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From Germany comes Anton Ruthman GmbH with its range of truck, trailer and even crawler-mounted platforms. There are 26 units in the range and working heights go up to 70m. Also from Germany Wumag will bring its Elfuant truck mounted platforms for the first time to SED '97.

The Sky King stand will be showing its truck-mounted platforms which go to a height of 27m and its Van-mounts which go to 10m. All the Sky King range is CE-marked for this year. The company also distributes Ferrari hydraulic lorry loader cranes and Altec insulated aerial platforms in the UK. See them on the stand.

Max Access is a name which tells you exactly what it does, the Spider TS/30 is a neat, diesel/electric, two-man (200kg) access platform which will go up to 30m yet pass through a standard doorway. It will be joined by the Faraone P14000E vertical lift platform which will take 200kg up to 14m.

hirers

Hirers aren't neglected this year and Mastclimbers will show what the UK's biggest privately-owned mastclimbing work platform hirer can do. As Mastclimbers' proud boast tells you "We take the hassle out of access problems." If you have problems talk to Mastclimbers.

Versalift is currently building 163 Eurotel machines for British Telecom and it will have one on its stand. There will be two more Eurotels, one on a M-B Unimog and the other on the popular Iveco Daily.

PPM Terex has a new UK distributor, European Cranes Ltd., which will make its SED debut this year. Also you can see PPM Quadral cranes with all-terrain and rough-terrain ability.

JLG Industries (Europe) will be showing two new models at SED'97, the 26MRT is a rough-terrain scissor lift with 9.75m working height. It's joined by the new JLG 40ic and 45ic articulating boom lifts with working heights of 14.02m and 15.54m respectively. The MRT should handle rough sites easily while the ic artics will enable you to reach across and over many large obstacles.

wide range

Another hirer is Independent Access Supplies which will display and demonstrate several examples from its wide range of kit. As a JLG distributor it will show the JLG 26 rough-terrain scissor.

HMF (UK) is well-known for its lorry loading cranes, see three new-Series models on the stand. The 850 is an 8t/m machine, the 1110 is an 11t/m crane and the 1250 can handle 12t/m. The 'Ultimate Muckaway' 1144 will also be there.

Ainscough Crane Hire will be showing the brand-new 180tonne Demag on site as it passes through on its way to a life of hard work. It'll be surrounded by lots of smaller cranes too but remember Ainscough has models up to 500t in its hire fleet.

Alan Russon is at SED '97 with a full range of Skyjack platforms. Especially go to see the world's first and only (Alan's words!) telescopic-knuckle articulating boom with 12m sub-terrain ability, three booms in one.

Scissor lift

Pinguely-Haulotte is very big in France and this year Direct Access Platform (its distributor) will display scissor lift models to 17m height, artic booms to 21m height and various other representative models. Brand new are the H25TPX telescopic boom with four wheel drive platform and fly jib and a 10m personnel lift ideal for factory maintenance.

DAP will also show several examples from Camborne Engineering's Interlift range including models able to be mounted on a 3.5t GVW van.

Access Industries has a new 17m teleboom platform mounted on an Iveco 40.10 chassis with four-wheel drive. It's actually the UK launch at SED'97. There will be a couple of Multitel units on show too with a hefty J346TA offering 46m working height. Go and inspect them and be impressed.

facelift

Facelift is quite a nifty name for an access hire company which specialises in road-mobile access kit. It will demonstrate its latest Bronto 440X which will go to 47m if that's what you need.n