The first day of Vertikal Days was blessed with sunshine and a good attendance
Queues starting to build on the first morning
Alan Peck (R) of Kranlyft with (L-R) Tim, Nick and Mark Ambridge of NMT Cranes sealing the deal on a Bocker AK 44/4000 aluminium truck mounted crane
Andrew McCusker (R)of Active Rentals completes the deal with Tim Ward for the first Niftylift HR 28 Hybrid in Scotland
Andy Northwood of Hy-Brid Access (R) with Speedy's Danny Riley confirming the purchase of 100 HB-P3.6 push arounds
Ascendant was flying the flag for UK manufacturers with three platforms including this 12.5 metre van mount
City Lifting - the UK Comansa dealer - had a great first day selling a tower crane
Dingli's new mast boom
In the marketplace Track Unit was gearing up for a busy day
Liebherr's new MK 140 truck mounted tower crane
Matt Woolman (R) of Advanced Access Platforms with Skyjack's Dean Marks after placing its biggest order with the company for 55 machines taking its fleet to more than 425 platforms
New UK dealer for the Easy Lift spider lifts (not van mounts) Skyking had the R160 and R180 on show
Niftylifts latest narrow HR15 N
Outside the marketplace
Part of the ALLMI village which featured the Operator of the Year competition
Teupen Leo 21 GT and its new dedicated transport vehicle
The four metre working height self propelled Elevah 40 from Faraone weighs just 75kg
The Panel Lift from Telpro
The latest 20 metre 540-200 from JCB
The new pillarless, 14 metre working height Comet van mount with 46,000 V insulated boom and mounted on a 5.2 tonne chassis created a lot of interest on the Affordable Access stand
The Skyjack stand was first stop inside the entrance
The tracked Terrrain Master TC600 from Auto Guide
The two tonne capacity mini D12 tracked carrier from first time exhibitor JT Cranes
Time Versalift had its usual impressive stand with its latest platforms
UK dealer NRC's 100 tonne Hitachi Sumitomo SCX1000A-3 was the largest crawler crane at the show
The Tadano stand was busy throughout the two days
The Market Place was busy throughout the two days
The open cafe style layout is increasingly popular
Crown batteries and distributor Shield is making inroads into the UK access market
Vertikal Days 2014 was the first outing for AJ Access as the Holland Lift distributor
Possibly the two youngest attendees - on an approved educational day from school - the Bowers boys in their Lifterz uniform
TVH's training 'mule' featuring the latest electronics was a very popular exhibit
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Joe Clerkin
A Great Show, Great day & some good laughs