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Versatile underbridge inspection equipment

Italian access equipment specialist Barin has supplied one of its novel ABCLS units to a customer in Germany. The underbridge inspection machine is being used by rental firm Theo in Tecklenburg. Barin previously supplied two similar units for bridge inspection to Germany, with one being bought by Munich-Kirchheim firm Roggermaier Arbeitsbuhnen and another by Berlin company Easy Lift. Versatile and compact this latest machine has been mounted on a Mercedes Axor 1829 truck chassis with a GVW of 18tonnes.
February 17, 2012 Read time: 2 mins
Barin says that its ABC110/130/150/LS underbridge access machines offer versatility and performance
Italian access equipment specialist 1481 Barin has supplied one of its novel ABCLS units to a customer in Germany. The underbridge inspection machine is being used by rental firm Theo in Tecklenburg. Barin previously supplied two similar units for bridge inspection to Germany, with one being bought by Munich-Kirchheim firm 1597 Roggermaier Arbeitsbuhnen and another by Berlin company Easy Lift. Versatile and compact this latest machine has been mounted on a 2796 Mercedes Axor 1829 truck chassis with a GVW of 18tonnes. In this specification the machine can operate in a single lane of traffic and offers a bridge barrier clearance of 3.5m, sidewalk clearance of 2.7m, horizontal outreach underbridge of 15m, maximum vertical reach underbridge of 7.6m and has a platform capacity of 450kg. The machine can be fully deployed for use in 12 minutes and also features two vertical lifts on the platform that can be raised 4m and offer load capacities of 120kg each.

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