Skyjack’s New Electric Rough Terrain Articulating Booms Hit the North American Market
Skyjack announces the launch of its new hybrid electric and battery-electric rough terrain articulating booms to the North American market. Rental companies and leading contractors can rely on the all-electric zero-emission productivity of the new SJ45 AJE+ and SJ60 AJE+ and the hybrid-electric flexibility of the new SJ45 AJHE+ and the SJ60 AJHE+. Skyjack has designed these versatile new machines to meet true jobsite performance expectations, whether it be navigating various rough terrain conditions or delivering performance in emission-restricted sensitive indoor worksites.
Skyjack’s new articulating booms have been developed without compromising performance or features found in diesel machines. The range has common specifications, parts, capacities, reach, and dimensions across all-electric, hybrid-electric, and diesel options, allowing rental companies to choose preferred power within a single machine.
“Our new range of hybrid and all-electric rough terrain articulating booms provide a clean, quiet, and sustainable rental solution that features low or no emissions, lower operating costs, and increased utilization,” said Skyjack president Charlie Patterson. “Skyjack’s new range is a simple, reliable, and environmentally friendly choice for diverse jobsites across North America.”
The new articulating booms feature AXLDRIVE, which provides a true mechanical four-wheel drive system, with an oscillating steer axle and manually controlled rear locking differential for superior traction and up to 45-percent gradeability. This industry-leading terrain capability means one can use Skyjack boom lifts in the most challenging of conditions. EASYDRIV is an intuitive direction sensing function that allows the machine to move in the general direction of the joystick’s movement, where forward is forward and backward is backward. There is no need to coordinate colored directional arrows on the base of the machine. SKYRISER technology ensures that the riser and main pivot point connecting the fly boom to the riser travel in a straight vertical line. Movement in a true vertical manner, without drifting forward or back, reduces the amount of repositioning the operator needs to do in order to stay close to a building facade, improving productivity.
Speedy Reach
The SJ60 AJE+ and SJ60 AJHE+ also feature SPEEDYREACH, which provides the ability to cycle between maximum height and ground level without the need to engage the riser function which helps to save the operator time. Electrical controllers integrate into Skyjack’s existing SkyCoded control system, maintaining commonality and ease of troubleshooting. Customers can stay connected with machine performance using the ELEVATE Live scanning QR code for easy access to serial number-specific information and service data using any smartphone (no app or password required).
Skyjack’s new battery-electric and hybrid-electric articulating booms provide exceptional driver performance while also maintaining capacities up to 1,000 pounds (454 kg). Machine operating efficiency allows for multiple days of work out of a single charge, while bulk-charging on hybrid machines can be completed in less than three hours. These new machines are ideal for jobsites requiring the flexibility to operate in almost any condition.
“The Skyjack team designs our innovative articulating booms to maximize uptime and longevity,” said Jonathan Reinhart, Skyjack product manager. “Our new machines feature easy-to-understand control systems, with an on-board digital diagnostics display that allows operators to see real-time, simple language readouts. No plug-in calibration is necessary for day-to-day troubleshooting, all major service points are easily accessible, and common parts across our boom range make for straightforward maintenance and repairs. Skyjack booms are renowned for a superior driving experience, a consistent, multi-function capability, and machine reliability.”
Skyjack’s articulating booms are available now across North America.
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Michael Roth
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Michael Roth has covered the equipment rental industry full time for RER since 1989 and has served as the magazine’s editor in chief since 1994. He has nearly 30 years experience as a professional journalist. Roth has visited hundreds of rental centers and industry manufacturers, written hundreds of feature stories for RER and thousands of news stories for the magazine and its electronic newsletter RER Reports. Roth has interviewed leading executives for most of the industry’s largest rental companies and manufacturers as well as hundreds of smaller independent companies. He has visited with and reported on rental companies and manufacturers in Europe, Central America and Asia as well as Mexico, Canada and the United States. Roth was co-founder of RER Reports, the industry’s first weekly newsletter, which began as a fax newsletter in 1996, and later became an online newsletter. Roth has spoken at conventions sponsored by the American Rental Association, Associated Equipment Distributors, California Rental Association and other industry events and has spoken before industry groups in several countries. He lives and works in Los Angeles when he’s not traveling to cover industry events.