Looking at Tracked Spider Lift Choice of 2. Which One?

[Stevieb]

Hi, I am looking right now at the purchase of a tracked cherry picker. I have a choice of 2 and in your opinion on here which do you think would be best. Price wise there within £1000 of each other. 1st machine a Teupen Leo 18g Wgt 2400kgs 15 mtr platform height and a working height of approx 17mtrs. 2nd machine is a Hinowa 20.10  2900 kgs 18 mtr platform height and a working height of 20 mtrs. Both machines are fairly identical in foot print, length and width. Both narrow access. Look forward to hearing you comments. Steve

[dumper]

Got to be the hinowa height and reach ,which one is easier to get repaired?

[Pete Mctree]

How does the outreach compare?

[Stevieb]

The Hinowa is 9.2 mtrs at the actual basket edge and the Teupen is 7.6 mtrs at basket edge. Both are more or less the same in narrow access around 795mm. I am looking at offering the machine out on hire as an owner operator.

[Will C]

No one has ever said “I wish my mewp was a meter smaller” 

[Stevieb]

Good point its more the wgt difference

[Will C]

The lighter one will be over weight for smaller towing trucks at 2.4t plus trailer so you will need the full fat 3.5t towing capacity so you may as well be full 3.5t

[Stevieb]

1 hour ago, Will C said:

The lighter one will be over weight for smaller towing trucks at 2.4t plus trailer so you will need the full fat 3.5t towing capacity so you may as well be full 3.5t

All that has been sorted I have purchased a dedicated mewp trailer that will accomodate the heaviest machine and keep it under 3.5 ton. The real question is do you sacrifice 2 meters in height and near 2 meters in reach for a drop of 500 kgs???

[Will C]

26 minutes ago, Stevieb said:

All that has been sorted I have purchased a dedicated mewp trailer that will accomodate the heaviest machine and keep it under 3.5 ton. The real question is do you sacrifice 2 meters in height and near 2 meters in reach for a drop of 500 kgs???

IMO no you don’t every picker I’ve used has always just run out of reach at some point 

[Stevieb]

21 minutes ago, Will C said:

IMO no you don’t every picker I’ve used has always just run out of reach at some point 

I think the same looks like the largest reach I can buy for my budget.