The bi-annual three day APF Exhibition at Ragley Estate in Warwickshire, UK, took place at the end of last week. Vertikal was there.
Traditionally seen as a forestry show there has been a growing arborist presence over recent years particularly with an increasing number of exhibitors with spider lifts and truck mounted platforms.
As well as the extensive range of forestry and arb equipment on show there were also plenty of events including the Husqvarna World 25 metre Pole Climbing Championships, the new APF Tree Climbing Challenge, axe throwing, chainsaw carving and the UK Lumberjack Championships.
A woodland craft area displayed traditional crafts and skills from clogs to coracles, oak swill baskets to dug out canoes.
APF 2026 will return to Ragley on the 24/25/26th September 2026.
Here is a brief pictorial review of the show.
An Oil & Steel spider on the Elite Access stand
The Multitel stand
One of the many traditional craft stands
Mark Caves and Shaun Day of Promax Access with the new Platform Basket Heron 10 mast boom
An Elma PCR12 tracked carrier with 600kg lift capacity
(L-R) Martin Bridges, Richard Onslow and Dave Spargo of Euraccess - the UK dealer for Cela
Ruthmann and Versalift truck mounts
Promax Access stand
Ruthmann truck mounts
A winch on a Raptor 18S spider lift
CPL's 4x4 mounted platform
Socage Raptor spiders on the DJB Machinery stand
Sany's new STH1440 telehandler
The STH1440 has a capacity of 4,000kg and lift height of 14 metres
Easy Lift spider lift and Socage truck mount on the International Access Sales' stand
The new 4x4 mounted Socage Forste 14A Speed
An Oil & Steel truck mount on the Hird stand
A five tonne Merlo 50.35S Plus CV Tronic roto telehandler
The Merlo stand
The Hird stand
An Oil & Steel Octoplus 17 spider lift
A Palfinger Epsilon Q170L forestry loader
Oil & Steel Octoplus 21 spider
CPL showed its popular 4x4 tipper chipper truck
A Komatsu timber loader
The Petzl stand
One of the competitors in the Woman's Standing Block Chop competition
Getting ready for the start of the Men's Underhand Chop competition
Chain manufacturer Pewag showed off its forestry tracks
One of the Men's Underhand Chop competitors
Hazlewood Trailers stand
The IPAF stand
Richard Whiting and Martin Wraith of IPAF
Platform Basket Spider 20.95 on the Promax Access stand
The Versalift stand in the background
A team discusses strategy before the Tree Climbing Competition
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