08.12.2025

54m spider for Monitor

Australian rental company Monitor has taken delivery of a 54 metre Platform Basket 54T spider lift with the crane attachment.

The model features an eight section telescopic boom, topped by a four section telescopic jib, providing a maximum outreach of almost 21 metres with 136kg in the platform, or 19.5 metres with the maximum platform capacity of 400kg. The maximum up & over reach is 44 metres at which point it has 15 metres of outreach.
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The Platform Basket 54T

When stowed with the platform in place, the 54T has an overall length of 9.55 metres and overall width of 2.43 metres and a stowed height of 2.77 metres. Total weight is 23,000kg.

When working as a spider crane, it has a maximum capacity of 1,000kg which it can handle at a radius of up to 15 metres and a height of 44 metres. Capacity at the maximum radius, while 500kg is possible at 19 metres radius and the 53 metre maximum lift height.

Monitor sales and marketing manager Chad Firth said: “This machine is equipped with a telescopic jib, steel tracks, and the one tonne winch option, making it well suited for powerline construction and telco tower projects.”

Founded in 1997 and based in Tamworth, New South Wales, Monitor operates from six branches with along with partner service centres throughout Australia and New Zealand. Its rental fleet includes boom lifts, spider lifts, truck mounted lifts, mini cranes, glass handling equipment and scissor lifts. It also acts as a national or local dealer for Platform Basket, CMC, Leguan, Hoeflon, GSR, BG Lift, Sinoboom and Ommelift