Cherry picker

Our road was visited by a flashy new cherry picker yesterday morning, a cherry picker that one towed to the site but which then had a degree of self-propulsion. A coffin shaped & sized battery which I was told cost £700. And not only was it the first time that such a thing had appeared in our road, I had never heard of the Niftylift company before.

The snap above was turned up by Bing and looks about right. Presumably the weight of the battery helps with stability. Just the thing for pruning one's hedges and trees, provided, that is, that one can get it through the garage and into the back garden.

From reference 2, I learn that the 120 snapped above does come in the 120T self-propelled version. On the other hand its driver talked of 17m reach, so perhaps we are talking the 170. But I think not: what I saw was not a chunky as that appears to be.

From reference 3, I learn that Niftylift is a UK manufacturing operation presently based in Milton Keynes. We really do still make things!

A company which appears to be still owned by the founder and his family, with the latter represented by a vehicle called FRB Developments Ltd. But there are shares, which could presumably be sold on, perhaps when the founder moves on.

References

Reference 1: https://www.niftylift.com/uk.

Reference 2: https://www.niftylift.com/application/files/2716/5211/5520/Range_Booklet_EU_IS-54.pdf.

Reference 3: https://www.niftylift.com/uk/about-us/company-profile/history.