22.06.2006

First 20m platform on Ford Transit 350

Allan Access is set to deliver the first 20 metre platform mounted on a Ford Transit 350 chassis. The machine - fitted with a fully hydraulic Apache DA20 unit - is awaiting delivery to industrial maintenance company WB Services. It has an outreach of 9 metres with 200kg in the basket. This outreach is improved to 10 metres with a reduced basket capacity of 120kg.

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Outreach is 9 metres with 200kg in the basket

The DA20 is a double articulation unit for improved up and over reach and features cage rotation.
"The customer has a fleet of Transits and asked if we could supply the platform on a Transit chassis," said managing director Phil Allan. "With help from the engineering department we have produced a vehicle that can also carry 250kg and still is under the unit's 3500kg gross vehicle weight. As far as I know, this is the first 20 metre platform on a Transit."

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Allan Access 20m double articulated boom on a Transit chassis