Supelift launches truck mounted scissor

Canada-based Superlift has introduced the Uplift, which it describes as a heavy-duty truck mounted lift for contractors and rental companies.

The machine is created from a scissor lift designed to fit a modified Toyota Land Cruiser. It has a 6.7 m working height, 4.9 m (16 ft) platform height, with 771 kg (1,700 lb) of platform capacity for two workers, tools and materials.

The Uplift truck mounted scissor lift from Superlift is aimed at a range of contractor and rental company work. (Image: Superlift).

A significant advantage of the lift, says the company, is that no trailer or towing is required and there is no need to wait for a scaffold crew. The operator can drive to the job, set the outriggers, and go to work.

Setup takes minutes, with hydraulic outriggers deploy in 120 seconds. The scissor mechanism raises a full load in 59 seconds, with smooth inching from a push-button control station and an emergency stop. The 1.65 m x 1.45 m (65 in x 57 in) platform has safety rails, kick plates and a swing-out safety door. The unit stows 114 mm high on the truck bed, so the truck still parks like a truck.

Range of applications 

According to Superlift, the machine is suited to bridge contract work, including repair underneath the deck; sign installation and repair; petrol station canopy and light service; electrical and mechanical work at height; and general light repair.

The 6.7 m working height means it can reach under bridge decks, canopies and signs, with the 771 kg capacity being ideal for the parts and materials required for that work.

For rental companies, says the company it can be sent out for bridge work one day and lighting the next.

Power comes from a 12-volt battery system with a 2 kW hydraulic powerpack and a 1 HP, 12 VDC motor.

“A contractor’s work is 6.1 m (20 ft) up and all over the map,” said Gerry Erwin, president of Superlift. “Bridge work Monday, a sign Tuesday, canopy lights Wednesday. Today that means scaffolding, or a rented bucket truck.

“This lift lives on the truck and goes job to job; in about a minute the crew is working at 6.7 m with 771 kg of tools and parts aboard. It earns instead of sitting, and a rental yard can rent the same unit out every day of the week. That is the whole idea.”

The lift can be provided with or without the Toyota Land Cruiser for mounting on a truck that a company already runs.

(Image: Superlift).