05.04.2024

First 223ft boom in NL

Dutch sales and rental company Techno West Services has taken delivery of the first 223ft XCMG XGS70K telescopic boom lift to arrive in the Netherlands.
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The new XCMG XGS70K

The XGS70K has a five section telescopic boom, topped by a three section jib with 131 degrees of articulation, providing a working height of just under 70 metres - 69.6 metres to be exact - and a maximum outreach of 32.5 metres with 230kg in the platform. The maximum platform capacity is 460kg at an outreach of 27 metres, while 300kg is possible at just under 30 metres.
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An aerial view shows the base configuration

The company tends to keep its equipment in the original manufacturer’s colours, but in this case did not like the XCMG yellow and so ordered it in red - or so the story goes.
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Full Stick

Based in Kruiningen in Zeeland - just north of Antwerp and the Belgian border - the company was established in 1987 when Rien Weststrate began trading in forklift trucks. Over the next 35 years or so he and his family built a solid sales and rental business, adding aerial work platforms and telehandlers along the way.
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The handover (L-R) Yang Zhengyi of XCMG with Pieter van Ginkel and Rien Weststrate of Techno West Services, Hans Aarse of XCMG, Marnix Weststrate and Andre van Ginkel of Techno West along with Eric de Bruijn of XCMG and Marvin Hage of Techno West