CMS launches spider pair in the US

CMC has unveiled two new spider lifts at TCI Expo 2026 in Florida, US, with the 68i Utility Pro and 72HDX Arbor Pro for tree care and utility work. 

The new 68i Utility Pro is CMC’s first double-articulated insulated lift, designed for utility vegetation management, line clearing and right-of-way work. Insulated up to 46kV, the machine features SureLevel, an automatic basket levelling system that keeps the platform level throughout its range of movement while maintaining electrical insulation between the basket and machine base.

The CMC 68i Utility Pro spider. (Image: CMC).

The system uses locally generated electrical power at the basket to drive electrohydraulic levelling. CMC says it is the first patented system of its kind on an insulated tracked aerial lift.

The 68i offers a maximum outreach of 11.5m with a 180kg basket load, without limiting sensors. Automatic outrigger levelling also allows the machine to operate on uneven ground, with a maximum stabilising slope of 38°.

Arborist focus 

Meanwhile, the new 72HDX Arbor Pro replaces the previous 72HD pantograph model with a double-articulating telescopic boom configuration and launches our new the new HDX family. The lift is designed to give arborists greater flexibility when working around obstacles and in confined spaces.

The machine provides 12m of outreach with its full 230kg basket capacity. A redesigned articulating jib, operating from -90° to +87°, allows more precise basket positioning, while Smart Outreach Control automatically restricts outreach when working in narrow areas.

The 72HDX also incorporates rotary actuator levelling, a system already used on CMC’s larger 100HD and 90HD Arbor Pro models.

Both models will be available in North America in Spring 2027 and will be sold outside the continent as the i21 (68i) and S22HDX (72HDX).

The 72HDX Arbor Pro was launched at TCI Expo in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (Image: CMC).