14.08.2015
A chance at redemption
After failing to identify the unusual looking aerial work platform last week (
Any guesses?) we thought we would give you the chance to redeem yourselves with this latest unusual entry.
In the words of our reader: “Didn’t know the answer to the Saudi Arabia aerial work platform question, however, here's one your readers might be interested in that's a bit closer to home, and has some age behind it! Owned at the time by National Grid, we came across it whilst doing some operator training for them a few years back, Southampton area I seem to recall (or somewhere on the south coast of the UK).”
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An interesting looking aerial work platform spotted on the south coast of the UK
Feel free to provide an answer in the comment section below or by emailing us at:
[email protected]. Points will be awarded for guessing the manufacturer, the model and an approximate age. This one should be a lot easier as they were produced over many years in Europe.
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Mounted on a tractor chassis it looks like a scissor lift which has been combined with a mast boom...
Oh and by the way the machine that no one guessed – to be fair it was a Chinese product that is not widely distributed in Europe or the Americas – it was a………..
Hi Leigh,
Miles Dufon manufactured the machine at Shoreham Airfield to service the aviation sector. National Grid had to make several costly upgrades to the machine in order to make it compliant with current regulations. This was completed in order that, at least at Lovedean, they could carry on using it to access a specific area of the site where the machine was ideal.
Hope this is of use, please forward the cash prize to me c/o Nationwide Platforms!
Kindest regards
Andy
Don't know the manufacturer or seen anything like it before but it is in the livery of the original Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB)
Barecat
agree with Allan, I also think it,s an MBB ( Focke Wulf some models have been named) Up to 25 M !! working height as push around ( means you needed a tractor or 5 horses to move it) Popular in Germany as by law you needed such an equipment with every large overhead crane in use.
alan russon
I think it is a machine which was manufactured in Germany by MBB. I can't remember the name of the machine, but quite a few were sold in the UK, mainly to the Electrical power stations. It would be in the 70's and 80's when this machine was popular.
Alan Russon.
Eric L
it was a.... major accident waiting to happen ?