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HIRE & RENTAL AUSTRALASIA
| WINTER 2017
used in certain configurations
within the envelope,” he explained.
“In
addition,
JLG’s
innovative
Skyguard provides operators with
enhanced control panel protection for
boom lifts. If the operator makes contact
with an obstruction, the control system
automatically accesses the functions
in use by the operator at the time of
Skyguard activation, and for a short
period of time, is able to reverse that
sequence for most functions.”
Mr Cooper said that a major challenge
for the industry as a whole over the past
few years, and which is not yet resolved,
is the issue with the PPSA (Personal
Property Securities Act).
“The PPSA is a comprehensive
Commonwealth law regulating ‘security
interests’ in personal property. It
significantly changes the law about
equipment hire and has posed many
challenges for our industry,” he said.
“PPSA requires us to take certain
legal steps to ensure that our rights are
as they were before PPSA commenced.
Unless we take these steps we could end
up losing our rights to equipment under
this new law.
“The most critical step we must take
is to register our interest on the new PPS
register. This issue is complex, expensive
to administer, and one the Hire and Rental
Industry Association has taken to battle
with the politicians and law makers in
an attempt to have it revoked or at least
changed for the benefit of its members.”
JLG Industries Australia will be
releasing three new EWP products at
the HRIA Convention in May 2017
including the 1500AJP, which the
company says is the world’s largest
articulating self-propelled boomlift
with a working envelope of more than
74,000 cubic metres of reachable space.
Also launched will be the T10E-L that
features a 200kg platform capacity (2x
persons outdoors, 1x person indoors),
4x6 V AGM maintenance free batteries
and an overall weight of just 2,600kg. In
addition, the 1932R will be released which
is specifically designed for the rental
industry with reliability, serviceability
and affordability in mind.
Ownership costs
Manitou Australia says a catalyst for
the development of its latest EWPs and
telehandlers has been the design of new
machines to accommodate the new IT4
and final T4 engines.
The company’s National Fleet & Key
Account Manager, Simon Arendts, says
Manitou has taken this opportunity to
redesign not just the engine bay, but also
took a holistic approach to improving
the operating environment and the
serviceability of machines.
“This drastically improves the TCO
(Total Cost of Ownership) of Manitou
products for our customers,” he said.
“AmajorfocusonTCOforeachmachine
ensures that customers know what their
investment costs are
per hour, but a substantial
challenge for major OEMs
will be showing and proving
to the end user how this is
achieved.
“One
of
the
main
factors that hire and rental
companies are looking for when
selecting equipment is TCO,
together with ROI, brand
awareness, and spare parts
availability.
“Safety is also a major
consideration, so a recent
development is the Safe
Man System (SMS),
which is Manitou’s
secondary
guarding
operator
protection
system for EWPs.
This
system
has
two options: when
engaged it can just
stop and wait
for an operator
reset, or it can
stop and have a
movement in
the opposite
direction.”
Mr
Arendts said
a key issue
currently
confronting
the
industry
is
ensuring that, as an OEM, help is given
to the end user to understand compliance
with the AS2550.10 national standard for
telescopic handlers, and ensuring that
the owner of a telescopic handler knows
his/her obligations under the standard in
relation to yearly inspections. Manitou
Australia has a dedicated program called
Telesafe to assist owners in meeting their
obligations.
In relation to how the industry is
currently travelling, Mr Arendts said
that Australia is definitely a two or even
a three speed economy with New South
Wales (Sydney) growing at a rapid rate
with many major infrastructure projects
now underway and more on the horizon.
“Victoria is starting to grow as well with
some major investment about to commence,
EWP