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with licenced, certified and experienced
telehandler operators to ensure that all
safety standards, when working at height,
are adhered to.”
Extensive fleet
Eazi Access was founded in 2003 with a
vision to make working-at-height safer and
more efficient. The company provides its
products and services to several sectors,
including mining, light industrial, heavy
industrial, entertainment and construction
industries.
The company’s partnerships with some of
the renowned global equipment suppliers,
such as JLG and Power Towers, ensures
that its fleet is always at the forefront
of technological developments and its
application solutions are consistently
world class.
Its JLG fleet is very extensive. The Articu-
lated Diesel Booms range starts from the JLG
340AJ, with a 12,33 m working height, to the
JLG 1250AJP, with a 40,3 m working height.
“Our Telescopic Diesel Booms range
from the JLG 400S with a 14,29 m work-
ing height, all the way to the JLG 1850SJ
with a whopping 58,56 m working height,”
says Jean du Randt, Chief Strategy Officer
at Eazi Acess. This is complemented by
an electric boom range that starts from a
10,97 m working height in the form of the
JLG E300AJP, to the JLG M600JP with a
20,39 m working height.
Its Compact Crawler line, better known
as Spider Lifts, ranges from the JLG X14,
which comes with a 13,8 m working height,
to the JLG X23 with a 23,1 m maximum
working height. The Mast Boom Lift range
starts from a 5,66 m working height provid-
ed by the JLG 1230ES, and ends with the
JLG Toucan 12E with its 11,83 m working
height.
For low-level access applications, the
Push Around and Self-Propelled Vertical
Lift range starts with the JLG Liftpod with
its 4,32 m working height, going all the way
to the JLG 30AM with a working height of
14,14 m. Stock Pickers range from a work-
ing height of 6,6 m (JLG 15MSP) to 7,96 m
(JLG 20MSP).
Elsewhere, the Diesel Scissor Lift range
starts with the JLG 260MRT with its
9,92 m working height, going all the way
to the JLG 245-25 with a working height
of 26,5 m. The Electric Scissor Lift offers
working heights between 7,72 m (JLG
1930Es) and 14,19 m (JLG 4069/M4069).
The Power Towers range, ideal for
low-level access applications, starts from
a working height of 4,2 m (Ecolift) to 4,5 m
(Nano SP).
To ensure that workers are safe when
working-at-height, this range of equipment
comes with some key standard safety fea-
tures. “All our machines come standard
with audible location signalling and emer-
gency safety switches,” says Du Randt,
adding that some of the JLG Scissor Lifts
and Trailer-Mounted Booms come equipped
with interlocking outriggers, ensuring that
the machine footprint is increased and
pressure is thus more spread out.
“Our machines also come clearly marked
to show the direction of travel,” says Pope.
“All controls have a ‘dead-man function’
that automatically stops or returns to neu-
tral when released.”
All machines are also provided with a
service manual that ensures full safety
checks are done before operation. By im-
plementing the correct safety procedures,
injuries can be avoided.
Operational efficiency of any machine is
maximised through the service and main-
tenance provided. “Our machines are put
through stringent and continuous mainte-
nance and safety inspection programmes
by our qualified technicians, ensuring our
customers are supplied with safe, reliable
machines,” says Pope.
Eazi believes in doing more than the
prescribed service and maintenance, as
well as inspections on all machines on a
continuous basis. “We are cognisant of the
user’s experience with the unit and believe
in safety as a critical factor as part of our
customer service offering,” says Du Randt.
“All our machines are built to either the
CE standard (European) or the ANSI stan-
dard (American). Both these standards
comply with the ISO standard (Internation-
al),” says Pope. In South Africa, the SABS
has accepted the ISO standard as the re-
quired standard for machines to be built
to and thus these machines adhere to the
local standards.
Eazi is also a participating member
of SANS Technical Committee TC214,
adopting the ISO standards for MEWP
Design, Maintenance & Operation. The
company’s load tests are performed in
accordance with DMR 18.5 and 18.6 by
using a registered LMI who works for a
registered LME.
Training is key
Lack of instructions – in an understandable
form – is a key reason equipment is
misused or not used at all. In this instance,
proper training is a key requirement.
Dedicated focus on and investment in
the development of its people and custom-
ers has led to Uplift Quality Solutions, an
Eazi Access group company, becoming a
fully-certified training centre.
Uplift Quality Solutions is an accredited
training provider with TETA and ETDP
Setas. Its training material is also approved
with these Setas and adheres to the SAQA
Unit Standards.
“Eazi Access Rental prides itself in
offering customers safe, reliable machines
along with certified training during the
rental period,” concludes Pope.
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Eazi Access' partnerships with some of the renowned global access equipment suppliers, such as
JLG, ensures that its fleet is always at the forefront of technological developments.
The Power Towers range, ideal for low-
level access applications, ranges from a
working height of 4,2 m to 4,5 m.
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