Rent lifts from TRULAND at Wauseon, OH and Angola, IN. Working at height for building maintenance, electrical, painting and material handling.
Measure what you actually need to reach and work from working height rather than platform height. Platform height is how high the deck goes, and working height adds your reach. Then decide whether you need to go straight up or out over an obstacle, since reaching over a fence, machinery or landscaping requires horizontal reach as well. Tell us the height, the surface you will set up on and the space available and we will match a machine.
Working safely at height instead of on a ladder. Building maintenance and repairs. Lighting, electrical and mechanical work in shops, barns and warehouses. Painting, siding, gutters and roof edge work. Sign and ceiling work. Trimming and cleanup at height. Placing and retrieving material where a ladder cannot safely reach.
The reason to rent one is straightforward. Falls are among the most common causes of serious injury and death in construction and on farms, and most of them involve ladders. A lift puts you on a stable platform with a rail around you and lets you carry tools and material up with you.
Start with working height, which is not the same as platform height. Platform height is how high the deck goes. Working height is roughly the platform height plus reach, and you want to confirm what you actually need to touch rather than guessing.
Then decide whether you need to go straight up or out over something. If you can position the machine directly beneath the work on level ground, a vertical lift is efficient and stable. If you have to reach over an obstacle, a fence, machinery or landscaping, you need horizontal reach as well as height.
Ground conditions and surface decide the rest. Some machines are built for smooth level indoor floors and are not safe outdoors on uneven ground. Others are made for rough terrain. Using an indoor machine on soft or sloped ground is a serious tipping risk.
Also check weight, width and door height if you are going inside a building, and check whether the floor can carry the machine. Tell us the height, the surface and the space and we will match it.
Look up before you raise anything. Overhead power lines are the hazard that kills people on lifts, and you must stay well clear of them, with minimum distances that are larger than most people assume. Contacting a line from a lift is usually fatal.
Level and stable ground is not optional. Use outriggers or leveling systems where the machine has them, and never operate on a slope or soft ground beyond what the machine is rated for. Watch for trenches, drop-offs, septic lids, backfilled ground and anything that can give way under a wheel.
Know the platform capacity and count everything against it, including people, tools and material. Overloading the platform is a tipping risk, particularly when the machine is extended.
Fall protection requirements depend on the type of machine, and on a boom-type lift you generally need a harness with a lanyard attached to the manufacturer's anchor point on the platform, never to the structure you are working on. Follow the machine's requirements rather than a general assumption.
Stay inside the platform. Do not climb on the rails, do not stand on a bucket or a ladder inside the basket, and do not use the machine as a crane or to lift things it is not designed for.
Wind matters. Lifts have wind ratings, and an extended platform in gusty conditions is dangerous. If it is windy enough that you are noticing it at ground level, check the rating before going up.
Do not move an extended boom lift across rough ground, and make sure anyone operating the machine understands the controls, including the ground controls, before anyone is in the air.
Contractors, electricians and mechanical trades, facility and warehouse maintenance staff, painters, sign installers, farms doing barn and shop maintenance, and property owners tackling a job that has no business being done from a ladder.
Available at Wauseon, 419-335-7368, and Angola, 260-665-5820.
Measure what you actually need to reach and work from working height rather than platform height. Platform height is how high the deck goes, and working height adds your reach. Then decide whether you need to go straight up or out over an obstacle, since reaching over a fence, machinery or landscaping requires horizontal reach as well. Tell us the height, the surface you will set up on and the space available and we will match a machine.
Only if the machine is rated for it. Many lifts are built for smooth, level indoor floors and are not safe on uneven, soft or sloped ground, and using one outdoors is a serious tipping risk. Rough terrain machines exist for exactly that reason. Tell us the surface when you book. Also check for trenches, drop-offs, septic lids and backfilled ground, all of which can give way under a wheel.
It depends on the machine type. On boom-type lifts you generally need a harness with a lanyard attached to the manufacturer's anchor point on the platform, never to the building or structure you are working on. Requirements differ by machine, so follow what the specific lift calls for rather than assuming. Regardless of harness, stay inside the platform and never climb on the rails or stand on anything inside the basket.
Farther away than most people assume, and the minimum distances are set by the voltage of the line. Overhead power line contact is the leading cause of death on aerial lifts and it is usually fatal. Look up before you raise anything, identify every line in the work area, and if there is any doubt about clearance, contact the utility before you go up. This applies to the boom, the platform, tools and material.
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