Hire and Rental News - May 2018

ACCESS in ACTION on the cover hot topics 32 PRESIDENT'S REPORT: Changing access industry ideas one at a time 34 Terex imposes steel surcharge in line with US tariffs 34 New off highway telematics from Skyjack launched 36 Ahern appointed Bluelift distributor in Australia 38 Beware Yellow Card fakes – how to verify the yellow Card quickly and easily on the job 38 New EWPA training for Advanced Booms and Supervisor Courses 41 Customer demand leads to purchase of more telehandlers 42 Pink Haulotte raises funds for McGrath Foundation 44 Genie updates its ZX-135/70 boom lift 46 TSHA President Message: Strong year, new initiatives and committee contents 44 Celebrating 35 years supporting Australia To celebrate 35 years in Australia, JLG recently spoke to four members of the JLG Port Macquarie team, who have been with JLG almost from day one. JLG’s first headquarters was established in Port Macquarie in 1983 to provide a central location between Sydney and Brisbane in response to incentives offered by the government for decentralising industry and providing employment in regional areas. The experienced Port Macquarie team, who can ‘still build a machine from head to toe’, remain a valuable asset to JLG in performing training and Major Inspections and in fielding crews which travel overseas to support JLG operations worldwide, Bob Mules, JLG General Manager – Australia & New Zealand said. Visit: www.jlg.com.au 30 ACCESS IN ACTION • MAY 2018 Genie updates its ZX-135/70 boom lift Ahern appointed Bluelift distributor 41 36 Registration NOW OPEN Allcott Hire took delivery of telehandlers