85 foot elevated platform pics

[Skyco]

I rented a similar lift at work a couple of years ago, it was quite the experience being 5 stories up on the end of that boom, especially how much the thing would sway and bob as one moved around.
Curious about the license comment- the rental place said nothing to us nor gave any instruction..it just showed up on a flatbed and was dumped for our use, we were on our own to figure it out
I was also surprised how much the thing weighed, I suppose to keep it from turning over. We had it for a 24 hour period and only used it for maybe 2 hours, I was contemplating taking it home on my car trailer to do some maintenance on my amateur radio tower, until I read the data plate and it was like 20,000 lbs!

 

[jinman]

Just to put things in perspective. . . This video is reported to be coming down soon, so check it out quickly.

Tower Climbing video on YouTube

EDIT:The video has now been removed by YouTube as expected. Here is a link to a blog explaining what happened and why the video came down. Scroll down the page and read the whole blog for "the rest of the story." There is one good still picture at the blog site.

 

[scoutcub]

Just to put things in perspective. . . This video is reported to be coming down soon, so check it out quickly.

Tower Climbing video on YouTube

Missed it....it's gone.

 

[riptides]

Stupid question - How does one get this type of equipment to sites? Are they hitched? Can they be? Or do they need a trailor?

 

[Redgoatea]

Stupid question - How does one get this type of equipment to sites? Are they hitched? Can they be? Or do they need a trailor?

They have to be transported on a trailer. I had to drive a 100' JLG manlift down the street to another job site once. Did just fine till I had to turn a corner that gets a little tricky. 7

 

[OldGeezerWNC]

Sheesh and I'm still working on a 3' tall 20' ladder for people who afraid of heights.

 

[pat32rf]

As an apprentice I usta spend a lot of time at both the top and bottom of a 65' ladder truck down at the CNE.
Now a 10' manlift with safety rails, belts etc, makes me far more nervous than having my wife hoist me in the tractor bucket to do the gutters....

 

[grsthegreat]

Im an electrician also...been there and done that. Sometimes i wonder if i was being paid enough for this crap

 

[Craig Clayton]

To Redgoatea
I also drove the 85 ' out of one gate and down a quiet public road and back in the other gate. No one has any idea about driving until you put the controls in CRAB steering.
And the best part to mess up your mind is to drive with reversed arrows.

That statement should get the untrained thinking that they want CRAB Steering.

Craig Clayton

 

[zzvyb6]

We maxed out this 33 foot Nifty-Lift. Nqturally the wind picked up as soon as the job started...