24.10.2016

First 17m Versalift in UK

Versalift UK has delivered the country's first 17.1 metre VDT170-F van mounted platform to SparkX Electrical based in Buckinghamshire.

The VDT170-F has a two section boom mounted on a compact, medium wheel base, five tonne 4x4 Mercedes Sprinter. chassis, It has nine metres of outreach with 200 degrees of jib articulation, and full hydraulic controls. The platform has a ‘Home Function’ that returns to the stowed position at the push of a button.
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Chris Wrenn (L), Versalift UK’s Southern Sales Manager hands over the VDT170-F to SparkX. 


SparkX provides electrical and lighting installation services throughout the country working predominantly for local authorities and highways contractors.

SparkX director Chris Rogers said: “We specialise in lighting installation and maintenance and often find ourselves working in busy city centres across the country. We have found the medium wheelbase Sprinter to be the perfect size van when working in locations where space is at a premium, or where we are navigating around street furniture. The combination of the Sprinter and the VDT170-F provides us with excellent working height and unbeatable outreach, all worked into a package that allows us to take all the required materials in the one vehicle. The build quality of the access platform is excellent and we expect to get many years of reliable use from it.”

Andy Bray of Versalift UK added: “2016 has been a year of innovation at Versalift, particularly with the development of our new ETL and ETM E6 van mounted ranges, along with the introduction of VDT170-F to the UK market.”