UK acccess specialist ups Hinowa fleet

It has taken three Hinowa Lightlift 17.75 Performance IIIS platforms and three Hinowa Lightlift 20.10 Performance IIIS models into its platform fleet.

Investing in Hinowa platforms has key advantages for rental specialists, said GT Access Sales Director Steve Moody, as the life cost of Hinowa platforms is low due to their high resale value. “So, customers are very pleased to be able to hire quality platforms, and it’s a very sensible investment decision. That’s an important win-win for us.”

GT Access’ new Hinowa 1775.

GT Access has had Hinowa spider lifts in its fleet since 2011, and currently offers four models: the Goldlift 15.70, Lightlift 17.75, Lightlift 20.10 and Lightlift 26.14 Performance IIIS.

Linda Betts, Key Accounts Director at Access Platform Sales, the UK and Ireland authorised dealer for Hinowa, said, “Hinowa works extremely hard to maintain and improve the performance standards that set its platforms apart.”

GT Access’s new Hinowa Lightlift 17.75 spider booms have a maximum working height of 17.05m and a maximum horizontal outreach of 7.5m while. For the Hinowa Lightlift 20.10, the working height is 20.1m and outreach 9.7m.

Both platforms have a travel width of just 795mm and a travel height of 1996mm, so they can track through narrow doorways, gates and archways, and along paths to otherwise difficult-to-reach worksites. They also have automatic stabilisation and unrestricted basket capacities of 230kg.

Bi-energy option

GT Access, which operates 13 depots across the Midlands, North West, London and the South East, South West and Wales, has selected bi-energy versions of the spider lifts, powered either by low-emissions diesel engines or by cabled 110v mains electricity.

Moody added “Our Hinowa spider lifts are very popular with maintenance contractors - for working on the exterior of buildings or in office and shopping centre atriums - and with tree surgeons, among many other customers.

“They’re real working at height problem solvers. Whether that’s about tight access, unstable ground or sensitive flooring, or the need to work on complex structures. That’s what makes them so popular.”

GT Access, which has its HQ in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, operates 13 depots across the Midlands, North West, London and the South East, South West and Wales.

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