere will be three more conventional crawlers on the marketin the coming months.

Liebherr’s 3,000 tonneLR13000 shortly before

having its main boom mounted

Sarens SGC 120

Has the crawler cranefound its upper limit of

about 1,800 tonnes?

MammoetPTC120DS

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Global heavy transport and lifting company ALEhas been making further investments in its largecapacity crane fleet. The most recent additionbeing its second 4,300 tonne AL.SK190 that itclaims is the world’s largest land-based cranewith a load moment of 190,000 tonne/metres.Earlier in the year, the company also added a1,600 tonne Terex CC8800-1 crawler crane at acost of €11 million which successfully completeda record breaking inaugural lift at the Galprefinery near Sines, Portugal.

ALE investsat the top end

Record breaking lift The Sines job involved thetransport, lifting and installationof a 1,457 tonne, 42 metre long 5.5metre diameter reactor. The movefrom Sines docks to the refinery –a distance of nine kilometres, wascompleted with 68 lines of SPMTs(Self Propelled Modular Transporter)and is said to be the heaviest loadever moved on Portuguese roads.Overhead restrictions forced theload to take a deviation througha mine area with inclines of upto 10 percent.

Once the vessel was on site thenew CC8800-1 worked at a radiusof 13.1 metres with a 60 metremain boom. The counterweightincluded its full 295 tonnes of

superstructure counterweight, 60tonnes carbody counterweight and640 tonnes of superlift ballast -suspended at a 30 metre radius.A specially designed rail mountedALE gantry was used for tailing-inpurposes. The lift was close tothe cranes 1,500 tonne maximumcapacity for the configuration andis said to be the heaviest lift evercarried out by a single TerexDemag crane.

And on to the next jobThe Terex CC8800-1s second outing involved up-ending andloading-out 35 jackets as part ofthe Greater Gabbard offshore windfarm project. The wind farm -located 23km off the Suffolk coast

in the UK - is set to be the largestin the world when completed.

The jackets – each weighingbetween 450 tonnes to 823 tonnes- had to be loaded onto bargesbefore being transported anderected at the wind farm site.The 1,600 tonne capacity TerexCC8800-1 was brought in to

up end the heaviest jacket, whilstit was tailed using Terex DemagTC2800-1 and CC2500-1 cranes.

Once vertical, the CC8800-1 -with full Superlift - transportedthe 823 tonne jacket 35 metresacross the fabrication yard beforeplacing the load onto a barge foronward transport.

The record breaking lift was at or closeto the CC8800-1s maximum capacity forthe configuration.

68 lines of SPMTs were used totransport the 1,457 tonne, 42m long reactor

Finding the right equipmentfor the job is often the key tosuccess. When KarlHartinger, the crane andheavy transport company fromWarburg, Germany, was askedto lift 30 metre long cylindersonto a 108 metre high chimney in Kessel, Germany itselected a Liebherr LTR 11200equipped with 84 metres ofluffing jib. Because of thelack of space, the luffing jibhad to be erected outside thesite and the crane the trackedinto position fully rigged. Thenarrow-track crawler provedto be the ideal crane to negotiate the narrow accesspassage and tight workingarea and carry out the lift.

The Terex CC8800-1 hadto load-out 35 jacketsweighing between 450to 823 tonnes


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Built in 1890, the London-built SSRobin is the world’s last remainingsteam coaster and needed to belifted on to a pontoon for its returntrip to London following a £1.9million restoration. The SS Robin isa unique piece of maritime history,listed on the National Historic Fleetregister and regarded as one of themost important British-built ships.

The LGD1550 was riggedat 33 metre radius whilethe TC 2800-1 worked at34 metres. The twocranes carefully raised the300 tonne, 44 metre long,seven metre wide shipfrom the dock’s slipwayand placed it onto afloating dock/pontoon.

Gary Bowler, Ainscough HeavyCranes contracts manager said:“This was a complex lift, whichneeded to be planned to precisionto protect this unique piece ofmaritime history. We needed to liftthe vessel from a four degree inclineon the slipway and used a speciallydesigned rigging system to level theload before positioning it on the

Ainscough Crane Hire has used two of its new heavy lift lattice boomtruck cranes – an 800 tonne capacity Liebherr LGD1550 and 600 tonneTerex Demag TC 2800-1 - to lift the historic ship SS Robin fromLowestoft’s dry dock for the SS Robin Trust, ready for its journey to theRiver Thames in London, where it is set to become a floating museum.

Historic SSRobin lift

pontoon – ensuring no unnecessarystresses were put on the structure.The SS Robin is an important partof our national heritage and it wasan honour to be involved inthe project.”

Project management consultantsKampfner bought the historicvessel for £1 from the owners ofthe Cutty Sark 10 years agoand founded the SS RobinTrust leading a technicalteam of East Anglian andLondon-based marineconsultants, engineers,naval architects andshipwrights in a uniquehistoric ship conservationproject.

David Kampfner, project

director, said: “This irreplaceableGrade 1 listed vessel is the only one left of her type and will nowbe saved for the nation. We aredelighted that this technicallychallenging lift was a hugesuccess and an important milestonein the conservation of this listedhistoric ship.”

Sarens UK - working for design and constructmanagement contractor BAM Nuttall - recentlycompleted the replacement of two, three span,six deck Network Rail bridges between Arundeland Amberley stations in West Sussex, England.

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scaffolding. All were completedin readiness for the double bridgereconstruction which had to becarried out during a 74 hour, bankholiday weekend railwaypossession slot. Work that had tobe completed included the removalof the old track, the two existingbridge decks, the cutting of theexisting abutments and piersfollowed by the installation of fournew cill beams, eight ballast walls,new bearings and 12 new decks,slewing existing cables into newtrough routes and the laying of newballasted track over both bridges….No time for napping then!

The project was successfullycompleted without any incidentsor accidents ahead of programmeoffering Network Rail a large costsaving. The value of the work withinthe weekend possession alone wasmore than £3 million.

Difficult accessAccess to site was particularlychallenging because of the narrow,rural roads and travelling across theflood plain ground. Two, 800 metrelong temporary roads wereconstructed to cope with more than2,000 vehicle movements, includingthe large cranes and steel deck

Double bridgereplacement

The sites located on two adjacentfarms, were on the same line andless than a mile apart in low-lyingflood plain farmland borderingtwo Sites of Special ScientificInterest and within a Site ofNature Conservation Importance.

Sarens used two truck mountedlattice boom cranes - a 1200 tonnecapacity Gottwald AK 680-3 fittedwith 101 metres boom, and 250tonnes of Superlift ballast and an800 tonne capacity Demag TC3200H fitted with 78 metres ofmain boom and 250 tonneSuperlift ballast.

The six month preparation includedconstructing two temporary roads,ditch crossings, crane foundationsand building the new bridgecomponents, cable slewing and


transporters. More than 13,000tonnes of locally sourced recycledaggregates were used to constructthe raised roads across the floodplain (which included streams andditches) so that no oils or fuelscould contaminate the surroundingarea. At the end of the project, thetemporary road was removed andthe aggregate sold back to thesupplier for re-screening and re-use.

The poor ground also necessitatedthe design and construction oftemporary foundations for thecranes to work from, whichincluded steel grillage systems tominimise the amount of excavation.All the concrete casting of thedecks, cill beams and ballast wallswas completed on site due to therestricted road access.

Automatic guided concrete cuttingwire techniques reduced the levelof the existing piers to receive thenew bearings allowing for preciseand efficient cutting to a depththat traditional saws could notreach. Furthermore noise anddust emissions wereconsiderably reduced.

The new bridges are easier tomaintain with the new ballastedtrack giving greater flexibility thanthe original which was fixed tothe decks, while the new bearingscan be replaced separately.

This crane was well set up in termsof mats, but the engineeredaggregate platform- located neara stream was compromisedby heavy overnight rains andcollapsed when the weight wentover the outriggers closestto the edge.

Sustainability andenvironmental The new construction provides twonew bridge decks with a lifespan

of 120 years. Extensive ecologyreports and surveys costing£50,000 were undertaken beforeand during construction works.Construction methodologies werealtered and pro-active ecologymeasures such as bat boxes wereinstalled along the access roads,greatly benefiting the localbat population.

Substantial river protectionmeasures were also used acrossthe site, such as spill equipment,safety boats and containmentbooms. Scaffold was erectedunder the existing decks withinthe river’s tidal zone and thedemolition was programmed tobe carried out at low tide withthe scaffold temporarilyencapsulated to contain all debris.The site also adopted a dualgenerator system, which switchedto a smaller generator when lesscapacity was required, considerablyreducing the diesel required.

Health and SafetyThe tight schedule and with morethan 300 personnel (including 36from Sarens) from 32 differentcontractors on site and over 10,000man hours worked, meant that therisk of accidents was high,however none were recorded.

£500,000 savingsThe scheme was completed aheadof schedule within the critical, highrisk 74 hour main possession withno delays to passenger services.

Value engineering throughout thecontract ensured client costsavings of £500,000, thanks tothe road material recycling,generators, steel procurement,pre-casting concrete on site andusing multi-skilled resources toundertake the work directlyrather than using subcontractors.

One of the two bridgereplacement sites


Halving accidentsovernight

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If only all crane and aerial lift userswould ensure that they fullyunderstood the need to a) extendoutriggers properly and b) to spreadthe outrigger load over as wide anarea as possible, we would cutaccidents in half overnight.

The puzzling fact is that in spite ofthe clear evidence that some simpleset up rules will prevent mostoutrigger related accidents, theirfrequency shows no sign of lettingup. To get the average person onthe street to understand a couple ofbasic rules would take about 10minutes and would stop at least 75percent of all outrigger accidents.These are:

When it comes to general craneand lift work rather than overheadutility work, poor outrigger set-upis by far and away the biggestkiller.

While that is not the end of thestory, this highly simplisticapproach alone would prevent themajority of accidents. Over the pastfour years we have been senthundreds of accident photographs,a large number of them clearlycaused by ground failure andoutrigger set up. In the vastmajority of cases either no outriggermats of any size were used, or theoutriggers were not fully extendedor not even deployed.

Moving on from thebasic rulesIt is said that you can’t make anymachine ‘idiot proof’ and that is anirrefutable fact of life. However itought to be possible to teach an idiotthe two rules above in no time at all.

The next simple message thatwould pick up a further few percentor so of accidents is: “Avoid settingup near to a bank, just as youwould not park your car on the veryedge of a cliff.” Putting a load ontosomething that regularly crumblesinto the sea or a river makes nosense at all.

Finally for the more complexset-ups such as where limitedspace requires a machine to usepartial outrigger set up, if theoperator is not totally familiar withthe machine’s load charts and ratedload indicator programmes, heshould not be in the cab in thefirst place. But for the sake of oursimplistic exercise – you couldforbid such an operator from partialoutrigger set-ups and send a moreskilled individual to such jobs.

The point of the above exercise isnot to provide a real life set ofoperators’ instructions, but simplyto illustrate how it should bepossible to slash the risk ofoverturning accidents caused bypoor outrigger set-up.

So why do we still haveso many outrigger/ground related tip overs?So if it is simple to train operatorsin the very basics of properoutrigger set-up, why do we stillhave so many accidents?

Automatic safetyWhile it should be relativelystraightforward to set the machinesoutriggers correctly and to

remember to use decent mats, oneaspect of the process looks likebecoming entirely automated. An

increasing number of aerial liftsand cranes are now being fittedwith automatic progressivesensors on the outrigger beamsand pressure sensors onthe outrigger jacks.

This ties in well with theincreasingly versatile butmore complicated load chartsfor cranes and lifts that allowmultiple outrigger positions,including asymmetric settings.The provision of full outriggersensing and automatic load chartselection seems like a good ideaand could be a definitive aid tosafety. For aerial lifts anincreasing number of machineswill limit or extend the outreachdepending on the size of theoutrigger base and the weight inthe platform, something that isunquestionably advantageousand simple to use.

