17.05.2001

Facelift buys first Aichi truck mount in UK

The new Aichi truck mount, which is marketed by Blue Line Access in the UK, has a 1 tonne lift capacity. Maximum working heght is 14 metres. It is marketed throughout Europe by Willenbrock Concept.

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Aichi's 1 tonne capacity truck mount.

"I expect this machine to allow to develop a large number of new uses for access equipment" said Gordon Leicester. He believes that the high lift capacity will be especially useful to people working with cladding, television, bridge inspection/testing and tunnel maintenance.

The price of the machine is understood to have been about £75,000.