01.02.2016

Octopus for gardeners and builders

German garden and builders supply company Emmel has taken delivery of a 14 metre Oil&Steel Octopus 14 spider lift for its rental division.

The new lift - the company’s first spider lift - has 6.5 metres of outreach, a maximum platform capacity if 200 kg, is 780mm wide when stowed, but this extends for greater stability on site. Overall eights is just under two tonnes. The machine was purchased through German distributor Bauscher.

This latest delivery follows almost two year’s experience with a 20 metre Oil & Steel Snake 20/10 truck mount. The family owned company, located in Kirchheimbolanden, to the South East of Frankfurt is gradually building up a rental fleet of compact equipment relevant to its customers who drop in at the centre to buy garden and/or building supplies. In addition to the truck mounted lifts and now the spider, it runs 16 metre Dino trailer mounted lifts.
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(L-R) Michael Emmel takes delivery of the new Octopus from Klaus Niemes of Bauscher, with Christian Zahn of Emmel.

Owner Michael Emmel said: “When deciding on which tracked lift to buy, the decision was easy, we appreciate the excellent service provided by the Bauscher company and the very simple operation of the platform, which also makes the training of our staff and our customers much easier "

Klaus Niemes.of Bauscher added: "We have further improved this successful model, it is now more compact and offers a full 14 metres of working height and 200 kg basket capacity the best in this class."