Spec guide2026-11-08· 6 min read
30.5 m or 33 m? Choosing a truck-mounted platform
The 2.5 m difference decides whether you can pass under a bridge and still reach a nine-storey facade.
Two platforms. Same chassis. Same 200 kg basket. One is 2.5 m taller and costs roughly 8% more. Which one goes on the truck?
The answer is almost never “the taller one”. Start with the tallest obstacle on the route to site — the bridge, the underpass, the doorway into the yard. Then work backwards to the boom section count that still clears it when stowed.
We publish both the working height and the stowed height for every model, because the second number decides whether the machine ever gets to the job.