Load sensing specialist Mobais planning to introduce a newultrasonic outrigger beamposition sensor that will makeit easier for manufacturers tobuild reliable position sensinginto their products. The devicesends a sound beam from thebox endto the beam end of theoutrigger assembly. The benefitis that nothing but a total sealedblockage of the inside of thebox and beam will disrupt thesignal, allowing the device to befitted to existing machineswithout fear of disruptionfrom internal hoses etc.

It is a plain and simple fact that the majority of crane andaerial lift accidents are caused by a few common errors.The two greatest causes are contact with overhead powerlines and incorrect outrigger set-up/ground failure.

• Always put the mats suppliedunder the outrigger pads

• Always extend the machine’soutriggers to their full widthand ensure all of them areloaded (the mats will notmove if they are loaded!)

• Laziness/bone idleness - call itwhat you will, all too often theoperator figures that the groundis firm enough so thinks ‘I can’tbe bothered to lug those matsdown from the deck or fromtheir storage brackets.’ Whenhis crane has overturnedcausing hundreds of thousandsof pounds of damage or worsestill people are seriously injuredor dead – he will wish that hehad bothered to use them!

• Total ignorance of the need forthem, usually coupled with anabsence of any on the machine.In such cases it generallyreflects back on the owner oremployer a) in not training theoperator properly and b) in notbothering to ensure that matswere provided.

Accidents relating to poor outriggerset up show no sign of slowing up

In this accident a two shift scenario caught the operator unaware that hisrear outriggers had been left in the retracted position

If operators would only use the mats provided, regardless of groundconditions tipping accidents would be significantly reduced

Two main reasons:


Taking control awayThere will be those who argue thatsuch devices take yet more controlaway from the operator. This is thesame debate that we saw in NorthAmerica over the implementationof Load Moment Indicators in the1980’s and 1990’s. The fact is thatoperators need to be aware of andfully understand the need forcorrect outrigger set up. Andanyway these automatic deviceswill only solve half of the problem -they will not detect the presenceof a decent outrigger mat undereach jack pad. However oncewidely fitted they should put a stopto the idiots who don’t extend theoutriggers at all or forget that theyhave not extended the beamsbehind them when they do anunplanned slew in that direction.Perversely the greatest dangermight come when the majorityof cranes and lifts are so equipped,causing accidents with thosethat are not?

So the need to hammer homethe importance of outriggers willremain as important as ever.

Good mats well placedOne of the best things a crane ortruck mounted lift owner can dois to purchase a decent set ofoutrigger mats suited to the size ofthe crane or lift. For cranes of 80tonnes and less and all but the very

Here is an excellent set up with the mats stored close to the outriggers,with a ramp to help load and unload them. Behind is a neat storagelocker for cribbing timbers

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largest truck mounted lifts a set ofhigh quality polythene/nylon orproper wood mats with a diameterof around 600mm/2ft will covermost eventualities with 300mm forthe smaller truck mounts and trailerlifts and 800 to 900mm mats forlarger units or for mid-sizedmachines on very soft ground.

Once the mats have been sourcedthey need to be stored on themachine and if they are to be usedregularly the storage points need tobe well placed and designed toallow the pads to be removed andreplaced easily. This is particularlytrue of the larger ones. With manuallifting regulations restricting theweights that a single person shouldlift, the larger mats will benefit froma design that makes it easier to rollthem out of their storage pockets.

CribbingOn all but the smallest cranes andlifts, a few decent timbers used forcribbing can compensate for slopesor depressions or further spread theload by placing them under theregular mats. Once again goodstorage for these will ensure theyare ready to hand and looked after.In the UK the Health & SafetyExecutive will stop a crane or lift ifthey see old split scraps of woodbeing used in place of mats or propercribbing so not dealing with thisissue can be costly on many levels.

Cribbing like this is highly dangerous

This crane was well set-upin terms of mats, but theengineered aggregateplatform - located near astream - was compromisedby heavy overnight rains andcollapsed when the weightwent over the outriggersclosest to the edge.

Working on built-up platforms

This mat actually clips on to the machines outrigger pad

This neat little mat is used withvan mount stabilisers ratherthan outriggers

While the use of wood squaresis frowned up in some circles,it is far better than nothing andis a practical solution for liftsthat simply require stabilising,or for firm ground.

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Assessingmobile cranehardstands

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Having previously worked for a company which suffered mobilecrane overturns caused by groundfailure – I witnessed the aftermathand was also involved in one of theinvestigations, which left quite animpression on me. Fortunately,none of them resulted in injuries,due to good luck rather than goodplanning. Whilst I did not plan any of the failed lifts these experiencesplanted the serious seeds of concern which led to me to team up with Chris Massey of BFL todevelop the Alimats system fiveyears ago.

I find the topic of ground consideration fascinating, thanks tothe variety of differing opinions onthe subject. When asked about thesuitability of our three square metremat area for a particular lift, it canbe difficult to respond whenprospective clients use such variedmethods of calculating the proposedmat area.

We have noted a marked increase in demand for our mats in recentmonths, some of which is undoubtedly down to increasedengineering input into ground load

After fifteen years of workingwith mobile cranes, It still surprises me how fragmented we are as an industry regardingground assessment and outriggerloadings.

bearing assessments. Safety factorsare increasingly being applied by thespecialist engineers as an integralpart of their ground bearing capacityconsiderations. Some AP’s notfamiliar with obtaining such detailedinformation are also unwittinglyapplying their own additional safetyfactors. This has resulted in someeyebrow-raising, huge mat requirements for relatively smallmobile cranes, which threatens toundermine the current trend ofimproving standards regarding hardstand assessments and information provision from clients.

Contractors and AP’s alike - reflecting on the clearly excessiveconclusions of some of these ‘calculations’ – are questioning themerit of ‘doing it properly’. We needto question the methodology ratherthan the need to obtain solid engineering input for a crane’s hardstanding, which we should allencourage.

Inconsistent outriggerload calculation –an old concernTemporary works engineers areoften frustrated at the apparentinconsistency of outrigger load

information provided by AP’s. For anear identical lift using the samecrane, it is not unusual for the engineer to be given an outriggerloading of say 20 tonnes by one APand 50 tonnes by another. The problem stems from the differentmethods of calculation used.Guidance regarding the various calculation methods remainssparse, leaving many AP’s to followwhat they were taught during theirtraining.

drastically different – in somecases more than double. This isbecause actual predicted outriggerloads do not automatically includean additional safety margin (recommended for all lifts), whereas the other methods do,albeit not a defined factor.

Whilst many AP training coursesadvocate the 75 or 100 percentmethods, it is clear that the actualloadings will be considerably less.The perceived wisdom behind thisapproach is that planning for theabsolute worst case scenario willguarantee a satisfactory conclusion. However when a specific load bearing capacity isprovided by an engineer, it normallyalready includes a significant factorof safety. When this is combinedwith worst case outrigger loadings,the resulting mat requirement canbe unnecessarily large, impracticaland uneconomic. So where a specialist engineer has calculatedthe loadings with a safety factor,the AP would do well to work withactual predicted outrigger loadings. This will result in a sensible,economic and safe specification ofoutrigger mat sizes.

Hardstand consideration and outrigger load spreadcontinues to be a subject of protracted debate.Mike Allanson, operations manager for BFLAlimats and an Appointed Person (AP) for morethan 15 years offers an interesting perspective.

Mike Allanson

The three most commonmethods are:

•Actual predicted outriggerloadings from cranemanufacturer’s charts andsoftware (e.g. Liebherr’s LICCON system, Cranimax /Cranimation, etc).

•75% of the gross weight of thecrane plus the weight of the load, applied through a single outrigger

•100% of the gross weight of the crane plus the weight of the load, applied through a single outrigger

In this example it is clear that the AP hasworked closely with the contractors engineers

All three have their own rationale andmerit, but the end results are

The standard 3m² Alimats outrigger mat system


Some AP’s already work in this way- particularly those who work directly for crane hirers - whilemany others continue to use the75/100 percent methods whichhave evolved due to a widespreadlack of engineering input into hardstands, leading to the adoptionof worst-case planning by APsseeking a comfort factor.Contractors are subsequently askedto prepare the hardstand to suitthese worst case outrigger loads.The problem is that they are likelyto be excessive, with requests for80 tonnes per square metre andover not unusual. At the same timeit is rare for contractors to confirm abearing capacity of more than 30tonnes per square metre where aspecialist engineer is involved.Indeed sub 20 tonnes per squaremetre seems to be becoming thenorm. If a contractor does sign-off a lift plan noting excessive requirements, the AP should probably question the competencyof his engineering assessment.Instead many AP’s take the viewthat signature is king, regardless ofthe competency of the person signing or lack of evidence to backup the signature.

Lack of ground loadbearing information –still a major problemAn increasing number of contractors are developing a moreproactive approach regarding “No information – no lift” would be the

ideal situation.

Mats are currently getting larger

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hardstand capabilities. This is leading to increased specialist engineering input and a growingdemand for larger mats, as groundbearing capacities are considered inmore detail. However, a large number of contractors still providelittle or no information, regardless oftheir legal and contractual obligationto do so.

AP training courses tend to assumethat a hardstand bearing capacityhas been provided by the client. andrarely provide training on to how todeal with an absence of such information. The result is a complexcocktail of self-assessments usingCIRIA C703 outrigger foundationarea charts, along with the 75/100percent methods and visual evaluation based on previous craneuse experience etc…

A ‘no information-no lift’ policywould be utopia, but in the realworld there will always be clientswho cannot be expected to providesuch information, such as a domestic customer requiring a hottub lift. It is therefore important thatAP’s are able to use their judgementand have methods such as thoseoutlined in CIRIA 703 to apply tosuch cases. Other clients such ascontractors, could and should significantly improve the provisionof ground bearing information toAP’s. If the AP is not happy withthe level of information provided,

they should not, in theory, proceedwith the lift. Certainly some AP’ssimply don’t try hard enough toobtain the required information,after all, if you don’t ask you don’tget.

Safety factors are thelatest buzz wordAP’s and specialist engineers needto ensure that overly cautious outrigger loadings are not usedwhere adequate safety factor arealready included in the ground bearing calculations. The engineerwill get it in the neck when clearlyexcessive mats are used, but theycan only work with the outriggerloadings provided by the AP. ManyAP’s are not used to working withspecialist engineers and some arenot familiar with actual predictedoutrigger loads. Perhaps trainingproviders could offer additionaloptions for this element of craneplanning? I am sure demand wouldbe high for a one day course on thesubject. Apart from being of greatbenefit to AP’s who are uncomfortable with self

Equally, we need to ensure thatwhen a specialist engineer is notinvolved, a suitable stability safetyfactor is incorporated into theground assessment and mat areacalculation. Actual predicted outrigger loadings should only reallybe used in combination with anappropriate stability safety factor.CIRIA C703 – Crane Stability on Site outlines the safety factor recommendations, but some AP’sare either not aware of the requirement or choose to ignore it.

If a company has historicallyplanned lifts without additional stability factors, it can be difficult tostart including them for commercialreasons - who will pay for the largermats?

The encouraging news is that ascontractors become more aware oftheir responsibilities to ensure thatground considerations areaddressed, they are also increasingly prepared to pay toensure adequate outrigger load

assessment, it would be of interestto scores of contracts/site managers looking to obtain a betterunderstanding of their responsibilities under CDM.

Bigger mats - or better ground?Some temporary works engineersreason that if there is a need for amat area of more than 3m² for sub100 tonne mobile cranes, you willstruggle to justify driving the craneinto position if you were to checkthe axle loads applied through thewheel footprint. For this reason, anincreasing number of specialist engineers will work to a maximummat of three square metres andenhance the hardstand with additional capping formation ifrequired. AP’s appreciate engineersworking this way, rather than specifying ever larger mats, whichcauses logistical problems for allconcerned.

spreading. Indeed many crane hirersare beginning to regard mat provisionas a better earner than the craneitself. The same applies to lifting sub-contractors.

