Peter Hird & Sons has purchased five Hinowa tracked access platforms, after seeing a growth in demand for spider-type lifts.
Wrexham-based Griffiths Tool Hire has also purchased a Hinowa 23.12 machine for its growing powered access fleet.
Two engineers from Griffiths and four from Hird completed Hinowa operator and service engineer training at the APS training centre in Upton, Cambridgeshire.
Hird’s first machine went straight out on long term hire in Ireland, where the 23m Hinowa 23.12 is working on a hospital construction. Hird also purchased two Hinowa 17.75 Lightlifts and two 14.70 Goldlift machines.
The new Hinowa 17.75 Lightlift has a safe working load of 230kg – enough for two people with tools – and a 17m maximum working height. The lifts are compact enough to pass through standard doorways and the outriggers self-level at the touch of a button. The Lightlift and Goldlift products have fibreglass bushings on all pins, meaning they no longer require lubricants, reducing maintenance time.
The Hinowa machines also have a hydraulic system for widening the low impact tracks, to cope with especially uneven or unstable ground – and can be operated by remote radio or wire control.
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