with Versalift
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Openreach Ford Transit T350 with Versalift. |
The Ford Transit pictured (above) would have been new to BT Fleet in 2004 and re-vinyled to Openreach in 2006.
Versalift
[circa Oct 2005]
"BT Fleet has extended Versalift's contract as supplier of van-mounted work platforms for a further two years. Versalift has supplied all of BT’s chassis- and van-mounted platforms since 1998, shipping over 1000 units to date, mainly the Ford Transit van-mounted PE5 with a 12.9m working height platform.
More recently, BT has taken PE6 units from Versalift with 14.2m working height on a 5.2 tonnes Iveco Daily van. This combination not only provides faster working height but has internal racking to carry tools and equipment to support BT’s Pole Erection Units. Earlier this year, BT ordered its first machines from the Litetel range of truck-mounted platforms. BT’s fleet now features nine LT69NF 23m working height platforms on DAF 7.5 tonnes trucks with 4.3m wheelbase. The new contract, meeting with BT’s meticulously high standards, confirms Versalift’s status as the UK’s leading supplier of vehicle-mounted elevating platforms."
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A typical street scene of a number of high telegraph poles, to which new 'd side' cables were being installed. |
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Versalifts are fitted to new fleet vehicles too. |
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