Queensland’s HiReach Rentals is significantly upgrading its access equipment fleet, with top brands that offer cutting edge technology and optimal safety
Leading access hire business HiReach Rentals is renowned for its 30 years of experience hiring and selling machines and ongoing commitment to safety.
With three locations in Queensland – Brisbane, Gold Coast and the Sunshine Coast – HiReach has supplied premium plant to some of the largest construction projects in the state since its inception in 1996.
As part of its business ethos, Hi-Reach is continually aiming to offer its customers the safest, most efficient and technologically advanced equipment on the market.
It’s for this reason the business has recently upgraded its hire fleet, with new equipment already available and much more on the way.
“As we are primarily a hire company, we have thousands of machines and, over time, they need to be upgraded to ensure they are adequate for ongoing hire,” HiReach general manager Stephen Bradshaw says.
“By reinvesting in new equipment, our customers will have access to the safest and most-efficient machines, with the added benefit of them being cost-effective.”
Chinese powerhouses XCMG and LGMG are among the brands HiReach has invested in, with a brand new three-tonne LGMG telehandler that has a seven-metre maximum reach having recently arrived.
A new LGMG AR14J-H articulated boom lift with a working height of 15.9m and extra capacity has also hit the yard, while XCMG scissor lifts and telescopic boom lifts with extra capacity have been procured.
“Some of the new XCMG and LGMG equipment have electric drives, which is more efficient and minimises hydraulic leaks,” Stephen says.
“Different pieces of machinery also have four-wheel drive and a lithium battery, and can last four days without charge, so they are more environmentally friendly.”
While these brands may be lesser known to elevated work platform customers, Stephen says their
quality is undeniable.
“Both brands offer strong and reliable built equipment – they have really good machines,” he says.
“They’re workhorses, they do the job well and they’re very responsive. Machines from these brands suit the environment that they’re going in, so the manufacturers are flexible in terms of changing the product based on the customer’s requirements.”
The new equipment doesn’t just stop with XCMG and LGMG however, with new technologically advanced equipment being sourced from another Chinese manufacturer – Zoomlion. Boom and scissor lifts from the USA’s Genie and Canada’s SkyJack will be coming soon, while more units from German under-bridge inspection specialist Moog are also
on the horizon.
HiReach has carefully chosen these brands to not only be part of the hire fleet but also to train operators on.
With safety being an imperative part of operating these machines, Stephen says the new machines have the latest and greatest technology, minimising potential risks.
“All new equipment has on-board tracking and diagnostics helping to minimise downtime and improve efficiency,” he says.
New equipment coming into the business means older pieces of machinery must go out, but this doesn’t mean they have reached the end of their useful life. Instead, HiReach will be selling various pieces of its second-hand equipment.
Having been thoroughly maintained with quarterly, annual and 10-year inspections at a minimum, Stephen says the equipment HiReach is selling is still highly reliable, working safely and at the optimal level required.
“We’re selling top brands that are still great performers,” he says.
“It’s all happening at the moment, we’ve already had new machines delivered and there’s more to come.”
For more information on HiReach’s fleet of hire equipment, visit www.hireach.com.au or call 1300 661 500.