Tips to Rent Push Around Vertical Lift

When talk about renting construction equipment for working at height, the most common equipment that you will hear is boom lift and scissor lift. These are the two types of most common and famous working platform equipment in the Singapore market. Aside from boom lift and scissor lift, there is still other working platform equipment such as spider lift, vertical mast lift, and Push Around Vertical lift, with a much smaller market share.

I guess not many know about what is “Push Around Vertical Lift”. So, we hope to give you a little bit of idea what is this equipment in this article. We called in “Push Around” here.

What is a Push Around Vertical Lift?

Vertical mast lifts are a type of aerial work platform intended to provide access to high-reaching tasks while allowing for tight-fitting access and a small space footprint. While similar to scissor lifts, vertical mast lifts utilize a multi-stage mast that accommodates a smaller footprint than traditional personnel lifts like scissor lifts. They come equipped with platform extensions that extend beyond the base of the vehicle.

Since Push Around is often a replacement for scissor lifts, so we are going to explain the advantages and disadvantages when you thinking of renting Push Around over Scissor Lift. So you could have a better idea that Push Around may be a good option for you when you facing some constraints in using a scissor lift.

Advantages

1. Versatile Operation 

Push around is much versatile and offers a great solution for access extremely tight access clearance and space. The compact size and lightweight of Push Around make it easy to maneuver in constraint doorway and able to transport in Lift Elevator.

Push Around also has higher efficiency of working height oversize/weight than scissor lift. There is a selection option with platform height up to 14m in the market while maintaining an extremely small size and lower equipment weight

It is also suitable to work on fragile floors with lower bearing capacity. The entire equipment only weighs around 300 - 550 kg and allows it to work on fragile floors such as tiles, carpet, mezzanine floor and etc.

2. Higher Transportation Flexibility

The size of the Push Around is compact and can be easily handled by hand and loaded up to Van for transportation. Meanwhile, a scissor lift requires a much bigger vehicle such as a truck for transportation and handling lifting equipment. The easiness of Push Around saves your transportation cost. 

For intra-transportation within site, its ability to push around with hand also proves to be more efficient and faster than scissor lift, that you can only drive it slowly. Otherwise, you may require a forklift to move your scissor lift.

3. Easy Storage

The size is compact and extremely light around 300 – 500 kg compare to scissor lift weight over a ton at least. Due to its small footprint, it helps you to optimize your space. You can easily store in the storeroom, job site, or even in the vehicle.

4. Less Maintenance

Push Around has much lesser mechanical parts than a scissor lift. The maintenance is much easier and less hassle. The breakdown rate is expected to be lower if comparing to the scissor lift. If you decide to purchase, the maintenance cost is definitely much lesser than a scissor lift in the long run. However, that highly depends on your usage.

Disadvantages

1. Lower Load Capacity

Push Around typically has a much lower load capacity than a scissor lift. It typically can carry a load of from 130 – 200kg only. It also has a smaller platform dimension. Basically, it was designed to only allow a single worker for light maintenance work. If you are looking to carry a tool and require more than a single worker, probably you need to go for a scissor lift. Typically, scissor has more option of broader capacity and height. 

2. Limited Site Condition

Push Around is more common for indoor use with a good ground condition, whereas scissor has a broader option such as diesel-driven or electric driven, for rough terrain or indoor user. 

3. Higher Cost 

In Singapore, the scissor lift is much more common than Push Around. You can easily rent scissor lift from suppliers in the market in comparison to Push Around. That’s making Push Around rental rate slightly high than the scissor lift overall. 

In conclusion, the use of Push Around is targeting niche tasks in comparison with Scissor Lift. We hope the article can give you a clear picture of what is Push Around Vertical List and what is the pros and cons you should consider before deciding to rent a scissor lift or push around.

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