We have the power! JMS invests in more lithium battery tracked booms
JMS customers now have more options to use the most advanced productive tracked booms because the access specialist has added more lithium battery machines to its boom hire fleet.
The company has taken delivery of a range of tracked booms, including the Hinowa Lightlift 20.10 Performance IIIS, Hinowa Lightlift 17.75 Performance IIIS, the Hinowa LL 26.14, all of which include lithium batteries diesel power options.
Lithium battery power
Mark Jackson, Managing Director of JMS said: “Lithium battery technology is an important advance in track boom development, especially in terms of using the machines for indoor applications.
“Until recently, tracked booms could not be fitted with stard electric batteries, because their weight bulk would compromise the key benefits of the machines – their lower point loading compact size.
“This has meant that, for indoor use, most tracked booms have been powered with plug-in cables, which can restrict their movement cause health safety trip hazards.
“The lithium battery technology on our new tracked booms frees the machines to operate anywhere without these limitations. Lithium batteries also deliver quick charging cycles, high power ratings, longer operating time, giving our clients excellent productivity, cost-efficiency.”
Wide access hire choice
The new lithium battery-powered machines join other lithium battery machines already available in the JMS tracked boom hire fleet, which include the Bluelift C22-11, Teupen Leo24GT Lithium ion.
JMS has invested in a large range of tracked booms from Hinowa, Bluelift, Teupen JLG, providing working heights ranging from 14m to 36m. One of the biggest tracked boom options is the Teupen Leo 36T with a maximum working height of 36m.
Tracked boom – machine focus
Two of our popular tracked boom lifts are the Hinowa Lightlift 20.10 the Hinowa Lightlift 17.75.
| Model | Working height | Travel width | Power options |
| Hinowa Lightlift 20.10 | 20.15m | 0.79m | Lithium Diesel |
| Hinowa Lightlift 17.75 | 17.06m | 0.79m | Lithium Diesel |
Hinowa Lightlift 20.10 Performance IIIS
As well as having an impressive working height, the Hinowa LL 20.10 tracked boom has a maximum outreach of 10 metres, making it an excellent choice for working over obstacles.
Hire customers can choose from either lithium battery power, or diesel-powered machines. The 0.79m travel width (with platform detached) demonstrates how useful it is for gaining access through narrow access points.
The tracked spider boom can be set up quickly, with outriggers deployed levelled at the touch of one button. With a maximum capacity of 230 kg, it allows up to two operators to work safely productively, with tools materials if needed.
Hinowa Lightlift 17.75 Performance IIIS
The Hinowa LL 17.75 has a maximum working height of 17.06m. The tracked boom can be mounted on a trailer, making it a popular choice for use off road, or along rough tracks, for example during forestry work or power line maintenance. The lithium battery powered version is ideal for use indoors.
The Hinowa Lightlift models in JMS tracked boom fleet have important advanced safety features, including LED warning lights on the outriggers, an anti-entrapment system to increase operation protection.
Tracked booms – indoor outdoor
Tracked booms are suitable for a wide range of challenging outdoor environments that present rough or unstable ground, including woodl, scrubl, agricultural l, construction sites.
Yet machines in the JMS tracked boom lift hire fleet are just as suited to a wide range of indoor working at height projects.
Machines fitted with long-lasting lithium batteries, provide low-noise, emission-free working in any indoor environment. Their low point load weight make them ideal for operating on delicate floors, often in conjunction with protective matting.
Tracked booms are compact agile, with models that can fit through stard single doorways, turn on their axis. They also have excellent gradeability. Some models can even climb stairs.
These capabilities often make tracked booms the powered access machine of choice when working in historical buildings, such as churches, stately homes, which often have restricted access, delicate low load weight floor, confined working spaces.
Tracked boom matting
Boom operatives can use protective matting indoors to protect delicate flooring, for instance preventing the crushing or scratching of tiles. Matting can also be laid just as easily outdoors to ease movement across unstable ground.
Tracked boom applications
The machines can be used in a wide range of environments for many working at height applications. These include:
- Facilities maintenance
- High level cleaning
- Building inspection surveying
- Tree surgery arboreal services
- Telecommunications
- Construction
- Lighting electro-mechanical installation
- Power energy distribution
- Exhibition event set-up
- Leisure retail centre maintenance
- Hotel maintenance
- Prison maintenance
- Stately home church repair renovation
Beat the 2017 winter freeze
When you want to work at height the going gets tough, a very good option is to hire in a tracked boom. And with a big freeze, with lots of snow forecasted this winter, the going could get very tough.
With JMS’s exped tracked boom hire fleet, customers have more options to brave all ground conditions, whether they be mud, s, or snow – or delicate indoor floors.
Mark Jackson said: “Tracked booms are a highly versatile access hire option. If the weather does get Arctic across the UK in the coming months, we now have more options to help customers deal with the most difficult terrain, that includes ice snow.”
Nationwide service
All powered access equipment is available for hire nationally through JMS’s depots in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, Leeds, West Yorkshire, Pinewood Studios, Bucks Radlett.
For information about tracked boom hire, or hiring other powered access equipment, contact JMS today on 0345 457 0000 or hire@jms.co.uk.
