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PAVs (Push Around Verticle) platforms or personnel lifts are a small style of vertical lift that is mobile and offers scissor operation. PAVs are an effective and ideal solution for those working indoors with low-level access, such as factories, workshops and small warehouses.

You can use them to replace steps and ladders, which aren't recommended to achieve safe access. These mobile vertical lifts are lightweight and compact, enabling those operating to easily navigate their way through narrow corners, aisles and doorways and avoid electrical hazards.

It's a perfect piece of equipment for those that need to move loads of heavy materials, tools or themselves from one location to another, including those in multistory buildings moving things between floors. PAV platforms meet all the work at height regulations, which supports and protects those workers on the platform with low-entry points. 

Mast lifts are a much smaller version of an articulating lift or cherry picker device, with the option for boom lift operation. These lifts are ideal for tight spaces with low-level access or busy environments.

For example, offices, retail shops, hotels, public buildings and anywhere that a traditional scissor lift or cherry picker may be unable to provide temporary access to due to their scale and size. Their design is incredibly compact, meaning they can be utilised indoors and in any restricted spaces by professionals without being a hazard to numerous other workers in your area.

As they are so small, they are straightforward to use and easily manoeuvred into various narrow aisles. Its caged platform gives workers plenty of access and safety without needing steps or ladders. 

Scissor lifts are sometimes known as flying carpets, and they are self-propelled mobile vertical lifts, with movement similar to PAVs, often of a larger scale. These types of equipment can be used in many applications for indoor and outdoor spaces where you require a straight lift for better access.

Typically, scissor lifts aren't suitable for tighter spaces as they provide workers with a larger platform to complete their jobs; however, you can find available narrow-width models in some places across the UK.

You'll find that these lifts offer double-extending decks and rough terrain versions that make them adaptable to whatever space you're working in. Models of scissor lifts allow you to meet the work at height regulations and business requirements, using guard rails around your scissor lift platforms to offer safer access for workers carrying out such tasks. 

Articulated boom lifts are colloquially known as cherry pickers, offering customers and operators a broad range of movement. It's used in various industries; its sideways outreach makes it a fantastic solution for those working indoors or outdoors, as you can manoeuvre over and around multiple kinds of equipment, buildings and obstacles. 

Its most commonly recognised in arenas or stadiums during stage shows when performers wish to be elevated over the audience and easily moved across, allowing for more visibility. Articulated lifts are available in an extensive range of sizes with the promise of additional safety features, such as options for rough terrain, various power options and non-marking tyres.

Such equipment needs to meet the requirements of the work at height regulations, which is why many come with guard rails and other safety equipment. 

Commonly referred to as telescopic booms are stick boom lifts, which provide operators with a wide range of movement, similar to what you may achieve using an articulating boom lift. It has an extendable sideways platform and great height, making it the most suitable for jobs where you need to manoeuvre around or above equipment, machinery, obstacles or buildings.

You can use them internally or externally as it provides rough terrain and 4x4 options. There are telescopic or stick boom lifts that successfully meet the working-at-height regulations as they provide accessories and add-ons, such as caged platforms, to ensure your workers don't slip out. 

Track-mounted access lifts can be referred to as spider lifts. These are typically considered the perfect solution for those undertaking outdoor applications when the ground or terrain is uneven. They provide a considerable advantage for those on steep inclines, working with stairs or in narrow areas.

Track mounts are best suited to low-point loading, as they offer outreach and extended height; their tracked chassis evenly spreads weight, ultimately reducing its pressure on the ground, which is ideal for delicate floors and soft ground or suspended levels that require plenty of delicacy. 

Truck-mounted access lifts can sometimes be referred to as lorry-mounted or vehicle-mounted platforms, which make for excellent solutions, especially for multi-location projects. These vehicles allow you to travel quickly to construction sites or warehouses and can immediately be used once they arrive in your area.

They are beneficial for making outdoor applications and extensive tasks like installing or repairing telecom systems and signage, pest control, high-level maintenance and filming or broadcasting much easier due to their exceptional height capabilities.

The bucket truck-mounted access platforms are all specifically designed to meet your job or project requirements and those aligned with work at height regulations. They are often coupled with a caged platform used to ensure your worker's safety.