22.07.2005

Modulift spreaders lift message

When Poole based company Modulift received a last minute request to provide and rig 130 metres of spreaders to lift an eight metre high message “Make Poverty History” at the recent Edinburgh rally prior to the G8 meeting, assistance came from several Modulift customers.

With only a day to deliver spreaders and rigging s to Edinburgh for the rally on 2 July. The suppliers worked night and day with Hewden Crane Hire, to put the complex rigging together. The modular spreaders were provided by LGH, Modulift, Lifting Logic and Brandon Loadtite, while LGH supplied the rigging. They formed four cascading spreader rigs, one on three levels and another 42m long lattice spreader.

The five Demag cranes, four AC50s and an AC120, completed the staged lift of the 18 separate 8m high letters to over 6 metres above the ground at 15:10 in spite of the windy conditions.
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Hewden cranes and Modulift spreaders raised the eight metre letters to over six metres

The giant letters carried over 300,000 personal messages that had been pinned to them during the day by the 200,000 rally supporters. The messages were presented to the leaders attending the G8 conference.

A short video of the lift is available on the Christian aid web site http://www.christianaid.co.uk/campaign/g8/edinburghlive/raisingletters.htm