I am not a fan of ambiguous guidanceor regulation for regulation sake, but itis clear more needs to be done concerning crane stability and groundassessment. We must ensure that aswe address the issue, we are notover-zealous or it could prove counter-productive as clients reflectnegatively on the wisdom of providingdecent ground bearing information.We should all try to encourage theprovision of better information andsupport AP’s as they strive to obtainit. We should also encourage honestdebate on the subject and worktogether to improve standards andprotect the safety of the site operatives, the reputation of our companies and ultimately our liveli-hoods depend on it.

The short Alimats infour module set up


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The market today is served by anumber of companies - mostly ofDutch origin - which import highlysophisticated products, machinedwith lifting brackets/eyes,chamfered edges and boltedtogether to produce wider units.Some suppliers use a combinationof hardwoods within a bolted matto improve durability and enhanceperformance.

In recent years the availability ofan increasingly widespread rentalservice for mats, particularly thelarger ones has proved attractiveto crane rental companies andcontractors. However it is forcrawler crane mats where timberreally comes into its own - therereally is no alternative. Thicknessesvary up to 300mm, depending onhow heavy the loading is likely tobe, widths range from 200mmupwards with 200mm beams beingbolted together to form larger units.Standard lengths are typically upto 12 metres – longer spans are

available usually by special order.

The big suppliers, Sarum Hardwood,Welex, Timbermat and GTP offera range of services, includingcustomising mats to suit thecontract, while holding large stocksof mats for immediate delivery. Thearray of different timber used canprovide a fascinating study subject inits own right. The key requirement is for a high-density,tight wood grain that will avoid splitting, decay and deformation.Preferred woods for heavy dutycrawler mats include Azobe/Ekki also known as Red Ironwood, Mora,Wamara and Cumaru and Greenheart,while more familiar woods such asoak can be acceptable for outriggermatting and cribbing.

Azobe and Ekki essentially differentnames for the same wood tend tocome from Africa while the latterthree are more South American.Guyana Timber Products (GTP) takesa slightly different approach to someof the other suppliers in

Timber is still a popular choice for large outrigger mat areas, althoughthe days of using old railway sleepers (railroad ties) has now long gone.

Timber is king when it comes to big crawler mats –note the aggregate platform below

A heavy duty 300mm x 1,200mm12 metre long Greenheart mat

Timber mats

that it combines woods such asMora and Wamara or Cumaru andWamara to create a compound matthat provides a combination ofhardness and durability, it sourcesall of its wood from state ownedforests in Guyana.

All of the suppliers are committedto sourcing from sustainablesources and naturally this isbecoming an increasingly importantissue for many users. The fact that

the woods mentioned above arehighly resistant to damage anddecay does mean that they have afar longer life than most woodproducts. As the woods mentionedare extremely hard, they literallyhave to be drilled and machinesalong the lines of steel, mostsuppliers are equipped to do thiseither at their holding yards inHolland or Belgium or in the caseof Timbermat in the UK.

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with a difference The Alimat is an aluminium extrusion witha honeycomb lattice internal structure

The longer mats are classically used in a three by two configuration to give 3m² surface area

A short Alimat in the boot/trunk of a car

Alimat’s new shortmats are ideal forsmaller cranes

Alimats are different in that themats are made from an aluminiumhoneycomb extrusion which is thentreated with a thick non-slip paintfinish. The paint not only providesa better surface for outriggers tosit on, but also hides the fact thatthey are made from aluminium,possibly helping reduce or eveneliminate theft.

The mats or rather mat systemhave until now been available in asingle size of 1,740 x 580 x 60mmthick. The mats click together andthe standard configuration is tohave three modules on the bottomand a further two on top at 90degrees, to create a solid threesquare metre mat area. A shortersystem with 1,160mm long by580mm wide mats is now beingintroduced with three units creating

a 1.3 square metre mat area, idealfor loader cranes, aerial lifts, smallermobile cranes or for larger craneswhere higher ground loadings arepermissible.

The longer mats weigh 38kg each,while the short ones are just 25kg.The advantage is that they can betransported in the back of a vanand easily set up by two men.

The company initially refused to sellthe mats, preferring instead to rentthem to crane companies, thischanged earlier this year when itreceived a large order from the UKFire service. It is now offering themat system for sale and is seekingwider distribution.

Berry Crane Hire of Towcester,Northamptonshire was the firstcrane rental company to buy themats, owner Neil Berry said:“I particularly liked the documented

justification of load spread capability which is increasinglyrequested by clients. Their ease of transportation is also a majoradvantage.”

Over past few years we have covered a number of different outriggermat systems from wood to various polymers and synthetics tofabricated steel.


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These very attributes make thelarge RT scissor lift unsuitable for more delicate maintenance and more dainty applications. As a result it is highly dependent on new commercial and infrastructure construction, a sector that tends to suffer badly in times of economic hardship.

In recent years, manufacturers haveadded numerous features and developments to big scissor lifts inorder to gain a competitive advantage by offering attractive benefit-giving features and whichmay also extend the range of applications to which they are suited.

Working heights have increased toalmost 35 metres, capacities havegrown to 1,000kg and more, automatic levelling with and withoutoutriggers is now possible, while tallnarrow-aisle models have made anappearance. The latest trend is forbattery electric powered 4x4 modelsand a range of lifts that while offering scissor lift features do not

use the traditional ‘X’ scissor type liftlinkage. In spite of all these oftenvery handy features, at the end ofthe day, the big RT scissor must ‘dowhat it says on the tin’ – offer alarge stable working platform, with adecent capacity at the requiredheight and not be phased by a bit ofmud or uneven terrain.

At this point it would perhaps beuseful to include what we considerto be a definition of a scissor lift category. And no it is not limited tothose which use an X type scissorlift mechanism.

What’s a scissor lift?First a definition of what we meanwhen we are talking about scissorlifts in relation to powered accessequipment.

“A scissor lift is one where themachine’s working envelope movesin a vertical plane, with the mainplatform largely remaining within thechassis footprint.”

Anything with a scissor stack obviously falls within the category

Every large commercial construction projectuses Rough Terrain scissors - the equipmentof choice for cladding and roofing, sprinklerinstallation along with numerous other construction related work. The simple combination of a large working platform, stable workplace, decent lifting capacity andability to cope with poor ground conditionsmakes the RT scissor the down to eartheveryday workhorse of aerial lifts.

AlternativeRTscissors

as it can only go up and down –extensions and traversing excepted.There are however an increasingnumber of machines that offer allthe attributes of a scissor lift - longplatform, good lift capacity with alift envelope that is largely limited to the vertical plane, but use a telescopic or sigma boom as the lift mechanism. While these arenow strictly scissors, the key determinant is the user. If a contractor asks for a 30ft scissorlift, will he be confused if an SL30sigma lift arrives on site? Or if hewants a 40ft RT scissor will aManitou 150TP be deemed unacceptable? We are not talkingsmall likes or dislikes here, the keypoint is will they do exactly thesame job or not?

Conversely if a user calls and asksfor a 40ft straight boom will he behappy if that same Manitou 150TPturns up? Of course not! While ithas a telescopic boom and lifts tomore than 40ft it is nothing likewhat the contractor had in mind and most likely will not do the job.

The scissors that are notscissors

These ‘dissident scissors’ include:

• Boom mounted platforms such asMEC’s new Titan Boom 40S andManitou 150TP and differentagain the new Merlo MPR15.

• Articulated sigma lifts such asthe Snorkel SL Speed Levels, MEC speed levels and trackedNagano ng90za

The SL sigmaThe most senior of the mainstreamRT scissor lifts that do not use aregular X type scissor stack are thesigma lifts. It was UpRight that tookthis concept into the high volumemainstream market initially with theSL20 launched in 1986. It had all ofthe specifications of the ‘skinnymini’ 20ft electric scissor liftsexcept for the X type scissor lift. Itwas quick to full height, was pricedcompetitively and best of all did notrequire the ridiculous scissor guardsthat many European countriesrequired at the time. It was hugelysuccessful and at its peak in the


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The RT scissor is the equipment of choice for cladding,roofing and sprinkler installation along with numerous

other construction related work

Merlo’s high-speed MPR15


RT scissors c&amid 1990’s represented one in two20ft scissor lifts sold in Europe. Inthe UK in particular users would callrental companies and ask for anSL20, rather than a 20ft scissor lift.It was only the arrival of the 19ft‘elevator’ scissor lifts that killed offnot only the SL20 but the entire 20ftsector.

UpRight then went on to introducethe SL26RT a much larger 26ft (later30ft) 4x4 version with oscillatingaxle. On this model the simplerlighter weight sigma lift mechanismgave the SL26 a low weight, highpower to weight ratio making it anexceptional RT performer. TheSpeed Level version came a fewyears later in late 1990. Poor timing– coming out as a deep and verylong recession hit – destroyed salesafter what had been a very suc-cessful unveiling. The concept hasnever really recovered from the setback. The current product now marketed under the Snorkel brand,

looks very similar to the originalmodel, but is completely differentand far more refined in every way.

While the Speed Level is not fullyappreciated in many markets, thereare some areas where it is highlypopular. Switzerland probably hasthe highest density and the lifts arethe machine of choice for a numberof applications, with tunnel construction and maintenance workbeing among the biggest, with leading access rental company UpAG owning more than 30 units.

In 2009 Mec set out with the intention to build a better SpeedLevel. The resulting product certainly looks like a close copy.However one very positive additionthat it did make to the concept wasthe development of a battery electric version which has found a solid following among certaintrades. Mec has pioneered the battery electric RT scissor lift

concept in the USA with its rangeof large X type scissor lifts. Withdirect electric drive and big batteries the electric 4x4 hastremendous drive power along withthe advantages of quiet, fume-freeoperation and lower running costs.

Mec’s latest speciality machine isthe Titan 40S a scissor lift sectorboom lift with massive capacity andplatform rotation. Interestingly thisnew model is not yet available withbattery power. Mec originally saidthat it was too big and heavy to bepowered by batteries howeverHolland Lift has proved that is notexactly the case, having introduceda 34 metre, 35 tonne battery powered Megastar which is proving to have exceptional battery performance between charges.

The scissor on a stickThe notion of putting a big scissor-sized platform on the end ofa boom originated in Japan withrental company Niken developingthe idea in the mid 1980s. It initiallybuilt its own units but then a number of manufacturers began toproduce them, including Tadano andAichi. The problem with these unitswas their high gross weight - andtherefore very high cost - to copewith the fact that they had unrestricted outreach.

UpRight developed a product in theearly 1990’s which combined theconcept with its Speed Level system and limited outreach to keepthe weight down. A prototype wasbuilt and tested but the deep recession of 1992 literally stoppedthe RT scissor lift market dead in itstracks. So UpRight diverted itsattention to small machines, suchas the MX19 and TM12, a decisionwhich with hindsight proved tohave been very wise. However itkilled off the boom scissor projectand when the market for RT scissors came back in the late1990’s UpRight was a more conservative business and went fora ‘me too’ X type RT scissor lift inthe LX range.

The 43ft/13 metre platform heightManitou 150TP mirrors the originalJapanese boom scissors and is verymuch like the UpRight that neversaw the light of day. It uses a threesection telehandler boom, has arestricted but healthy outreach atsix metres and large, good capacity(1,000kg) extending platform. Theonly difference with the originalJapanese products and the UpRightprototype is the use of telehandlertype front stabilisers, which helpkeep the overall weight down.

A more recent and smallerJapanese alternative is now available from Aichi in its 30ft/ninemetre platform height WZ09ASMseen for the first time at this year’sBauma. Like its ancestors, it uses anon-slewing boom with a 3.1 metreby 2.02 metre, 180 degree rotationplatform. Weighing a substantial 6.8 tonnes, its maximum platformcapacity is 600kg when kept within1.5 metres of the front axle but it is capable of up to four metres of outreach when the boom is horizontal, but capacity drops to an impractical 100kg.

