Ruthmann has launched its long awaited ‘compact’ 100m working height truck mount at a customer event in Germany.

The Steiger T1000 HF is mounted on a five-axle truck with a total weight of 53 tonnes and an outreach of 39m, which is a significant step up on the current market offering, said the company.

It was launched at a customer event close to Ruthmann’s headquarters in Germany, with more than 100 guests from 15 European companies, as well as the US, Israel and Mexico. AI was at the event too. 

With applications growing for wind energy, power lines, maintenance of older buildings in difficult to reach areas, new larger buildings, ports and bridge inspections, to name a few, Ruthmann said greater capabilities from the equipment had also become a necessity.

The design of the new lift followed intense research in the industry, including with relevant rental companies around the world to gain their feedback.

The overall response from customers was the need for a lift that reached higher than the existing 90m working height, with greater outreach and on a standard five-axle chassis – a feat not yet achieved in the industry.

Once a chassis above the standard weight is used, various national regulations kick in across Europe, making operations more complicated. A range of designs followed, including those with up to 110m working height, with the final T1000 HF providing the optimum combination of features.

Those also include electronic automatic locking on the five section lower arm, which is activated when required. i.e. at maximum working heights at an elevation angle of 80 – 88.5 degrees. The three-section upper arm can telescope 37m.

The new unit also comes with Ruthmann’s highflex technology found across other models in the Steiger series, which gives the boom ‘up, over and back’ capabilities where flexibility is required rather than maximum working in height, effectively providing a two-in-one machine.

The DRS system optimizes the model’s features by maximizing the working envelope, which is valuable when working in more extreme conditions. For example, when working in wind force 8, the wind force can be set before operation and the DRS then adjusts to allow maximum performance within safe parameters.

Compact dimensions

• Total length: 16.53m

• Total weight: 53 tonnes

• Vehicle height: 3.95m

• Front overhang: 2.64m

• Rear overhang: approx 3.37m

• No basket at the rear: to reduce risk of damage while maneuvering

• Mounting standard chassis