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Flying Carpets supplied to the Middle East

Qatar Airways are the latest airline to acquire the Flying Carpet access platform.

We have just supplied 2 Mercedes Sprinter 3.5t chassis cab mounted units to their Middle East Doha facility.

The Mercedes Benz Sprinter units were supplied to the left hand drive Middle eastern specification and had to be ordered direct from Mercedes in Germany.

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Platform Sales Supply Access Equipment to Easyjet

"From the start of the process to the delivery of the Genie equipment, Platform Sales and Hire Ltd were very helpful. With their thorough knowledge of products, deciding which equipment would be best suited to our new access requirments was easy." - Base Manager at Luton Airport. Recently Easyjet have embarked on a new project to include the Airbus aircraft at the Luton maintenance hub. This naturally led to a need for more access...

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Platform Sales Boom into New Rail Depot

Platform Sales have recently supplied a complete access equipment package into a high profile new rail depot in South East England. Platform Sales were able to offer a package of equipment for both train and depot maintenance. Platform Sales supplied cherry pickers and scissor lifts for depot maintenance and roof access to the Train carriages. The cherry picker was a Genie Z45/25J bi-fuel and the scissor lifts were Genie GS3246. Platform Sales Specials...

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Crawler Mount to Royal Ballet School

Platform Sales & Hire Ltd, has recently supplied a Crawler Mounted Boom Lift to The Royal National Ballet in Richmond Park. Duncan Howard Sales Director of PSHL said "the unit was ideal for the various access requirements around the site"

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Stairs not a problem for Platform Sales

Platform Sales & Hire Ltd have recently supplied a Genie AWP 25 Personnel Lift into the main Boiler House Plant Room at the Houses of Parliament. Sales Director Duncan Howard said "The powermate product enables the use of personnel lifts in areas that before where only accessable by Towers or ladders". Platform Sales have also recently supplied an AWP 25 to Cardiff City Hall where the Powermate was used to deliver the platform to the first floor. For further details to not hesitate us.....

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New! Flying Carpet

The Flying Carpet is a vehicle mounted scissor lift designed to work in the tight confines of both the airport ramp and hangar environment. It is suitable for access up to the APU area on B747 aircraft with a reach height of 10m. Usually mounted on a 3.5 tonne chassis cab, units have been supplied on Ford Transit / Mercedes Sprinter and Mitsubishi Cantor commercial vehicles.

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