03.10.2014

Big Genies for Kardon

UK based Kardon Kontracts took delivery of the first 180ft Genie SX-180 boom lift in the UK yesterday at a Genie open day.

The hand-over of the first of two SX-180s occured at Genie’s UK Operations Centre in South Witham, Lincolnshire. The new machine will join the first 185ft JLG 1850SJ boom lifts in Europe (see: Kardon takes first 1850SJ), with the second set for delivery later this year. The SX-180 features a five section main boom and 3.05 metre articulating jib which provides a 57 metre working height, a 24.4 metre outreach and a 340kg platform capacity.

Gordon McGruer of Kardon Kontracts: “Both the SX-180 and the JLG 1850 are complimentary machines. Although they have similar working heights, their working envelopes make them suited for different applications. There will be times where customers will require one over the other for certain applications and vise versa. For us the SX-180 enters our fleet at a perfect time – as all of our machines are currently out on hire.”
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Gordon McGruer taking delivery of the SX-180 from Dave Roddy

The open day provided rental companies and end users with an opportunity to see the SX-180 boom lift in action as well as see the new facilities, which have been expanded to include pre-delivery inspection workshops, an IPAF training centre as well as additional covered and open yard space.
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Customers, rental companies and end users were all invited to the Genie open day

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Andy Bailey (L) of Banner Plant taking a closer look at the SX-180

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An aerial view of the SX-180

Jacco de Kluyver Genie sales director for the UK, Ireland and Benelux said: “This event provided visitors time to compare and learn more about the extensive capabilities of our SX-180 boom lift. As they will see, in addition to providing new business opportunities and the potential to boost their business growth and profitability, this machine is also an extremely efficient alternative to truck mounted booms, cranes and other super boom lift units.”
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Genie's newly improved pre-delivery inspection workshop

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Genie's IPAF training centre

“Our company believes in the growth of the European market. To this effect, we have recently invested in our local South Witham PDI facility to support our European distribution centre and ensure the smooth flow of machine delivery that our customers need.”
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(l-r) Jacco de Kluijver and Dave Roddy of Genie presenting Gordon McGruer with a commemorative plaque