08.11.2011

Snorkel launches 62/66ft booms

Snorkel is launching the production versions of its 66ft/20m platform height straight telescopic boom at the Lift and Access Showcase in Scottsdale, Arizona today along with the new 62ft A62JRT articulated boom. Both units were shown as prototypes at Conexpo in March.
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The new Snorkel TB66JRT

The T66JRT features a three section telescopic boom and 1.8 metre articulating jib, the unit can also be ordered without the jib as the 60ft T60RT. The new lifts replace the old Snorkel TB66JRT and TB60RT models.
The company says that the T66JRT offers by far the best inside turning radius of any two-wheel steer boom in its class at 1.37 metres.

The unit is also said to be compact with an 8.5 metres overall length and 2.5 metres overall height. The new boom uses the same Polaris chassis as the 62ft A62JRT and is also common to the company’s 40/46ft booms.
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The Snorkel A62JRT

Snorkel’s sales and marketing director Richard Tindale said: “By building our mid-size booms on a common chassis, they share many of the same components and structural weldments. Our customers benefit because they have to stock fewer spare parts. Furthermore, training their service engineers becomes much more straightforward.”

More on these new products in the show roundup and the next issue of Cranes & Access. The Lift and Access Showcase and Symposium opens in Scottsdale at 8:00 this morning – Arizona time.