A new rental company has been established in the Netherlands named Hoogwerkt, offering a range of booms, scissor lifts, trailer lifts and spider lifts all with lithium ion battery packs, and all can be towed on a two axle equipment trailer.
The product range includes a new 33ft Niftylift HR12 articulated boom with lithium ion batteries, new covers, new controls and a compact version of the Nifty Tough-Cage. The new machine has an overall width of 1.79 metres and weighs just 2,500kg. it also looks a little more modern than the classic HR12 model with steel covers. It can also be ordered with AGM batteries which takes the weight closer to 2, 600kg.
Nifty HR 12 Lithium
A new lithium battery powered Nifty lift HR12
Nifty HR12E
One of the first new Nifty HR12E is delivered
nifty HR12E on a trailer
The lithium battery powered Nifty HR12E is light enough for a standard two axle equipment trailer
The scissor lifts are JCB slab electrics and are also equipped with lithium battery backs. The spider lifts are Hinowa lithium models and the trailers are Nifty lift. The company claims that delivery will be fast and that it will also rent by the hour, providing an even greater saving for those who only need a machine for a short spell.
JCB lithium
A JCB slab electric scissor lift with lithium ion battery pack Hoogwerkt JCB scissor lift The first batch of JCB scissor lifts for Hoogwerkt It also says that it has committed to purchase 800 new lifts in its first investment round – of which 420 are JCB scissor lifts – and that it is aiming for 80 locations to make customer pick up and return as easy as possible.
We can now confirm that the two individuals that we named as being behind the new venture – Arnold Grootveld and Jan Vriesinga – are indeed the founders. They have 15 years experience in the finance and leasing industry and are being supported by ABN Amro Lease.
The company is offering low prices, easy collection and all new 100 percent lithium battery electric machines, in a bid to ‘disrupt’ this part of the market. It will be very interesting to monitor the progress.
One thing that is likely is that it will step up powered access market penetration – already very high in the Netherlands – and could cause more problems for scaffold tower rental companies than full line aerial lift companies?