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Article: Aerial lift Q&A.(Interview)
- Article from:
- Arbor Age
- Article date:
- September 1, 2006
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TO GET AN IDEA OF RECENT TRENDS IN AERIAL LIFTS for the arborist market, Arbor Age magazine recently spoke with Tommy Nix, vice president of strategic accounts for Terex Utilities, Inc., a Watertown, S.D., designer and manufacturer of aerial devices and digger derricks for the tree trimming, utility and telecommunication industries.
AA: Have there been any shifts in the arborist market in recent years in terms of what the user is looking for in an aerial lift, and how are those needs being addressed?
Nix: During the past few years, we have noticed that arborists have an abundant amount of interest in side-reach, which is the measure of how far an aerial ...