15.02.2022

Two new 26ft JLG scissors

JLG has released two new 'wide bodied' 26ft slab electric scissor lifts - the direct electric drive ES2646 and the hydraulic drive R2646. The two models fit in between the current ES2632/R2632 and ES3246/R3246, the key differential being the higher platform capacities and larger deck.
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Both models share a high degree of common componentry including the chassis, lift stack and platform. They also offer similar basic specifications including a 9.9 metre working height and a maximum platform capacity of 544kg with both indoor and outdoor ratings - two person indoor or one person outdoors.

The two units feature JLG’s ‘Variable tilt’ system which extends the working envelope on sloping ground by measuring the weight in the platform and the slope angle and allowing the platform to raise to a safe height for the configuration, rather than simply cutting the lift completely on slopes greater than one or two degrees. On these units it allows operation on side slopes of up to 2.5 degrees and longitudinal slopes of up to 3.5 degrees.
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The hydraulic wheel motor drive R2646

Both machines have an overall length of 2.4 metres, an overall width of 1.17 metres, and a stowed height of 2.28 metres which can be reduced to 1.82 metres with the guardrails folded and offer a 910mm roll-out extension with 120kg capacity which takes the overall deck length to just over three metres. Total weight of the ES model is 2,400kg while the R model is 2,389kg.

Options include JLG’s Mobile Control which uses a smart phone as a remote controller for drive and steer and QuikFold guardrails. The new ES2646 is also available with JLG’s CleanGuard leak containment system.
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The direct electric drive ES2646

Product manager Bob Begley said: “With a wide variety of jobs to be done, the 20 percent increase in capacity of the ES and R2646 models allows them to carry more materials such as pipes and panels, as well as tools and welders, to the work area. This means that overhead tasks can be completed quicker and more efficiently.”