27.07.2009

First for Cumblerland Industries

Kettering, UK, based Cumberland Industries – the newly formed bespoke truck mounted platform manufacturer – has recently completed a 38 metre, Terex Utilities insulated boom truck mounted platform, the largest sold in Europe.

The Terex unit is one of an order for 100 truck mounts assembled by Cumberland Industries to be delivered to the Middle East. The order comprises 80 25 metre platforms using an Oil&Steel superstructure and 20 of the 38 metre Terex Utilities machines.
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The platform has 38 metres working height, 15.8 metres outreach and is fully insulated to 69kVA

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The first 38 metre platform in Europe using Terex Utilities' insulated boom

The 38 metre working height, continuous rotation platform is mounted on an extended Mercedes Actros 3340 chassis giving 15.8 metres of outreach and is fully insulated to 69kVA. The unit also features a 360kg capacity, two man basket and a 680kg lift capacity jib.

Cumberland Industries has formed a partnership with Oil&Steel UK, with both companies moving into new, shared office and workshop space in Kettering in March. Since then, the company has been working on producing the 100 machines which have to be delivered by October.
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Cumberland Industries' new facility in Kettering

At Vertikal Days, Cumberland showed off one of its 25 metre truck mounts on the Oil&Steel stand and is expecting to be appointed Terex Utilities dealer for the UK and Ireland in the next few weeks.

“We can offer bespoke products to customers in the UK, Europe and around the world, built in Kettering and using Oil&Steel and Terex Utilities booms,” said Paul Murphy, Cumberland Industries commercial director.

“We do not clash or interfere with Oil&Steel’s own mainline products, but in fact can help if a customer wants a bespoke vehicle mounted platform building. In a short space of time we have recruited numerous very experienced staff which have a tremendous amount of experience designing and building vehicle mounted platforms. Many have worked with companies such as Versalift, Socage, Oil&Steel, Bizzocchi, Altec and Terex.”
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Paul Murphy (L) commercial director with Julian Bateman in charge of design and production

Although Cumberland Industries is working closely with Oil&Steel for the 25 metre platform, it is also working on other projects including a 14 metre, 6.5 metre outreach Land Rover-based platform which should be available later in the year. “We have the premises, good local suppliers and fabricators and staff to enable us to build any type of vehicle mounted platform,” said Murphy.
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The platform is mounted on an extended Mercedes Actros 3340 chassis

Vertikal Days saw the unveiling the 25 metre, 10kVa insulated platform mounted on a 14 tonne chassis (the customer’s choice), designed specifically for the Middle East market.

The platform uses the boom that was specially developed for Cumberland Industries, but was recently seen on the Oil&Steel 2510 Compact truck platform which was launched at Intermat. This results in 12 metres of outreach and has 360 rotation and a 250kg capacity two man insulated basket.
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This machine is one of 20 platforms destined for the Middle East

Cumberland therefore can use Oil&Steel booms ranging from 14, 17, 18, 20 and 25 metres for its projects. It is also hoping that a new boom can be developed specifically for the Land Rover project rather than ‘trying to make a boom for another type of machine, fit’. At the moment there is a design that uses the Oil&Steel 1470 Snake boom with fly jib but Murphy is hoping to make a specific boom for the project.

The company is now an approved supplier to many of the major utilities companies and is also a member of IPAF.