Is this safe........................

[zzr1200]

Upright used to produce a push around lift that went up to a working height of 42ft

That was interesting when you reached full height and again when you started to lower, as the mast cables tightened and relaxed... bum clenching time...

 

[Domdom]

Pah, safe as houses, just as long as it never gets used.

 

[zzr1200]

Pah, safe as houses, just as long as it never gets used.

I had to Cap/Loler test it every 6 months.....

 

[dave h 2]

Reminds me of a recent welding genius who 'built' the hiab trailer joke.

 

[sparkysy]

Upright used to produce a push around lift that went up to a working height of 42ft

That was interesting when you reached full height and again when you started to lower, as the mast cables tightened and relaxed... bum clenching time...

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I have had the pleasure of using those lifts, they were actually pretty stable even at full height. We use to change high bay lamps in some warehouses off them and due to their size they were spot on!

 

[8ob]

I had to Cap/Loler test it every 6 months.....

I dont mind heights but some of these lightweight lift gadgets give me the heebie jeebies

Bob

 

[gaz1]

I dont mind heights but some of these lightweight lift gadgets give me the heebie jeebies

Bob

i had my nephew go green on scaffolding it rocked but was safe and even fastened to the wall

got him to go up 4 lifts on the scaffold and on the top 5th one it was fun i knew it rocked a little bit as id worked on it days before them

when i got up there i showed him what i was saying to him he went green i got told to stop rocking it but the one thing i will say he got on with the job on it though safe it could move

 

[Morrisman]

I can’t see how it possibly extends to 12 metres, based on what’s in the pic.

 

[brightspark]

i have a 40 foot 5x5 heavy steel tower on wheels its well solid and safe even without outriggers on solid ground. to test i locked the wheels on it a meter from a high wall climbed up the outside to the top and started swinging on it it pulled over a bit but the wheels never left the floor safe as houses and a pleasure to work on

 

[arther dailey]

Upright used to produce a push around lift that went up to a working height of 42ft

That was interesting when you reached full height and again when you started to lower, as the mast cables tightened and relaxed... bum clenching time...

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? those legs look like ali? and the foot pads ,sheesh . better than tother but again no thanks , not enough base ballist and stailisers are inadequate ..well for my liking

 

[zzr1200]

I can’t see how it possibly extends to 12 metres, based on what’s in the pic.

I can ashore you it does... the mast moves forwards by about 18"/24" as the mast reaches full height and the lift cables tighten up and the play the mast sections gets taken up.

To lower the platform, there are 2 buttons that have to be pressed together by the left and right hands, as you push the buttons the slack in the cables allows the mast section to relax, causing the mast to move backwards before it starts to lower.

It feels like your riding a banana that's about to fall over, as the mast sections start to move backwards just before they start to lower. Then they move slighly forward and downwards as the movement settles into a normal downwards movement.

Its a unsettling feeling to say the least, I never realy did get used to it, I'd rather drive a 185ft cherry picker at full height, it certainly feels safer...than lowering an Upright UL

 

[Morrisman]

I can ashore you it does... the mast moves forwards by about 18"/24" as the mast reaches full height and the lift cables tighten up and the play the mast sections gets taken up.

To lower the platform, there are 2 buttons that have to be pressed together by the left and right hands, as you push the buttons the slack in the cables allows the mast section to relax, causing the mast to move backwards before it starts to lower.

It feels like your riding a banana that's about to fall over, as the mast sections start to move backwards just before they start to lower. Then they move slighly forward and downwards as the movement settles.

Its a unsettling feeling to say the least, I never realy did get used to it, I'd rather drive a 185ft cherry picker at full height, it certainly feels safer...than lowering an Upright UL

I mean the one in the first post.

 

[zzr1200]

I mean the one in the first post.

That one only goes up about 1.2 metres, I'm also sure thats a typo on the specs.

You only have to look at the mast construction/size on the Upright unit and on the one in the op's link, very obvious that it will not lift very high...

 

[Erie Fred]

I had some contractor friends doing window replacement with 2 guys in a "basket on a stick" or JLG.
it was windy, and he said at 92' where they were working, the basket was moving about 3'.....
To heck with that, I'd have the basket jammed tight to the building....scratch that, I'd never get in the thing
in the first place.....

 

[Hotstuff]

Looks like it runs off an extension lead from the platform mounted motor…..tidy

 

[Farside]

I wouldn't want to stand under any lighting they have put up, their judgement isn't up to much if they bought that.

It's almost as if they bought it from Shing-long Lifts and said "Nah" when they got it assembled, so are now trying to get rid of it.

 

[zzr1200]

I dont mind heights but some of these lightweight lift gadgets give me the heebie jeebies

Bob

There also other times when getting in to picker seems foolish at times........
I repaired and function tested this 17 metre cherry picker to full height, the Cherry Pickers base height was 650ft at the time....

 

[8ob]

There also other times when getting in to picker seems foolish at times........
I repaired and function tested this 17 metre cherry picker to full height, the Cherry Pickers base height was 650ft at the time....

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Not for me thanks Heights either bother you or they don't, a mate of mine wouldn't think twice about wedging a plank under the top rail of that basket and going out for a walkabout on it, it just doesn't bother him. Self preservation kicks in with me way below that.

Bob

 

[octo0072000]

Blackpool Tower on a bad day just before they shut as too windy that goes about 6 inch either way quite a butt clenching feeling

 

[fizzy]

Mate of mine is a scaffolder. Works right at the top of buildings like the shard 600feet or more. He refused to get in the brand new JCB scissor lift I hired!