10.09.2008

Eazzi push around

The market for low level access and push around powered scissor lifts has grown significantly over the past two years as all manner of contractors adopt them in place of step ladders for working heights of up to 4.5 metres or so.

A new entrant will shortly make its appearance, and like Pop-Up and Power Tower it is originating in the UK. The new company is Eazzi Access and its first product range will be branded as the Eazzi Lift. Based in the North East, rapidly becoming the UK’s Access Valley, the business is run by industry veteran Martin Birbeck.
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Martin Birbeck at the controls

Birbeck has spent some 25 years or more in the access rental industry, with both scaffold towers and powered access having started out with John Rusling, which developed into Instant Zip-Up. He then moved to Access Rentals and joined Nationwide Access when it acquired Access Rentals in 1989.

Since 2005 he has been working for the new Access Rentals but seeing an opportunity in the low level access market and having the engineering and manufacturing contacts left to set up a new venture to build a high quality locally built push- around product.

The first two prototypes of a three model range are now being tested and will be shown to buyers in order to gain as much feedback as possible prior to fixing the design and ramping up series production.
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The Eazzi Lift Mini on test in a superarket application

The after sales support for the Eazzi Lift range has been contracted to Shropshire based Access Parts and Repairs which has also had significant input on the design of the new products.

The three models will be dubbed the Mini, the Midi and the Maxi with platform heights of 1.8 metres, 2.5 metres and most likely 3.2 metres. All models feature automatic locking of the rear casters when elevated, a very low entry height and 250kgs lift capacity.

We had the opportunity to look at and test the Mini and the Midi earlier this week, and while there is still some fine tuning to be done the structural quality and platform rigidity was exceptional as was the paint finish and general specification.
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A Mini and a Midi in the back of a van

The Mini is just 1.2 metres long with a maximum working height of 3.8 metres and so well suited to working on office ceilings and walls etc…
The Midi gets its extra height by being longer at 1.47 metres, although this includes a generous step come storage locker which adds around 125mm to the length. The benefit is that the lowered platform height is around 400mm.

We will be looking at this whole sector in the next Cranes&Access when we will publish further details on this and the other push around products on offer.