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ACCESS, LIFT & HANDLERS
NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2013
TRACK-MOUNTS
likes of the U.S. and UK, says Marti at BlueLift.
“They are prepared to pay for this solution, but
other countries are not yet prepared to pay. If
the price of lithium technology goes down I am
sure other markets like Italy will follow.”
Further developments t will come will be from
telematics, says Molesini. “The future is with
management systems that allow manufacturers
and rental companies to maintain their
machines from a distance.”
Ultimately tracked platforms are set to remain
a relatively niche product. Marti adds, “The
philosophy of spiders is difficult. With a tracked
platform it is difficult to have a standard
configuration so you need a continuous
relationship with the customer – so it is
difficult to see this as a mass produced, 1,000
machines. This machine is ideally suited to a
company of our size.”
And on a positive note Büscher concludes,
“The market may still be a niche but the
product itself is not. Tracked lifts are
the perfect mix of all positive qualities of
boom, scissor and trailer lifts without their
disadvantages.
“With rising acceptance and increasing
market penetration tracked lifts will be
established more and more as a standard
equipment that many rental companies and
end-users will know and value for their unique
set of advantages.”
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A BlueLift SA18 at
the manufacturer’s
factory in Italy.
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