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Article: Aerial work platform alternatives: scissor lifts and telescoping boom lifts can meet job-specific needs.(VEHICLES, LIFTS & MACHINERY)(Cover story)
- Article from:
- Arbor Age
- Article date:
- September 1, 2006
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WHEN PERFORMING OFF-ROAD WORK, SCISSOR LIFTS AND telescoping boom lifts are aerial work platform alternatives that can be purchased or rented and are readily available. Even small rental houses carry one or two aerial work platforms in their fleet. Large rental companies can have 500 or more in their fleet, and some even specialize in only renting aerial work platforms. They can be rented for as short as a day or on extended leases for months.
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Aerial work platforms are available in a variety of styles and sizes, including vertical personnel lifts, slab and rough terrain scissor lifts, and telescoping and articulating boom lifts ...