22.05.2026
A most expensive platform
Spotted a couple of weeks ago at the Lidl store in Dartford, Kent, UK, a couple of men working on a display sign at a height of around four to five metres.
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Their powered access equipment comprises a mid-sized fixed frame telehandler, rented from Charles Wilson Hire, with a Genie scissor lift on the forks. A more expensive platform attachment would be hard to find, whether purchased or rented. As would a more unsafe one.
The scissor lift has been lifted with the chassis fork pockets that are designed purely for loading or moving the lift over a distance on site, and are totally unsafe for such stunts. An investigation into how it happened is underway.
Definitely one for our Death Wish Series.
Have a safe weekend.
Steve OB
I recognised this the moment I saw it, it's in my home town near Dartford and was on our local Facebook feed apparently.
The irony is, among those buildings behind them is a highly reputable IPAF training centre. It's not like they had to travel far to be trained on a suitable machine for the job.