Fellow Japanese producer Naganooffers a 30ft/9.28 metre platformheight tracked unit, the NA90ZA.With 360 degree slew coupled withthe telescopic upper boom and 180degree platform rotation. There arevery few platform positions that thismachine cannot achieve. Whilst allthis independent movement soundslike it might be complicated to operate, Nagano has a simple ‘over-ride’ switch that allows theoperator to travel vertically and parallel to the face of the building or absolutely horizontally using justone lever for each operation, leavingthe machine’s electronics to sort out

The Snorkel Speed LevelSL26SL

The electric driveMEC 3084ES


RT scissorsc&ahow this is achieved. Another nicefeature is the ‘moveable’ undercarriage central track rollersallowing greater stability when travelling over uneven ground.

The Nagano lifts were introduced at the APEX show in 2008 and areavailable in Holland and Belgiumunder the Nagano brand. For therest of Europe they are sold asHanix machines, trading on the reputation of the established miniexcavators although to date notmany have been sold outside ofHolland, where its dealer Kemp has delivered around 25 units.

The TitanMec announced its 40ft/12.2 metreplatform height Titan 40-S at thestart of this year shipping the firstCE unit in September. The machinewas originally targeted at masonrycontractors and is said to combinethe benefits of three machines intoone. It has the combined capacityof a telehandler (1,800 kg to fullheight), the work area of an ultra-deck scissor lift (6.7m x

2.28m) plus some of the outreachand rotation of a boom.

The 13m Manitou 150TP has a 1,000kg capacity and

extending platform

NaganoNA90ZA

The Nagano ‘moveable’ undercarriage


RT scissors c&aThe Titan may well revolutionise theway some work is performed onsite. Whilst the typical RT scissorcan cope with a fair degree of roughterrain, its lack of outreach meansthat when working on externalcladding for instance, the machinemust work close to and parallelwith the new building line which islikely to have been excavated andbackfilled during the foundationphase. Not the best place for twowheels of a heavy machine to sit.Where the Titan, Merlo and Naganotype platforms score is the fewmetres of outreach gained by rotating the basket, allowing themachine to find more stable groundaway from the building, as well asover-sailing any immoveable obstacles.

With the 40-S basket capable ofhandling pallet loads up to 1,350kgas well as four workers and toolsweighing up to 450kg, here is amachine that has the performancethat may just convince a conservative construction industryand speed up specific tasks. Thecapacity gives the flexibility to

perform work at height that wouldnormally have required façade scaffolding or perhaps a small mastclimber.

By sliding back a centre gate ineither side of the Titan’s guardrails,a pack of bricks or blocks can beplaced in the special load area inthe centre of the platform’s deck.By using the eight metre telescopicboom, 1.8 metre sliding platformand 180 degree platform rotationthe basket can be moved into precisely the right position to reachthe work.

The Titan has a similar three steering modes to a telehandler -4x2, 4x4 and crab steer helping it to move into position in confinedspaces. Levelling is automatic andgiven that the lift is technically aboom with the potential to

experience the catapult effect, theplatform is equipped with a runninglanyard line on each side of the platform floor.

The Titan Boom’s platform with specialload area (yellow) andrunning lanyard line oneach side

The Titan platform has a capacity of 1,800kg

MEC’s TitanBoom 40-s


RT scissorsc&aThe high speed big scissor

Merlo’s foray into the aerial lift market continues with its MPRrange of telehandler-based platforms and the introduction ofthe large platform, 1,000kg capacityMPR15 and MPR18 launched at thisyear’s Bauma. With platform heightsof 45ft/13.6 metre and 53ft/16metre, the machines offer excellentworking height and lift capacity.

The MPR’s large platform alsoslews through 360 degrees to provide some outreach including lateral outreach over the side of thelift. The 4x4 chassis also featuresthe same three steering modes asthe big Mec, but nothing can compete with the MPR’s 40kphroad travel speed. While this newconcept will have some applicationon regular job sites thanks to itsmanouverabilty, high capacity and

Make Model Platform Outreach Weight Platform Max Platform Platform LevellingHeight/m m Kg Size/m Capacity/kg rotation degrees

Aichi WZ09ASM 9.0 4.0 6,800 3.1x2.02 600 180 degManitou 150TP 13.0 6.0 7,950 5.0x2.0 1,000 N/A 8 S/S

(6.5 ext) 8F/RMEC Titan 12.2 8.0 10,860 6.7x2.28 1,800 180 10 S/S

Boom 40-SMEC 2684ES 7.93 N/A 3,630 3.65x1.83 770 N/A 14 S/S

(4.57 ext) 10F/RMEC 3084ES 9.0 N/A 3,630 4.27x1.83 680 N/A 14 S/S

10F/RMerlo MPR15 13.6 11,000 4.0x2.0 1,000 360 9 S/S

5 F/RMerlo MPR18 16.0 11,000 4.0x2.0 1,000 360 9 S/S

5 F/RNagano Na90za 9.28 3.0 7,290 3.15x2.05 600 180Snorkel SL26SL 8.0 N/A 3,085 3.66x1.72 680 N/A 13 S/S

(4.23 ext) 9 F/RSnorkel SL30SL 10.0 N/A 3,400 4.23x1.72 590 N/A 13 S/S

9 F/R

extra outreach, it will really scoreon a number of specific applicationssuch as aircraft on-apron inspections and maintenance; streetlight maintenance/light head changeovers; pruning and trimmingavenues of trees and short term RTscissor rental jobs where its abilityto drive to the job may save transport costs.

The dissidents

S/S - side to side F/R - front to rear

HAB has a widerange of heavy-duty, big scissorplatforms


whereas the height-adjustable rearaxle has a levelling range up to380mm.

With the machine constantly levelling during driving, PB says that more than 80 percent of the levelling has already been achievedby the time the lift reaches its position speeding the levelling timestill further.

The S15-19E uses either a diesel or a high torque, 16kW electro-hydraulic drive system and featuresan 80 degree crank angle on thesteering for a tight turning circlewithout the need for four wheelsteer.

Tracks for when wheelswill not do

Tracked scissor platforms are theultimate ‘go anywhere’ machine and are a niche within the nichealthough in countries such asHolland and Belgium there is a constant demand with several manufacturers offering product.Omega Platforms has severaltracked lifts including its nine metreplatform height ultra heavy duty17.5 tonne machine. Its dual side-deck extensions increase theplatform size to six metres by 2.8metres with a deck capacity of2,000kg. Holland Lift also hasnumerous tracked platforms, itsmost recent is the Monostar XZ-65DXL22-TR – a twin deckextension, 750kg capacity dieselpowered platform. The 6.5 metreplatform height machine has a maximum gradeability of 35 percent and a 5.9m x 1.95m platform.

The mega electric RTIn the past few years the large,heavy-duty mega-scissor lifts havebroken out of their traditionalDutch/German homeland withHolland-Lift now leading the waymapped out by Liftlux prior to itsabsorption by JLG. These machinescontinue to sell well with variationsnow including ever higher narrowaisle, tracked and electric versionswith four wheel drive and fourwheel steer.

Other manufacturers of this genre of machine which offer rock solidplatforms and big lift capacitiesinclude German-based PB Liftechnikwhich now offers a wide range ofsuch machines and H.A.B. whichwas formed in 2004 and only started production four years ago. It has recently appointed North-eastbased truck and van manufacturerAscendant Access as its dealer forthe UK.

Levelling in the roughIn recent years any Rough Terrainscissor lift worth its name has hadto offer auto-levelling, mostly withthe use of levelling jacks, althoughin the case of the Speed Levels itmeant applying auto-level technology to the platform levellingsystem. PB clearly saw the benefitsof being able to level a scissor liftwithout the need for jacks, whichideally require mats resulting in astop and set up procedure. It however also appreciated the benefits of an X type scissor liftmechanism.

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SAIEc&aWhySAIE?Italy’s big construction show, SAIE – the Bologna Fair -will be held this year from October 27th to 30th at itsusual location in Bologna. With manufacturers lookingever harder at their exhibition spending, the annuallyheld SAIE is coming under increasing scrutiny andpressure from some quarters to go bi-annual. This already happens for severalproduct sectors - including towercranes which will not be inattendance this year andtelehandlers – although thisagreement does not seem to stopcompanies like Manitou, Merlo andDieci from attending every year. Thelarger mobile crane manufacturershave also agreed not to attend thisyear, although Terex will be presentdue to its other product lines andCCER the Manitowoc/Grove dealerwill have at least one Rough Terraincrane on its stand.

The aerial lift manufacturers arealso talking about skipping SAIE onalternate years from next year. Inthe meantime SAIE 2010 looks likebeing almost as full a show as everfor those products in which italways excels – loaders cranes,truck mounted lifts, spider liftsand telehandlers.

So why schlep all the way toBologna for SAIE? Well forgettingthe fair itself we could think of a

dozen reasons starting with thefood and the city itself. But gettingback to business if you areinterested in cranes, telehandlersor aerial lifts you will be hardpressed to find a better display ofproducts than at SAIE. OK if bigcranes or tower cranes are yoursole interest then Bauma is thebetter place to go - SAIE 2010 willnot come close to the Munichevent. However if you are lookingat loader cranes, truck mountedlifts, spider lifts or telehandlers youwill be hard pressed to find a betterselection anywhere in the world forthe number of producers, models ondisplay or new ideas andimaginative engineering.

Italian flairItalian manufacturers have alwaysbeen exceptionally innovativeengineers – as well as rapidimitators – while most of themare also capable of superbmanufacturing quality. Theirbiggest let-down in the past has

been product support andcommunication, however in recentyears most mid to large Italiancompanies have worked hard onthis area and now offer a first classparts and service support, makingtheir products a very attractiveproposition and highly competitive.

Another benefit of shopping Italianis the sheer range of products onoffer in most of the sectors wehave mentioned. Take truckmounted lifts, there are portablymore Italian producers than allof the world’s othermanufacturers combined!The same applies to spider lifts orloader cranes. And when it comesto pick & carry industrial cranesthere really is little alternative,certainly not in Europe.

SAIE is not just about Italianmanufacturers, although it has to bethe main reason for visiting. Mostbig international producers will alsobe present, such as JLG, Terex,Genie, Palfinger, Hiab and Manitou.

Make sure youallow enough timeSAIE is a big show, so do make sureyou allow enough time to really geta good look around. We wouldrecommend at least a full nine hourday, without taking an Italian lunch.If you are feeling really frugal you canaccomplish this in a day trip frommany parts of Europe - with an earlymorning flight and late return.

However the betterplan is to take

the best part oftwo days and enjoy a nightin this historic city, the culinarycapital of Italy.

Getting toBolognaMost of our readerswill naturally travel toSAIE by air and thebest way is to flydirectly into

Bologna. Guglielmo Marconi airport issix kilometres from the city so a taxiis not too prohibitive, especially ifthere are two or more of you. Thereare busses though which connect theairport with Bologna railway stationand run every 15 minutes from 5.30in the morning until 23.00 at night andcost just €5 – look for BLQ Aerobus.

If flying into Bologna is not possibleor financially prohibitive, the city iswithin easy reach by road or trainof both Milan airports. It is alsopractical to travel from Genoa, Forli,Florence, Rimini and Bergamo,among others.

The A13 autostrada links Bolognawith Ferrara, Padua and Venice,while the A14 connects it withRimini and Ravenna.

SAIE is still an excellent show for loader cranes, telehandlers, truck mounted and spider lifts

By trainBologna station is served byhigh-speed trains from Milan (65min), Milan Malpensa Airport,Florence (37 min), Rome (2 hrs),Naples (3 hrs and 45 min) andTurin (2 hrs). For train times go tothe website www.trenitalia.it

For many visitors it will be the firstreal opportunity to see Merlo’snew MPR 15 or 18 – literally anAll-Terrain scissor lift. The productwill now be ready for shipment andshould prove popular for specificjobs on an international basis.

Manitou will focus on its newlylaunched MT625 compact modelunveiled at Bauma and thesimplified 360 degree model range.

