01.07.2012

APL chooses SanctuaryZone

UK rental company APL has selected AFI’s SanctuaryZone as its retrofit crush protection solution for boom lifts.

The company is the second in just over a week to order the bolt-on crash bar system, following Kimberley’s announcement last week.

APL is a member of the UK’s Access Alliance of independently owned regional access rental companies and says that the Alliance has agreed to adopt the SanctuaryZone on the basis that it can be added very quickly and easily, does not interfere with the machine’s electrics and is cost effective.
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The SanctuaryZone

APL director Jason Seddon said: “We are very pleased that AFI are happy to resell their innovative products to a regional business such as APL, it has been a greatly talked about subject that we as a company have embraced along with all the other Access Alliance members and thank AFI for allowing this to happen, keeping all sites and there operators safe across the country.”

Vertikal Comment

With several large UK contractors now insisting on some form of overhead protection being fitted to all boom lifts working on their sites, rental companies are under pressure to find a solution, regardless of whether they feel it is required or not. The SanctuaryZone is proving popular probably as much to do with AFI’s open attitude to passing on the designs to others, as to its price and simplicity.

It does though have a small impact on platform capacity and the system, while providing protection even in rapid catapult situations, does make the platform into a larger structure which might make it a little more awkward for some applications in tight roof areas. So it will be very interesting to see what reaction it receives on site and whether rental companies will consider making it a standard item on all of their boom lifts, or continue to offer it as an option?