Socage seals 20-unit truck mount deal with Wiesecker

Socage Deutschland has delivered 20 new truck mounted aerial platforms to the Wiesecker Group.

With ten units each of the Forste 18T Speed and forste 20TJ Speed models, the rental specialist is expanding its offering in the 3.5 tonne truck mounted aerial platform segment.

Andre Gerdes and Jana Haffke at the handover in Weißenfels, Germany. (Image: Socage).

The Forste 18T Speed is a compact telescopic platform with a maximum working height of 17.7m and a maximum outreach of 10.5m. The Forste 20TJ Speed offers a maximum working height of 19.7 and an outreach of up to 12m.

The order, placed in March 2026, was completed in full by the beginning of October. The machines have already been delivered to the locations of Miete Regional, part of the Wiesecker Group, in Weißenfels, Weißenthurm, Hessisch Lichtenau and Sulzbach (Taunus). All 20 aerial platforms were handed over ready for rental and have already successfully completed their first jobs.

Andre Gerdes, managing director of Socage Deutschland GmbH, explained,“From the order in March to the complete delivery at the beginning of October, only around six months passed. Our local service team played a key role in preparing all 20 machines for rental within a short period of time. This order demonstrates that we can reliably handle projects of this scale and provide the necessary after-sales service.”

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Socage deliveries to Wiesecker Group’s Weißenfels, Hessisch Lichtenau and Sulzbach locations. (Image: Socage).

The Wiesecker Group has decades of experience in the rental of aerialplatforms, telehandlers, forklifts, construction machinery and cranes, with the fleet consisting of several hundred product types and thousands of rental machines. 

Jana Haffke, head of Miete Regional Germany at the Wiesecker Group, added, “With With the 20 new Socage truck-mounted aerial platforms, we are adding reliable and versatile machines to our rental fleet. We focus on cost-effective investment and value throughout the entire product life cycle. This enables us to continuously develop our offering and prepare our rental fleet for the future.”

As part of a Germany-wide Socage roadshow, the Wiesecker Group will also be providing live tests of Socage’s 75m working height Forste 75TJJ throughout October. The double-telescopic aerial platform with an articulated jib reaches a maximum lateral outreach of 39.5m.