Dieci always keeps a surprise ortwo up its sleeve and has somenew products in development, italso now supplies Bobcat/Doosanwith a number of badged models.

Terex/Genie will show its recentlylaunched 16 and 18 metre 360degree GTH4018 and 4016 models,following their Bauma launch.

Aerial lifts If you have any interest in spiderlifts then a stop at Hinowa, theworld’s market leader, is essential.The company will once again befocusing on its lithium powerconcept which it has rolled outacross most of its range. Furtherimprovements in design haveenhanced what is an industryleading breakthrough in batterydesign. The company claims a lessthan five year pay back on the extracost of lithium power, assumingthat no premium is obtained for

the user benefits it offers.

Italian truck mounted manufacturerIsoli has made substantial stridesin the past year or so expandingthe aerial lift side of its businessthrough the establishment of an international distributor network. Partof the roll out programme has alsoinvolved expanding and improving theaerial lift product line. At SAIE themain focus is likely to be on the newPT 225 HE + HE telescopic boom liftmounted on a Nissan Cabstar 3.5tonne chassis, with full hydraulic outriggers. The lift offers 22.5 metresworking height, 14 metres of outreach and a 230kg platformcapacity. The lift has a variable highspeed outrigger set up, including oneside only and auto levelling, making

it ideal for applications which requirefrequent repeated set ups. The newlift is also available on MercedesSprinter and VW Crafter chassis.Other models on display include thePNT210J, PNT 280 J and the articulated PNT 27.14.

CTE will be showing the radicallynew 20:13 MP in its final form. Thehighly innovative new model hasbeen under test and evaluation sinceits dramatic unveiling in April and isshortly set to go into production.This is the first time it will havebeen seen at a show in Italy. Socage

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The Isoli PT225

Opening hours9:00 – 18:00 every day Wednesday27th to Saturday 30th inclusive.

Entrance tickets If you are not Italian you can rejoiceas you qualify for a free entranceticket which can be obtained at theInternational pavilion by theentrances. If you are Italian – youhave to pay €10 online or €15 atthe gate - good for the entire fair. Ifyou are a cheapskate, ask anexhibitor for a free entrancepass/invitation which you can swapat the entrance for a badge.

What’s new?A full list of current cranes, accessand telehandler exhibitors follows,this may well change at the lastminute as we understand that thereis plenty of space left for lastminute additions. At the momentit looks as though notable absenceswill include, Haulotte, Skyjack,Faresin, Airo and Imai/Jekkoamong others. The following is abrief look at some of the exhibitsto look out for.

Telehandlers Merlo has not yet said what it willhave new, but you can rest assuredthat there will be plenty ofinnovations to see alongside itsrecent aerial lift and telehandlerintroductions. The recentlyannounced Multitool telehandleraimed at local authorities is likelyto prove a popular exhibit.

By Local travel to the showAs the day moves on the lines fortaxis get ever longer and gettingout of the car park in the evening ishorrible. So the best and mosteconomic solution is a bus – it isusually a little crowded but costs€1 and does not take long. Busnumber 35 and 39 as well asShuttle F run from the station tothe exhibition centre and back. Buyyour ticket before getting on board.A day pass costs €3. Bus 28 runsto and from Place Magiore and theexhibition centre.

says that it will show a brandnew spider lift model, the first newspider lift since the company wasacquired from Fassi in 2009. Thecompany has a long history ofbuilding spiders but never managedto carve out a decent market share.It will clearly be looking to changeall that with its new models.

For many it will also be the firstopportunity to see the 13.5 metreA314 mounted on the Isuzu D-Maxturbo Diesel 4x4 pick up. With 6.5metres outreach, 225kg platformcapacity, 360 degrees slew andEasy Lift stabiliser system, the unitshould prove attractive for manyend users. Other products on theirstand include the new 18 metreT318 and 28 metre DA328 whichhas been developed as amedium-light truck mounted forthe rental industry. The unit ondisplay will be on a six tonneMitsubishi Canter with an overalllength of 6.9 metres.

The SocageDA328

The IHImerLem 2200

The CTE 20:13 willmake its SAIE debut

Iteco will have its latest RT Electricscissor lifts on display alongside thefull line of IHImer spider lifts whichnow has a full range that extends upto the 22 metre Lem 2200 launchedearlier this year.

Cela – now underthe same ownershipas Socage -is expected toannounce somenew models,possibly includingone or more newspider lift models.

This is not a show fortrailer lifts, howeveryou will have achance to look atthe PlatformBasket introduced earlier this year.The company is also planning toannounce a larger model and mightjust do so at SAIE? The company isof course best known for its spiderlift range.


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PalfingerPK42002SH

Ormig5.5tmE

Locatelli ATC20

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Alimak HekAS Climber Autec Remote Control Avant Tecno ItaliaBarinBenelligruBlueliftBöcker ItaliaBraviisolCargotecCeerCelaCem Centro ElevatoriMilaneseClimber InternationalCMCComer Colombo GiuseppeCormach CTEDieciDr ItaliaEce ElevatoriElectroelsaEurogru AmiciFaber Com.Faraone - ImaFassi GruFerrari International

FuartGaliziaGedaGenieGRC Work PlatformGSRH.A.B.HBC RadiomaticHetronicHiab/CargotecHinowaIdrogruImer GroupIhimer Imet IPAFIsoliItecoJLGKiepe ElectricLocatelliMaberManitou Merlo MinelliMultitel PaglieroOfficine IoriOfficine PicciniOil & Steel

OrmigPaglieroPalazzaniPalfinger Platform BasketPower TowerP.C. ProduzioniPiatPris-MagRavioliRiwega EdilRovers SafiSavis SocageSpohn & BurkhardtStpSupTea InternationalT.C.M.Tecno-GruTecchio TecnodraulicTerex ItaliaTeupenTizmarTrexxa VallaWemo-Tec

Exhibitors SAIE 2010

SAIE is also a good show for mastclimbers and hoists and this yearis no exception. All of the mainEuropean producers will be showingand you can be sure that a numberof them will have some new ideasto look at.

Loader cranesThe European loader crane fraternitywill be out in force, for SAIE.Of particular interest this year is howeach manufacturer has met therequirements of the new EUmachinery directive MR2006/42and the new crane standardEN12999:2009, particularly when itcomes to outrigger and load sensing.

Most manufacturers will have newor modified products and innovationsto cope with the new standards.Most prefer to keep such informationsecret until the show however we doknow that Palfinger will launch thelatest model in its 40 model Hi –Performance range, the PK 62002EH, along with two new models fromthe company’s SH range, the PK34002 SH and a PK 42002 SH.

The new models include thehi-Performance features such asmaintenance-free boom extensionsystem and Power Link Plus and

Single Link Plus reverse linkageswhich maximise boom articulationwithout a drop-off in capacity.

Mobile CranesP.C. Produzioni will be making itsSAIE debut this year showing offits Rough Terrain cranes and aeriallifts of Lionlift pedigree

Valla will have its new remotecontrolled 20SD TRX tracked minicrane on display along with itsnew lightweight two and 2.5 tonnewheeled pick & carry crane.

Pick & carry crane maker Galizia isalso worth a stop, to see whatnew additions it has brought tothe show.

Ormig will show of a selection ofcranes, the one to look at is its5.5tmE five and a half tonne electricpick & carry crane. Shown as aprototype last year it has been infull production since January andincorporates some advanceddrive features.

Locatelli is showing its ATC20 citytype All Terrain crane, which reallydeserves to do better than it has sofar. It is highly compact, quick andversatile and definitely worth a look.It will also show off its 40 tonne Gril8400T Rough Terrain crane.

Platform Basket is unveiling the new 13.4 metre working height 13.65 and 13.80 tracked spider with maximum outreach of 6.5 and 8.0 metres respectively with 200kg in the basket.


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takes generic elements for aparticular crane plus specifics –manufacturers information, historicaluse, maintenance repair and history,thorough examination history, andfuture use – to tailor a scope ofthorough examination for thespecific crane, resulting in a morethrough, ‘thorough examination’and it is this that obsoletes thefour year test.

Major clients - particularly in thepetro-chemical industry – have aproblem with this new approach, sothe CPA is planning a road show tomajor crane users, including the UKContractors Group (previously theMCG) and the petrochemicalindustry to explain the benefits ofThorough Examination.

The CPA will also produce a‘declaration of compliance’document so that crane owners cannow declare that they follow thedefined scope of the examinationprocess in lieu of the test.

In his first open meeting chairmanNeil Partridge set the scene that isall too familiar with the crane rentalcompanies, manufacturers andexternal consultants with hisinterpretation of the letters CPA.

“I always thought it was theConstruction Plant hire Association,”began Partridge, “however I nowrealise that it stands for theChronic Profit Association!”

In his brief introduction he said thatthe industry is in the ‘eye of thestorm’ and may remain there forsome time. His own business - thelargest crane rental company in theUK by some distance - postedrevenues to May 2010 down £19million and he said that “manyothers are down 25 to 30 percent,which was absolutely chronic”.Although there had been seven oreight crane company casualties todate, he said that it was going to bea hard for the rest of this year andprobably the whole of 2011, nothelped by public sector cuts anddifficulty in obtaining moneyfrom banks.

Despite or because of the economy itwas a lively meeting covering manyinteresting topics – some that willhave a big impact on the craneindustry over the coming months andyears.

Although not on the agenda,Partridge made several commentsabout the looming problem ofworking hours which he thoughtwould be one of the major factorsthat had not yet registered onmost company’s radar.

Thorough examinationTim Watson reviewed the bestpractice guide for the ‘Maintenance,Inspection and Thorough Examinationof Mobile Cranes’ launched at VertikalDays earlier this year. The BPG aimsto clarify the practical elements ofmaintenance, inspection andthorough examination of mobilecranes because of the potential forfatalities both when the crane isworking and when it is travelling onthe road. He said that it is hoped thatcompanies will now follow the guideand examination in preference to thefour year overload test which datesback to 1961 and requires a 25percent overload which many(particularly the manufacturers) sayis detrimental to the crane structure.

Watson emphasised that breakdownmaintenance was insufficient andthat companies must carryout planned preventativemaintenance for the whole craneincluding the chassis.

One of the new additions within theguide is the concept of the definedscope of thorough examination which

Many manufacturers do not allow overload tests and this is one of the main reasons behind the Thorough Examination.

CraneInterestGroup meetingThe September open meeting of the UK’s CPA Crane InterestGroup is the main meeting of two held each year. Thewell-attended gathering this year was once again at theNuthurst Grange Hotel in Hockley Heath, West Midlands andwas the first chaired by Ainscough managing director NeilPartridge. As usual a number of significant issues werecovered and the following are those that will affect allcrane companies in the UK.

Neil Partridge

problem with the four year testing inthat several manufacturers do notallow the additional 25 percentloading and are uncomfortable witheven a 10 percent overload and thisis one of the main reasons behindthe thorough examination. Cranestructures are now more finelydesigned and less forgiving ofoverloads and I cannot seethe benefit.”

EN13000?The 2010 version of EN13000 waspublished in May and has severalnew requirements including a set-upbutton in the cab to rig the crane incertain circumstances and a ratedcapacity limiter (RCL) over-rideswitch situated outside the cab(which should be fitted on all cranesdelivered after May 2010). Thesechanges are being monitored in asurvey being carried out by theEuropean crane and heavy transportassociation ESTA with informationbeing fed back to the EN13000revision committee.

In the future outrigger spread will bemonitored and linked into the RCL.Initially this will be wired into awarning device, rather than a cut-out function but it will be logged inthe crane’s data logger.

Watson confirmed that the four yeartest can continue as an ‘add-on’ tothe thorough examination regime.“Whatever you do, you have to beprepared when challenged orinvestigated,” he said. “There is a

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A set of common European ‘working at height’ requirements are being worked on

The influence of wind on aload is also being looked at

particularly in relation tothe wind turbine industry.

