Ausco Modular recently decided to purchase 10 new TMHA Leonardo EWPs (Elevated Work Platforms) and four TMHA ride-on sweepers for its four manufacturing facilities across Australia, making the switch from more traditional ladders and mobile scaffolding in a move it says will improve worker efficiency and safety.
Leonardo EWPs
Ausco Modular National Operations and Fleet Manager David Leditschke praised the Leonardo EWPs for their manoeuvrability.
“They do the job for us, they’re good in tight spaces, they’re safe, they add a level of efficiency to our processes and the feedback from the guys that use them is really good as well, which is really important,” he says.
“The fact that it is flexible and you can do tasks at different heights just by using a machine rather than going up and down and changing ladders is a real time saver.
Adopting the new TMHA EWPs also improves safety outcomes for Ausco, with the increased size and complexity of modern modular buildings requiring more stringent safety measures.
“Especially these days, the scope of modular buildings is becoming more complex – higher, heavier, more complicated with materials used – so this product adds a level of safety and efficiency to our manufacturing operations,” Leditschke says.
“In the hire yards we have to maintain our fleet of 10,000 hire buildings nationally… these EWPs give us the same sort of efficiencies that the factories get.”
TMHA Ride-on Sweepers
Ausco also decided to purchase four TMHA ride-on sweepers which have helped the business save on time and manpower, while also ensuring a clean and safe working area.
“We’ve also bought some sweepers recently from TMHA, the ride-on sweepers for our branches and the guys like them just as much (as the EWPs),” Leditschke says.
“Once again it’s an efficiency game. On a Friday afternoon having three blokes on a broom for two hours sweeping up the workshop as opposed to one guy jumping on a sweeper and having it done in 40 minutes, the sweepers have brought an efficiency to the place.
“And there’s also a safety aspect; the floors are clean and there’s no hazards.”
For more on the Leonardo EWP range and the TMHA ride-on sweepers, visit www.toyotamaterialhandling.com.au or contact Ausco Modular for temporary, permanent and portable buildings solutions.