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

[Joel77]

I have a landrover 110 cherry picker 12.5m I use is as often as I can, just makes life a whole lot easer being a 110 it's not to long and can get in & out tight spots also it tow,s the ifor williams it's got side lockers winch and protection roof rack cage all in all very handy bit of kit

[aspenarb]

130 with mewp,lockers ,spades and big hydraulic winch under the back. Used lots.

 

 

 

[UrbanAccess]

Hello David,

 

Interested in your comments regarding the Denkalift 28 metre machine.

 

Is this machine still with you at the moment?

[David Humphries]

Hello David,

 

Interested in your comments regarding the Denkalift 28 metre machine.

 

Is this machine still with you at the moment?

 

I'll Pm you

 

 

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[codlasher]

When the first round of Tree safety issues came out I went to the APF that year (about 10 years ago) and looked hard at the machines on display. I opted for the Teupen TP 30 and arranged for a days demonstration in the near future.

The dealers were fantastic and so was the machine and I had been authorised the spending money by the Trustees, which at that time was in the region of £30k.

The machine turned up and we set to work trying its various plusses and minuses in a range of situations.

For lower work it was a good tool but even with its 30 metre height it was limited and if you needed to go just that little bit higher you had to resort to alternative methods, i.e. A climber.

In the end I opted for keeping a climber rather than the machine and in my situation at that time it was the right decision.

codlasher

[mattv]

We have a tracked 17 metre machine which we use 3 days most weeks . Also hire in bigger machines . They are part of our routine approach to tree work. Climbers should be able to say when a particular spec on a particular tree would be better done with a MEWP or combination, MEWP/ climber.

[Foord]

Ask a similar question aimed at the utility side, might be a different answer - might not.