The influence of wind on a load isalso being looked at particularly inrelation to the wind turbineindustry, due to the large arearelatively light loads which caneasily exceed the boom’s sideloading parameters.

Work at height onmobile cranesA good deal of CPA work has goneinto work at height on cranes. Ajoint working group has been set upwhich includes FEM, ESTA and themajor petrochemical users such as

Shell and BASF with the aim tohave common requirementsthroughout Europe.

Ainscough safety director JohnLowton is carrying out a ‘work atheight’ survey into the impact of theregulations on the crane industry.Any feedback (particularly first handexperience) would be useful for thesurvey and can be sent to Lowtonat [email protected].

High cycle lifting operationsThe HSE letter (published inSeptember’s C&A) regarding amobile crane accident in which itsboom snapped from prematurefatigue, was discussed.The subsequent investigationshowed that the crane had carriedout 117,000 similar lifts at or aboutthe rated capacity of the crane.The HSE letter suggested that itwas wrong to use mobile cranes forsuch repetitive cycle work, as theyare not designed for it. Rentalcompanies should therefore makesure that the customer is not usinga mobile as a cheap harbour cranewhich also devalues the value ofthe asset.

Barry Barnes from Terex UK pointedout that this was the 10th suchaccident that he knew about overthe past 33 years – many havebeen in Scotland and many workingin harbour applications. He said thatfor this type of work, companiestend to buy older cranes and workthem very hard. Other high-cycleapplications include tunnelling workand skipping concrete where theboom, hoist rope and slew ringsshould be checked regularly.

With more cranes now beingfitted with data-loggers potentialpurchasers can get a view of thecranes past use and then make ajudgement on its value. Onemanufacturer is already lookinginto this when taking trade-ins.

Occupational health issuesKevin Minton of the CPA talkedabout the ‘fitness for work’ ofcritical equipment operators. Hesaid that principal contractors areincreasingly requiring assurance

that all site operatives are fit to dothe job and will not endanger othersby causing a safety issue. Somecontractors are already puttingpolicies in place that require amedical certificate of fitness. TheUKCG does not have a generalpolicy on this yet, but is discussingit. Heath issues which need to bechecked include heart and lungs,blood pressure, diabetes, eyesight,hearing, gastro-intestinal andmuscular/skeletal.

Crane rental companies will need touse a medical service provider tocertify that its employees are fit todo the job. The CPA has set-up andis chairing a working group whichplans to invite a variety oforganisations and individuals -including contractors, the HSE andunion representatives - to provideinput in order to ensure a favourableoutcome for CPA members overthe long-term.

A number of delegates questionedwhether this is indeed a problemthat needs addressing. It wasclaimed though that contractorCostain has already introduced arequirement that everyone workingwith ‘critical plant’ must have ahealth certificate to get on site.

Research done on the cause of fatalaccidents has shown that training,planning and equipment selectionare the main factors in accidentsand not the fitness of the operator.Geoffrey Marsh of Marsh Plantmade the valid point that operatorcomplacency and lack ofconcentration (particularly withthe older and more experiencedoperators) is much more of aproblem than ill-health. Many CPAmembers were in agreement that afive year medical test - along thelines of Heavy Goods Drivers –from the age of 45 would be asensible way forward.

Although not on the agenda,Partridge raised the issue ofworking hours which he believeswill have a major impact on theindustry in the future. He also saidthat there is an obsession withHeath & Safety in the UK andthere needs to be a balanced,commonsense approach by all.

Diesel Particulate Filtersfitting of diesel particulate filters(DPFs) on the London OlympicPark which has finally reached aconclusion.

He said that the Olympic DeliveryAuthority (ODA) - which carried outan independent cost analysis studywithin the Olympic Park - has taken

John Lowton


A cutaway of a diesel particulate filter

the decision not to implement therequirement to retrofit DPFs toNon-Road Mobile Machinery.

In its study conclusions, the ODAsaid that: "the results of the studyclearly demonstrate that the costsand benefits of DPFs do notrepresent good value for moneywhen compared with othermeasures". As a result of the coststudy, the ODA has taken thedecision not to implement therequirement to retrofit DPFs, sayingthe results of the study clearlydemonstrate that the costs andbenefits of DPFs do not representgood value for money whencompared with other measures.It does, however, still require allcontractors to use Ultra LowSulphur Diesel.

Lifting Equipment(Operator Daily checks) There was some discussion overthe fact that all lifting accessories

used in a lift (and that come withthe crane) must be visually checked(not thoroughly examined) by thecrane operator before each lift.Under Loler and 6(2) PUWERregulations, checks must be carriedout. Accessories used on the liftmust be visually checked by thecrane operator for obvious damage.This check should not be left to theperson in charge of the lift or be leftto a six month inspection.

ISO crane hand signalsThe International StandardsOrganisation (ISO) has proposed auniversal set of hand signals for usewith cranes. The CPA says thatthese are confusing and would onlywork if everyone adopted them

and as a result is not encouragingtheir adoption.

Driver Certificate ofProfessional CompetenceCrane drivers may still have to have35 hours training over five years upto 2014. At the moment the DriversStandards Agency says that cranedrivers stopped after this timewithout CPC will be prosecuted.However the CPA is looking for anexemption for crane operators,given that road travel is not themain purpose of work for a crane.The CPA recommends memberswait until more information isknown and a clearer decisioncan be made.

Lifting accessories must be visually checked by the crane operator

Crane hand signals

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The carrier is impressive with a goodlevel of detail, the steering on all fouraxles works well and all modes,including crab steering can beposed. Pleasingly, the outriggerbeams are metal and the crane’sweight is easily supported bythem when it is erected. Separate

spreader plates/outrigger mats arealso provided and store neatly onthe carrier when not in use.

The superstructure is well detailedtoo and it is good to see thatConrad have switched back tousing metal sheaves throughoutthe model. The winches in the,located within the superstructure,are operated with a supplied keywhich uses holes in the side ofthe superstructure panel work,but these are not too obtrusive.

The mast is a telescopic latticetower and is made of good qualitymetal castings. The jib is hingedand articulated and Conrad have

At this year’s bauma exhibition Liebherr introduced itssecond model of a mobile self-erecting tower crane.Manufactured by Conrad, it is the four axle MK 88 whichfull size can lift a maximum of eight tonnes, and taketwo tonnes out to a 45 metre radius.

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done a very good job to get thecomplex model engineering right,to the point that when erected thejib is nice and straight. It isinteresting to display the craneduring the various stages oferection, and when set up at fullheight it is big, with the jib arounda metre long. The model is quitestable in spite of its size althoughany significant load on the end ofthe jib will cause tipping.The operator’s cab can be winchedup and down the mast in the sameway as the real machine.

The main functions of the cranework with the hoist controlledfrom the keys in the superstructure,and the model slews smoothly.The trolley has to be moved byhand though, as it is not reevedup to the trolley winch.

Conrad has chosen this model tointroduce a significant

innovationwith the use ofelectronics. The amberbeacon lights on the carriercab roof can be set to flashrealistically using electronics andbatteries which are hidden insidethe model. It actually works ratherwell and certainly adds somethingon a special display occasion.It will be interesting to see if theuse of electronics is developedfurther in future models.

This is an impressive and innovativemodel which is surprisingly large

Inclined jib modecan be posed

The jib isnice and straight

55October 2010 cranes & access

New AnnexReleased for ALLMI / CPABest Practice Guide

ALLMI focusc&a

ALLMI and CPA have released an Annex to the Best Practice Guide (BPG)on the Safe Use of Lorry Loaders - ‘Annex L - Guidance for personsinvolved in receiving telephone enquiries and quotation requests forlifting operations with a lorry loader’. Alan Johnson, ALLMI technicaldirector and co-author of the Annex, comments: “When we launched the Best

Practice Guide at Vertikal Days inJune, there was an extensive Q&Asession following the presentations,during which we were asked whetherit would be possible to producespecific guidance, templatedocumentation and process charts toassist staff involved with enquiries

from customers requesting a liftingoperation. As many loader craneoperators are in the process ofimplementing new practices andprocedures as a result of the BestPractice Guide, it was felt thiswould be a well-timed andworthwhile project to undertake.”

The Annex contains the following:

• A definition of a Contract Lift Vs a Hired and Managed Lift(including the different types of Contract Lift).

• A flow chart illustrating the process for determining whether aHired and Managed Lift or a Contract Lift is required.

• A template form to use at the enquiry stage, to establish whattype of lift is being requested.

• A flow chart illustrating the process for dealing with a request for aContract Lift, providing guidance on the information thatshould be obtained.

• A template form to use when dealing with a request for a Contract Lift. • Advice on contract and insurance related issues.

Q: Is following the BestPractice Guide and BS7121Part 4 a legal requirement?A: BS7121 Part 4 (upon which theBest Practice Guide is based) is anApproved Code of Practice and inessence, guidance and job-specificinterpretation on how to comply withthe law in relation to a particularindustry. Any company unfortunateenough to find themselves in a courtof law would have to be able tojustify why they had not followed theindustry standard, or demonstratethat the systems they had put inplace were at least equal to those

contained within an Approved Codeof Practice. The Lifting Operations &Lifting Equipment Regulations(LOLER) is generic legislationapplicable to all types of liftingequipment, whereas BS7121 Part 4is the Approved Code of Practicespecific to lorry loaders, thepurpose of which is to ensureadherence to LOLER and all otherapplicable legislation.

Q: Does this affect us as wedon’t really carry out ContractLifts as such?A: The backbone of the guidancecontained within the Best PracticeGuide and reinforced in this newAnnex, is that unless you havespecifically qualified between youand your customer who isresponsible for what, and have adocumented process, then youcould very easily be carrying out ade-facto Contract Lift. This has bothinsurance and legal implications.

Q: Our operators alreadycarry out a risk assessmentwhen they get on site,because until they get therewe don’t always know whatwe’ll be lifting?A: Regulation 8 of LOLER statesthat all lifting operations must beplanned by a competent personbefore the lift takes place. This doesnot necessarily mean that all loadercrane lifts will require a site visit orsite specific planning. The Annexwill help determine whether it fallswithin the scope of a Hired andManaged Lift or a Contract Lift, andif it is a Contract Lift, whether ornot any generic documentation

used by your company will besufficient.

ALLMI recommends that alloperators read and understandAnnex L at the earliest possibleopportunity. At the next ALLMIOperators’ Forum meeting on 26thNovember there will be apresentation and discussion on thissubject. If you’re a fleet owner andyou’d like to attend, please contactthe ALLMI office. The latest versionof the ALLMI / CPA Best PracticeGuide, which includes Annex L,can be downloaded fromwww.allmi.com andwww.cpa.uk.net

To emphasise the need for, and importance of, Annex L, the following arethree of the most common questions ALLMI is asked concerning lift planning:

ALLMI General MeetingsOn 22nd October in Coventry, ALLMI will hold its second GeneralMeeting of the year for manufacturers and service agents. Members willreceive the usual trading update, as well as important information ontechnical and legislative issues affecting the lorry loader industry. On26th November, the second General Meeting for ALLMI’s fleet ownermembers will include a presentation from Brian Sutherland of Elliott Hireon securing of loads for travel, as well as an update on the activities ofthe Forum’s Executive Committee, a detailed explanation of Annex L tothe BPG, and further news on the development of ALLMI’s AppointedPerson training course. ALLMI will also be looking for feedback on thedevelopment of a new training DVD.

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The crane did not hit anyone, althoughone man had to run to avoid being hit.WorkSafe WA commissioner NinaLyhne said: "Setting up a crane on asolid foundation is one of thefundamental principals of crane

operation, but one that was notobserved in this case. The operatorplaced himself and another fouremployees in danger of beinginjured or even killed by the cranewhen it fell.”

