25.06.2019

UK’s first Ommelift 18.40

UK rental company Instant Access has taken delivery of an 18.3 metre Ommelift 18.40 RXJ spider lift, the first in the country.

The 18.40 provides an outreach of 10.5 metres and a 200kg maximum platform capacity. It has an overall length of 4.85 metres, overall width of 790mm and overall height of 1.99 metres. Ordered in the hybrid version, it weighs 2,900kg. The new lift, delivered by UK distributor Access Platform Sales (APS), has been already gone out on its first job, inspecting new build houses.
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The UK’s first Ommelift 18.40

Director Colin Sutcliffe said: “The key advantage of using this boom is that its reach means it doesn't have to be close to the house in order to inspect the roof. It has effectively replaced the need for scaffold, which was more time consuming and costly. It has more ‘up and over’ capability and the most outreach of any machine in its class.”

Operations director Chris Park added: “The beauty of the Ommelift is that it can be working outdoors in the day time on the engine, then at night it can switch to battery power for work indoors, such as a shopping centre.”
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The 18.40 has been used for inspecting houses

Based in Chatham, Kent in southern England, Instant Access runs a fleet of boom, spider and scissor lifts, as well as truck mounted platforms.