Dutch access rental company Kamphuis Hoogwerkers has taken delivery of the first 31 metre Bluelift ST31 Hybrid spider lift to arrive in the Netherlands.
The new telescopic machine offers up to 18 metres of outreach with a platform capacity of 100kg, 16 metres with 200kg and 15 metres with 320kg, while the maximum capacity of 400kg is available at 13 to 14 metres outreach - depending on slew position.
The Netherland’s first ST31 Hybrid arrives
Delivered last week by Ruthmann/Bluelift distributor Kwak Hoogwerker Centrum, the new lift was ordered with a full specification including the large 1.8 metre by 800mm basket option. Overall weight is 4,850kg.
Guido Van Gestel of Kwak Hoogwerker (L) with Emiel Kamphuis
Based in Zutphen to the east of Appeldoorn, with a branch in Breda, Kamphuis Hoogwerkers can trace its roots back to 1895, when the first Kamphuis generation established a painting business in Eefde on the north side of Zutphen. Over the next 70 years the standard method of reaching work at height was ladders and later a ladder truck.
The company purchased its first aerial work platform in 1965, initially for its own use, allowing it to carry out painting contracts more efficiently and in greater safety. A year or two later it discovered that renting its aerial work platforms to others was a lucrative business and the company has rarely looked back.
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