MEWP Who's Got One? A straw Poll ...

[kkk2]

Hire when needed no hassle with certification or anything then,

[Dean Lofthouse]

Problem with hire is you don't know the history.

 

Certification won't tell you if it has been used as a crane for example.

 

With ownership, at least you,d know

[eagleye]

Problem with hire is you don't know the history.

 

Certification won't tell you if it has been used as a crane for example.

 

With ownership, at least you,d know

 

which is a fair comment

but only if you can afford to buy from new

[Mark Bolam]

Problem with hire is you don't know the history.

 

Certification won't tell you if it has been used as a crane for example.

 

With ownership, at least you,d know that it definitely been used as a crane.

 

Very honest post Dean.

[shazlewood]

MEWP are good but often your drop zone is on the machine below you as often they don't have a good horizontal reach,

thats why you need to hire somthing like my machine,

as an owner driver, you keep on top of the maintenance and relevant paperwork,

check the picture out in the employment forum under cherry picker hire,

Thanks for looking

shaun

[skyhuck]

Hired on once more than 10 years ago, to reduce a large Hawthorn hedge, it got parked up at lunch time on the first day and I just climbed the hedge, much faster.

 

Never hired once since or felt the need to hire one.

[Lee Winger]

Mines more commonly known as a ladder

[Arbocop]

Dear all

 

thanks very much for your answers very interesting

 

kev

[David Humphries]

Interesting snap shot Kev, though disappointing that the poll only had 38 voters from nearly 750 views to the thread.

 

As long as you got what you wanted from it

 

 

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[sloth]

Just had a look at the poll questions on a proper 'puter- they don't really apply to me now, but for what it's worth an old boss had one nearly ten years ago and it was used regularly. In more recent years I've used them on dodgy trees, or if it increases efficiency- lifting avenues of large street trees with rolling roadworks for example. Generally I'd prefer to climb though

 

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