Nationwide has added four new off-road, rough terrain Skylift units to its powered access fleet in an investment of £260,000.

The truck-mounted Skylifts have a King GSR 159TL boom mounted on a special Unimog chassis cab to enable them to operate in terrain which would otherwise be inaccessible.

Key target sectors for the new Skylifts will be utilities for work such as pylon maintenance, telecommunications for line of sight and maintenance operations, and the film and broadcasting industry for outside location work.

Each Skylift unit has a working height of 15.2m, a maximum outreach of 7.5m and a safe working load of 200kg.

A semi-automatic inflate/deflate tyre system gives greatly improved traction control on soft ground, reducing the possibility of damage and helping to keep the machine on the move. If one of the Skylift units were to become stuck in extreme circumstances, an on-board self-recovery winch enables it to be quickly freed.

The four new machines will be located in Nationwide Skylift depots at St Albans, Exeter, Newcastle and Manchester.

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