MASTS AND HOISTS
22
ACCESS, LIFT & HANDLERS
JULY-AUGUST 2013
4-foot hot-dip galvanized, sections with bolted
joints. The maximum loading capacity for
single mast arrangements is 9,920 pounds and
17,636 pounds for a 51-foot long twin mast
arrangement.
Safety first
Mastclimbers LLC says it is committed to
promoting the safe use of mast climbing
work platforms and that all ranges of its mast
climbing products offer a safer, more efficient
form of access at height.
“We believe manufacturers and rental
companies should work together in finding
solutions that promote the industry through
safety, training and profitability,” says Mike Pitt,
owner of Atlanta-based Mastclimbers.
At the recent International Awards for Powered
Stros is seeing one of the best markets
this year that it has ever experienced
before, the company says.
internationally.
“Mast climbers are use all around the globe
in many different applications and in many
different ways; we don’t need to reinvent the
wheel, but we should stand back and see what’s
be done before and adapt it to our markets,” Pitt
says. “If the Mastclimbing Group can increase
demand from the market, rental companies
will buy more equipment and we will have our
successful manufacturers, which is why the
manufacturers need to come up with a way that
they can support the rental companies without
competing against them, while also providing
them with the tools and resources so they can
provide their customers with a quality known
service.”
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Up in Montreal, Fraco supplied nine units
of its SEH Series for the construction of the
new University of Montreal Health Center
(UMHC).
Access in Miami, a “Mastclimbing Group”
was formed. The Group included Scanclimber,
Alimak Hek, Fraco, Klimer, Hydro-Mobile,
Harsco, Geda, Mastclimbers LLC, Reechcraft,
Safway, AWPI and Edge Scaffolding; some of
whom were honored with several awards at the
event.
“The group showed that by working together
we could raise the profile of the mast climbing
industry and be recognized for its innovations,
its adaptability and its commitment safety and
training,” Pitt says. “In order for the industry
to prosper, we need to have successful and
profitable manufacturers that can supply
innovative and efficient products at a price that
the market can bare. The rental companies
need to be able to purchase equipment that is
reliable, has a low ownership cost, can be easily
maintained and has a realistic known resale
value, all at a price that enables them to rent out
at a price the market can afford.”
Pitt says the Group must promote and
develop new markets locally, domestically and
