Plant, powered access and tool hire specialist Plantool Hire Centres has marked the opening of a new, larger depot by investing in more LGMG scissor lifts.
The latest addition to its growing powered access fleet is the LGMG AS1413E, an electric scissor lift with a maximum working height of 15.8m.
Plantool Hire Centres operates six depots across the Central and East Midlands and has just moved its Warwick operation to more spacious and modern premises on the town’s Heathcote Industrial Estate.
Popular with clients
Company Director Ben Jones, pictured above, said this is providing additional capacity that allows investment in larger machines, like the LGMG AS1413E, supplied by Access Platform Sales (APS).
“It’s exciting to now have the capacity to offer our customers new and larger machines, like the bigger LGMG scissor lifts,” he added.
“Our LGMG access platforms are very popular with customers and they’re designed to be easy for rental specialists like us to maintain, so I am very glad to take them,” he added.
“APS is also very good to do business with. They’ve always been very fair with us on ways to structure finance and support packages that make it easier for us to invest in their platforms.
“Also, they only deal in high quality equipment. LGMGs are a case in point. They’re very well made, have good features and are very smooth and easy to operate.”
Intuitive diagnostics
APS is the UK and Ireland distributor for LGMG access platforms. Its Key Accounts Director, Linda Betts, said: “It’s great to hear Ben’s customers have been impressed with his new LGMG scissor lifts.
“They’re designed from the bottom up to be simple to use. LGMG also has a brilliant, intuitive onboard diagnostics system, so customers can much more quickly find and fix faults or respond to sensor alerts.
“This is important, both for customers and for busy powered access hire specialists like Plantool Hire Centres. It eliminates frustrating delays to completing jobs and the need for hire company intervention.”
Plantool Hire Centres currently operates three LGMG electrical scissor lift models, the LGMG AS0607E, the LGMG AS1212E, and the LGMG AS1413E, all of which can be operated indoors and outdoors.
Full height drive
The LGMG AS0607E has a maximum working height of 7.8m, Its platform has a capacity of 230kg, is 1,630m long and 740mm wide, with a 900mm extension deck.
The LGMG AS1212E has a maximum working height of 12m. Again, its platform has a 230kg capacity, is 2,260mm long and 1,120mm wide, with a 900mm extension deck.
The LGMG AS1413E scissor lift has a lift capacity of 320kg. Its platform is 2640mm long, 1,120mm wide and also has a 900mm extension deck. Like all three scissor lifts, it provides full height drive.
All three scissor lifts have direct drive electric motors that contribute to longer battery life and minimise hydraulic oil spill risk, and proportional drive and lift controls for smoother, more precise operation.
Shared operating system
They also share the same operating system, so Plantool Hire Centre’s customers can switch between platforms with ease.
The LGMG scissors lifts can be hired through Plantool Hire Centres depots in Daventry and Kettering, in Northamptonshire, Stratford Upon Avon and Nuneaton, in Warwickshire, and Lutterworth, in Leicestershire, as well as the new Warwick depot.
Find out more
Talk to APS today about LGMG’s full range of high performance scissor lifts, cherry pickers and personnel masts. Call 01480 891251 or email sales@accessplatforms.co.uk.
