Customized maintenance solution by PALFINGER South Africa
Unique challenge from a customer
In this case the customer needed a lifting solution that will fit on one vehicle which includes not only an aerial basket with a reach of 20-22 meters, but also a crane with a lifting capacity of about 2 tons at 8 meters and an additional crew cab. Both the platform and the crane should be able to be used simultaneously. With the truck tender being rewarded to Volvo for a Volvo 440 truck, the team had to sit down and draw up a plan on how to meet the customers’ needs with the vehicle provided.
PALFINGER and is up for the challenge
The experienced engineering team designed a one-of-a-kind maintenance vehicle using the PALFINGER PACWIN program. With all the drawings in place, ensuring the truck will be stable, a local body builder started to build the subframe and crew cab, whereafter a local dealer from PALFINGER South Africa fitted the P 240 A aerial platform and the remote controlled PALFINGER PK 18500 loader crane. They also added additional safety structures and devices to conform to health and safety standards required by the customer. The truck was fitted with six general stabilizers, four stabilizers for operating the P 240 A aerial platform at maximum height and two stabilizers for optimal use of the PK18500 Performance loader crane.
