Electric Utility Operations

Bronto Skylift to Show World’s Tallest Insulated Aerial at ICUEE

Aug. 16, 2017

Bronto Skylift will be showing its insulated truck-mounted aerial platform at the International Construction and Utility Equipment Expo in Louisville, Kentucky.

Amy Fischbach

Related To: Bronto Skylift Inc.

Bronto Skylift, a manufacturer of truck-mounted mobile elevating work platforms will be showing and demonstrating its Model SI 219 HDT-C, said to be the world’s tallest insulated truck-mounted aerial platform, in Stand N2054 at ICUEE, the International Construction and Utility Equipment Expo. The show will be October 3 -5, 2017 in Louisville, Kentucky.

The Model SI 219 HDT-C shown at ICUEE is a telescoping Insulated aerial device rated to 765kV that features a 219-ft (67m) working height with 89-ft (27m) of horizontal outreach and up to 1,000-lbs (454kg) capacity in the 7-ft platform. When used with a 5-ft platform and standard 900-lb (408 kg) capacity material handler that easily folds out of way when not in use, total platform and material handler capacity increases to 1125 lbs. (510kg).

Mounted on a Tor10x6 chassis, the Model SI 219 HDT-C, allows workers to drive to a location, raise the boom, and, with 360 deg continuous turntable rotation, place the working platform almost anywhere overhead in a matter of minutes.

About the Author

Amy Fischbach | Amy Fischbach, EUO Contributing Editor

Amy Fischbach is the Field Editor for T&D World magazine and manages the Electric Utility Operations section. She is the host of the Line Life Podcast, which celebrates the grit, courage and inspirational teamwork of the line trade. She also works on the annual Lineworker Supplement and the Vegetation Management Supplement as well as the Lineman Life and Lineman's Rodeo News enewsletters. Amy also covers events such as the Trees & Utilities conference and the International Lineman's Rodeo. She is the past president of the ASBPE Educational Foundation and ASBPE and earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in journalism from Kansas State University. She can be reached at [email protected].