UK-based HSS Hire has introduced atechnical apprenticeship schemeoffering young people a practicalpost-school option as well as‘up-skilling’ young fitters andengineers. Applicants will be offereda fully-funded three year AdvancedApprenticeship that includesmentored on-the-job training andstructured residential studysessions, culminating in NVQ Levels2 and 3 in Plant Maintenance. Theapprenticeships will be available atHSS supercentre locations in theUK. The company has alreadyrecruited more than 20 apprentices,both boys and girls aged between16 and 24, since the programmewas launched in September.

Annie Hale head of HR at HSS said:

“For the past 12 months, we’veoffered an apprenticeship schemeas part of our Hire Allianceconsortium in East London, andI’m delighted that we’re now goingto run something similar throughoutthe wider HSS business. Ourapprentices will get one of theindustry’s most generousapprenticeship salary and benefitspackages while working alongsideour experienced team of fitters.They will also attend formal studysessions in order to gain aprofessional qualification. Andof course, if they successfullycomplete the course, we’llguarantee them a permanentposition at the end of theirapprenticeship”.

Poor outriggerset-up costsoperator A$8,000

Fall costs Kier£200,000Kier North West was fined £160,000 plus £40,000 costs after labourerKarl Davis fell from the first floor while working on Everton FootballClub’s new training academy after a guardrail gave way on 27thFebruary 2007. Davis died after three months in a coma.

A rubbish chute had been attached to the temporary guardrail andaccording to the prosecution, Kier North West’s site management teamhad failed to ensure that it could withstand the weight of the chute andmaterials being thrown down it. HSE inspector Robert Hodkinson said:“What is incredibly sad about this incident is that a man lost his lifewhen equipment installed to make the work safer failed. Kier NorthWest should have planned and managed the use of the rubbish chuteon the site to make sure it was safe.

Telehandler accidentcosts £10,000Scottish contractor James Swinton has been fined £10,000 after one ofits workers, Charles Wilkinson, 51, died four weeks after being struckby a telehandler driven by a co-worker.

The telehandler was reversing the wrong way up a one-way residential streetin Tweedmouth, on 10th November 2008, when it mounted the pavement andstruck Wilkinson, who was taken to hospital with injuries to his pelvis, spineand ribs but later released. However he died four weeks later as a result of ablood clot related to the incident.

HSE Inspector Dr Dave Shallow, said: “Site transport activities should bemanaged to minimise as far as possible the need for reversing. But whereit is necessary, site managers should ensure that it is done in a safe andcontrolled manner, using a banksman, reversing aids on the vehicles andsegregation of pedestrians and vehicles. The company could have asked fora road closure which, along with these measures and the removal ofresidents’ vehicles, would have allowed safer movement of constructionplant and vehicles.”

WorkSafe claimed that Bannister set up the crane with one of its outriggerson soft sand and another - the front jack - on a pile of bricks.

The dogman (banksman) was not sure the crane could reach the requiredradius for the load placement and asked Bannister to do a practice runwithout the load. During the ‘practice run’, the ground under theoutriggers gave way and the crane tipped, coming to rest on the buildingand scaffolding.

A crane operator has been fined A$8,000 (£4,600) in aFremantle court, in Western Australia, after a cranetipped over on a construction site, narrowly missingfour workers. The operator, Bruce Edwin Bannister,pleaded guilty to two charges - failing to ensure hisown safety and failing to ensure the safety of others.

HSS adds apprentices

The guardrail and chute

The late Karl Davis

Who trainedhim then?The man in the photo was spottedby a reader in Northern Ireland. Heworks for an electrical contractorand was working at a height ofbetween four and five metres.


Craig Paylor strikeswarning note for rentals

Record turnout at PDS

The conference on 16th Septemberin Madrid, Spain, attracted wellover 100 delegates, the largestattendance in the history of theevent. Paylor acknowledged thatmanufacturers had contributed tothe problem by overproducingmachines during the yearspreceding the recession: “We’vegot to get over the greed.Manufacturers made too muchand distribution bought too much,”he said.

He argued that rental companiesshould resist underselling theirmachines and consider adopting arental model where machines arekept for longer periods: “I guaranteethat you will double your return ifyou keep them for parts. Don’t be ina hurry to run out and sell them.”

Carlos Fernández Araoz, chiefoperating officer of Spanish rentalcompany GAM, urged rentalcompanies to look outside theirhome markets and exploitopportunities in developing regions:“If you sit in your home market youwill not get out of the hole. Youhave to do more than just ‘hang inthere’,” he said.

He also urged rental companiesto move towards a “thrifty thrifty”rental culture, with loweroverheads: “I believe that the aerialbusiness needs to do this, it hasbeen used to operating in aperiod of abundance.”

Nick Mavrick of Volvo Rents arguedthat companies should target theircustomer service focus on the smallpercentage of customers --

The PDS is an annual event for IPAFqualified instructors and ensuresthat they remain up-to-date withlegislation and training in the use ofpowered access equipment. It is aforum for the exchange ofinformation between those whomanage and those who deliver thetraining. Through attending the

event, instructors gain ContinuingProfessional Development (CPD)points, necessary to maintain theirIPAF instructor status.

The attendees heard excellentpresentations by Joy Jones, Health& Safety Executive principalinspector, on the recently publishedBest Practice Guide on the use of

mobile elevating work platforms inconfined overhead spaces, ChrisWraith, UK quality, health and safetymanager of the Lavendon Group,who spoke on the correct use ofspreader plates; and John Hallows,

training advisor fromConstructionSkills, who gave anupdate on the grants system.

Other PDS events will follow inthe next months acrossseveral countries.

the ‘best of the best' -- whorepresent the majority of theirbusiness. "There is the idea that ifyou make an exception for onecustomer you have to make anexception for all customers. It is nottrue", said Mavrick, vice-presidentof marketing at Volvo Rents.

George Marriott of Access PlusScotland explained how he hadadopted best practices from marketleaders in other industries to createa rental model that had dramaticallyimproved efficiency. The use ofhand-held computers for sales staff,drivers and mechanics hadimproved the speed of pre-deliveryinspections, deliveries and responsetimes for service callouts.

Asif Latief, marketing director atA-Plant, described how developing

a special rental ‘App' for iPhoneshad allowed sales staff to quote ‘onthe road' using the latest availablepricing information. Latief said thatcontracts sealed using iPhoneswere on average six percenthigher than other contracts.

Other speakers included OliwerSven Dahms of PartnerLift, Germanyand Malcolm Bowers, representingthe UK's Access Link, whodescribed the benefits to smallerrental companies of formingre-rental alliances to offer anationwide service and winbusiness with large contractors.

The next Europlatform conferencewill be held on 13th September2011 in Maastricht, theNetherlands.

Former JLG president Craig Paylor, in his keynote addressat the Europlatform conference, urged rental companies toexploit the full economic life of their machines and warnedthe industry that it had to be ready for some majorchallenges, including increased competition from Asiaand higher prices for new machines.

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Former JLG president Craig Paylor (left) andIPAF and Skyjack president Steve

Shaughnessy during the paneldiscussion at the Europlatform conference.

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This year’s IPAF Professional Development Seminars (PDS) in the UKattracted a record number of instructors and staff from IPAF-approvedtraining centres. For the first time, two separate PDS events wereheld, one in the North and one in the South to cater to the growingnumber of attendees. More than 120 instructors attended the PDS inOxfordshire on 21st September while more than 110 attended the PDSin Bolton on 23rd September.

IPAF’s PDS in the South at the Milton House Hotel, Oxfordshire.

Chris Wraith, Lavendon Group

John Hallows,Construction

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IPAF’s PDS in the North at the Reebok Stadium in Bolton.


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C o n t a c t d e t a i l s

It was appropriate and in line with PASMA’s role in the industrythat, as the fifth anniversary of the implementation of the Work atHeight Regulations (WAHR) approached in 2010, the associationshould undertake a fundamental review of the guidance and bestpractice it has promulgated and implemented since 2005 regardingthe 3T (Through the Trap) and AGR (Advance Guardrail) methodsof providing fall protection while assembling a tower.The review process began in thelatter part of 2009 when PASMAinvited submissions from itsmembers - based on their ownknowledge and experience -to provide input to the reviewprocess. As a result of thesesubmissions an interim reportoutlining the main issues andconcerns

Vertikal Days:As reported in the last issueof Cranes & Access, PASMAis exploring with the VertikalPress the possibility ofcreating a dedicatedshowcase – a ‘PASMA Village‘-for mobile access towers at next year’s Vertikal Days.Ideally this will cater for both manufacturers and PASMA approvedtraining centres. More information in the next issue. New Website:

Work on the new website isprogressing under the watchfuleye of communications officer,Jill Couttie.

Toolbox Talk:Alongside other members of the Access Industry Forum (AIF) -which recently welcomed new member EPF, the Edge ProtectionFederation - PASMA has produced a toolbox talk for towers.Currently in the final stages of editing, it will be posted atwww.pasma.co.uk soon.

On Show:With a view to promoting towers, tower training and the industrya large, PASMA has signed up to a number of high profile eventsnext year. These include the Executive Hire Show at the RicohArena, Coventry (9/10 February); the IOSH Conference andExhibition at ExCel, London (15/16 March); and the Safety &Health Expo at the NEC,Birmingham (17-19 May) 2010.

2010 Ladder Exchange: The association is actively supporting the HSE’s 2010 Ladder Exchangewhich runs until 30th November 2010. During this period users canexchange bent and broken ladders for new ones, at a discount, atparticipating partners. Visit www.hse.gov.uk/falls/ladderexchange.htm for more information. Over 7,000 ladders havebeen exchanged since the scheme first began.

News in Brief

AGR (Advanced Guardrail)method 3T (Through the Trap) method

Association Europe (HAE). It is anticipated that some furtheracademic research will becommissioned in respect of a smallnumber of technical questions toprovide knowledgeable, impartialand expert advice upon whichopinions can be formed. This willbe considered during the finalstages of the review and evaluationperiod, at the conclusion of whichPASMA will produce a final reportand make recommendations as towhether - and if - the association’s

current guidance and best practiceshould be amended, and whetherany minor adjustments arenecessary to the current PASMAtraining scheme as a result.As the industry’s trade body,PASMA has a duty to ensure thatthe review process is dispassionate,measured, objective, consultativeand thorough. This cannot be donequickly, with the result that the finalreport is unlikely to be publishedmuch before the end of the year.

was produced for internalconsideration by technicalrepresentatives of the association’smanufacturing members. This wasthen used as the basis forconducting a series of technicalworkshops which attempted tosystematically examine andevaluate the concerns, the claims,the counter claims and the mythsand distil these down to whatare the real issues.That process is now complete and the review has moved intoits consultation phase. Asdetailed in the reviewprogramme, and mirroring theoriginal collaboration whichproduced the currentlyapproved 3T and AGRmethods, the HSE (Health &Safety Executive) has onceagain been invited toparticipate in the evaluationalong with other interestedand involved sectors suchas the constructionindustry through the UK

Contractors Group (UKCG) and therental industry through Hire

The 3T/AGR Review:A Progress Report


CANopen Safetypublished as EN 50325–5

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The CANopen Safety protocol (CiA 304) - developed by CAN inAutomation (CiA) international users’ and manufacturers group - has nowbeen published as a European standard. The safety protocol is an additionto the CANopen protocol standardised in EN 50325–4 - (CiA 301).

CANopen Safety is designed toallow safety-related communicationbased on CAN according to IEC/EN61508. TÜV Germany has approvedit for use for systems requiringSafety Integrity Level 3 (SIL 3).Any safety-related devices use theSafety-related Data Object (SRDO)service, which allows one-to-manycommunications. The SRDOmessages are periodically broadcastin the network and any othersafety-related device interested inthe data can use it without the needof a centralised master. An SRDOconsists of two CAN messageswhere the first contains the regular

Accu-Load has launched a rangeof bolts and studs which arecapable of monitoring andindicating their load duringtightening and in use. Eachfastener features a visual ordigital readout option which isbuilt into the head of the deviceand measures a percentage ofthe proof load. Each bolt isindividually machined andcalibrated to suit the diameter,material and bolt design.The bolts can be used indefinitely and can be supplied with a range ofhand held mechanical or digital readout systems for remote monitoring.The technology is intended to be used in applications where vibration orthermal shock are risks or even and accurate tensioning is required. So far this type of product has been used on crane slew rings,oil platform legs, offshore equipment and mining equipment.

