Skyjack to Show New ANSI-Compliant Units, Advanced Telematics at ARA
Skyjack has new machines and technological advancements at The ARA Show in Orlando, Fla. With new leadership at the helm, the next generation of equipment rolling onto rental yards, and enhanced digital products being unveiled at the show, this OEM promises a focus on productivity and an exciting start to 2020.
“Much of what we’ll cover at The ARA Show’s press conference will inevitably be about the new ANSI standards, our focus is on showing enhancements we’ve made outside of what’s mandated to produce a range that helps rebalance the ROI equation,” said Ken McDougall, president of Skyjack. “Some paths to ANSI compliance have driven increased cost, so we’ve tried to mitigate that as much as possible. We’re focused on showing how Skyjack has delivered compensating cost of ownership improvements for rental companies.”
“We have been eager to fully roll out the next generation of DC scissor lifts for some time now and so we’re excited to have a fleet of sale-ready next generation equipment on stand at The ARA Show,” Malcolm Early, vice president of marketing at Skyjack, said. “We’re bringing an assortment of scissor lifts, both DC and rough terrain, as well as showcasing updates to our booms for the first time at a show.”
Similar to its DC and rough terrain scissor lifts, Skyjack booms have also undergone a transformation for the 2020 market. Skyjack’s 40-foot and 60-foot booms will now boast increased capacities and feature a dual-module control system integrated with Skyjack’s SKYCODED color-coded and numbered wiring system.
“The new SKYCODED control system enables our machines to better communicate with our ELEVATE telematics solution,” Early said. “The enhancements made on our machines directly translate into enhanced data delivered by telematics. In fact, some of that data leads to ground-breaking digital products and we’ll be announcing exactly what those entail at our February 10th press conference.”
Skyjack will be in Booth 4235.
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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.