German load measuring company Moba is planning to launch a newultrasonic outrigger beam sensor. The device comprises two separatesound transmitters and receivers, one mounted to one end of the boxon a beam and jack outrigger system, and the other mounted to theopposite end of the outrigger beam.As the beam is extended the two communicate and measure thedistance by the speed the sound wave takes to travel back. The twovalues are compared and must fall within a pre set parameter to confirmthat the system is working, while introducing a duplicate or redundantcircuit. The system is said to be highly accurate and less prone tocontamination than light based systems, while eliminating the complexity a mechanical connection.

data and second is transmitted ona different identifier with the datacontent bit-wise inverted. Thisallows the use of smaller, lessexpensive micro-controllers as nocomplicated CRC is used. The firstready-to-use implementations ofCANopen Safety are available now:The CANopen Safety Chip (CSC02)available from CiA, implements theCANopen Safety protocol in a singlechip. According to Thilo Schumannof the CiA “The CSC02 is designedespecially for sensors used inmobile machines and otherout-door applications”.

Newent, UK, based ladder manufacturer Ladder & Fencing Industries(LFI) has introduced a new range of products specifically designed toimprove safety for façade scaffolding.The range includes five objects,including platform ladder accesscovers, a clip on step for usewhen erecting guardrails for a

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

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letters c&aTo the EditorBEWARE!!!!!!!!Having recently fallen foul to the current British Banking rip-off, I wantedto warn other Plant Hire Companies out there to urgently check the statusof their own ‘Finance Agreements’ provided by various organisations/bankswithin the UK, my experience is with HSBC Equipment Finance.

Taking out a ‘Fixed Rate’ agreement with lenders who loan you money asfinance to purchase equipment does NOT mean ‘Fixed Rate’ apparently.It actually means ‘Fixed Term’ and should any of you out there be oif a mindto terminate such an agreement early – whilst thinking you hadfixed your interest rate to allow youto build your business forecast –and would obviously get a rebateon the interest amount should youchoose to reduce your fleet sizeand terminate an agreement early.You wont, you have actually agreed topay the interest on full term initiallyagreed and there is no such thing atthe moment as a discount of interest.

Does this mean that the FULLamount of interest becomes a‘Capital’ amount?

Should we be allowed to claim taxrelief on the full amount of Capitalcost AND the interest? Will thisinterest, if the full amount payable isadded onto your balance sheet, proveyour Company to be insolvent? Areyou prepared to pay interest onmoney you are no longer borrowing?

It seems that even though the recentGovernment Green Paper advisesbanks to ensure they do nothing tolimit the working capital ofbusinesses, the banks are notfollowing the measures supposedlyin place and are in fact doing theexact opposite. They are restrictingworking capital of all businessesby claiming this interest on moniesno longer borrowed by thosebusinesses.

Wytkin Lifting Services Ltd,Derbyshire.

ReadersLetters

Dear Sir,I have just been looking through the latest issue of Cranes & Accessand in particular the listing of access rental companies. I see that youhave our company in here in spite of the fact that we did not provideyou with the information . It is not accurate and I am wonderingwhere you got it from.

We do not want to be part of this feature and do not care for thefact that you have published information that we did not provide.Please do not put is in next year.

Name withheld as the correspondent did not wish to have any publicity.

While the details of Wytkin’s contractwere agreed between them at thestart, or probably buried in the smallprint, the fact is that many UK banksare paying lip service to the UKgovernment’s request to supportbusinesses through the currenteconomic downturn and yet doing thetotal opposite. From the calls emailsand letters we have seen on thissubject, HSBC is the worst of theworst. In particular it has been gettingextremely aggressive with a number ofcrane hire companies this year, mainlythose with strong balance sheets but aweek cash position. The typical modusoperandi is to revalue all of the assetsat a fraction of their even depressedvalue and then claim a default on loancovenants and demand immediaterepayment. The implied threat is thatthey will place the company inadministration, if this is done, youcan be sure they will call in theirbedfellows in crime, the bigadministrators such as KPMG whosemain function is to pay back the banksand other secured lenders, make adecent killing for itself and if there area few crumbs left pay them to the poorcreditors “who should have knownbetter than to do business with thesaid company”. The whole thing is ascandal and – but then this is notthe comment page!”. Ed

This year’s Top 30 rental company survey was our 12th and has become auseful guide the industry in the UK and Ireland. Over 90 percent of theinformation is provided by the companies in the chart. Every year a fewcompanies refuse to participate- three this year – while a few others either failto respond or sent it in late in spite of repeated requests. When information isnot provided we estimate the fleets based on prior year’s information and byasking the opinion of those who may know, or at least have a good ideaFor the survey to be meaningful it cannot be something that individual

companies can opt in or out of. Interesting this year we had more companiescontacting us to ask to be included in the survey next year. Your thoughts andopinions on this subject would be much appreciated. Ed

Dear Mark,

I was most interested to learn fromyour September issue that Grove is goingto bring out a new 150 tone RT crane inthe wake of the RT1650.

I sold the last of these giant RTs in 1986 to Poland.The customer was Petrobaltic of Gdansk, an offshoredrilling company which, at the time, was a Communist jointventure between the Soviet Union, Poland and the GDR (EastGermany). The crane had been used as ayard crane at Shady Grove for a year orso and was sold as a used unit witha 12 month warranty and it had someteething problems with the internalstabilisers soon after installation,which took Grove a couple ofmonths to sort out.

I was summoned to appear before a“Tribunal” headed up by the Sovietmanaging director, but I had harried theGrove management about it and managedto delay the meeting until I had the partsand the service engineer all ready to carryout the necessary modifications. I defusedthe situation by eating humble pie, but my Polishinterpreter was incensed at the fact that all discussions wereconducted in Russian on Polish soil!

The crane worked perfectly satisfactorily after that and in 2008underwent a complete overhaul and is still in operation –and I am sure that it is the only one left in the world!

I started selling cranes to Poland and the Comecon countries in1960 and for those who are interested in the techniques of selling toCommunist countrie3s in those days, it is all recorded (along withmuch more) in my memoirs ’40 years a salesman’ A limitednumber of copies a are left which are available at the special priceof £15 including post and packing.

Yours Sincerely, Dick Lloyd

Dick Lloyd can be contacted on +44-(0) 1548 531068or at 2 Brook Cottages, Sherford, Kingsbridge, TQ7 2A

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

Hand over photo of thePetrobaltic delegation

Shady Grove 1986

Re Open letter from HSE in this month's issueHmm, let me do some maths: 117,000 Lifts in 3 years, 39,000 liftsper year, 750 lifts a week, 107 lifts a day, 4.4 Lifts an hour.This assumes that lifts took place continuously 24/7 with no timeoff at all in that three year period.

If you assume a 10 hour shift, 6 daysa week and two weeks off a year itlooks like this 780 lifts a week, 130lifts a day, 13 Lifts an hour or a liftcycle every 4 1/2 minutes. All day.

Am I missing something or does thissound a little far-fetched? Why wouldanyone design a crane intended for this work with a lifespan of only25,000 cycles? What port would buy it? What dealer would suggest it?

What do you think?

Regards,

Steve, Houston, Texas

The crane concerned was in fact amobile crane, which the letter maynot have highlighted, it subsequentlyturns out that it was on rent to a port.See the Crane Interest Group articleon page 49 which provides moreinformation. Ed.

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CTE spiders and trucks

Oil&Steel to unveilnew Eagle flagshipOil & Steel has a good deal to say, and will beeffectively launching its new sales and local dis-tribution network alongside a new 60 metreEagle truck mounted lift, the 6035, whichreplaces the popular Eagle 5634 and heralds thestart of a revamp to the entire Eagle range.

The new Eagle 6035 is mounted on a four axle (8x2)- 32 tonne truck with an overall length of 11.5metres, a width of 2.5 metres and overall height of3.99 metres. Platform capacity is 280 kg/three per-sons or 500 kg/four persons on a 2.5 metre wideplatform that can extend to 3.6 metres and features360 degrees of platform rotation. Maximum out-reach is 35 metres from the five section main boomand three section articulated jib. All hoses, wiresand other services are routed internally.

Platform Basket adds battery spiderPlatform Basket will show a new 13.4 metre, two man compact spider lift with a batterypowered power option. The new machine the 13.65 weighs just 1,400kg, has a 2.7 x 2.7metre outrigger footprint and an outreach of up to eight metres.

Bassa, Corta, Semplicemente idraulica Rather than introduce any major new product breakthroughs GSR has focused on improving it’shighly popular 3.5 tonne 21 metre PX articulated truck mounted lift offering. The new E210PX will,one assumes, replace the E219PX. Its key attributes are its more compact dimensions beingaround 750mm lower than the 219 with an overall height of just 2.5 metres. It is also shorter andstill includes simple full pressure hydraulic controls eschewing complex electrics in favour of aproduct that can be easily maintained andrepaired by small rental companies.

Oh and that Italian headline?

Lower, shorter - simple hydraulics the essenceof this new products according to GSR.

As we went to press this month several more manufacturers decided to release details of the products that they are planning to exhibit at SAIE in Bologna later in the month. Giventhat there are a number of significant new product introductions among them we thought itworthwhile highlighting them.

A separate eight tonnes of counterweight is availablethat is transported separately from the machine andonce installed – under its own power - boosts theoutreach by around 20 percent. Slew is 360 degreescontinuous and operation is possible form the plat-form or from a fully glazed cab with air conditioningas standard.

The new Eagle 6035 will be unveiled at SAIE.

Another compact SnakeThe company will also show the new Snake 2815Compact, mounted on a Mitsubishi Canter six tonnetruck. Working height is 27.5 metres and outreachjust over 14 metres. Jacking is variable from withinthe overall width to extended one side or both.

The new Oil&Steel Snake 2815 Compact.

CTE has announced that it will introduce anumber of new products, including a lithiumion battery powered version of its popular17 metre spider lift, the Traccess 170E. Thenew power pack provides around five hoursof continuous operation and takes eighthours to fully recharge from empty. Thelithium power will add another benefit towhat is already a popular model and willhelp boost the battery powered compactspider lift market - initiated by Hinowa withits lithium ion models last year.

The company will also show its new 29 metreZED 29 J articulated truck mounted lift withdual parallelogram sigma riser, three sectiontop boom and articulating jib. The stowed unithas a compact eight metres overall length, aGVW of 10.5 tonnes and offers up to 15 metresof outreach.

If you are staying over the Friday evening CTE is hosting a happy hour on its stand withmusic and entertainment, to which you areinvited.

The new CTE T170E spider lift with lithium ion battery pack

The new CTE Zed 29J

The new GSR E210PX will be unveiled at SAIE.

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Special & Niche Platform AccessAcro Services www.acroservices.co.ukCAT Access Solutions www.cataccesssolutions.co.ukEasi UpLifts www.easiuplifts.comEasy Reach Scotland www.easyreachscotland.co.ukFacelift www.facelift.co.ukHigher Access www.higheraccess.co.ukMax Access www.maxaccess.co.ukPanther www.platform-rentals.co.ukSpiderlift www.spiderlift.co.ukTracked Access www.trackedaccess.comRapid Platforms www.rapidplatforms.co.ukUniversal Platforms www.universalplatforms.comWilson Access www.wilsonaccess.co.uk

Specialist ScaffoldingLTC Specialist Scaffolding www.ltcscaff.co.uk

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Structural RepairsAvezaat Cranes www.avezaat.comCrowland Cranes www.crowlandcranes.co.ukJohn Taylor Crane www.jtcranes.co.ukServices Ltd

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SoftwareHigher Concept www.higherconcept.co.ukMCS Rental Software www.mcs.co.ukSuperOffice Software www.superoffice.co.uk

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