8ton to 18ft? That’s pretty impressive! I just assumed them airside boxes would be afew ton max! Guess the newer versions are.
yeh was an impressive lifter .. jack leg at each corner and an enormous scissor lift under it ... took the body apart as the bed was a seriously nice unmarked ali plank floor and with the side panels off, it was a simple job to fit a new side raive .... made a remote to use on the bed so we could control start/stop & raise and lower from up there .. could put all sorts on there with you - genny/welder, oxy gear and materials 25ft x 8ft work platform you could have held a disco on ... don't have many pix of it and all paper .. see if I can find some - was also good for machine moving from 1st/2nd floors .. jack up and skate gear out onto bed, which didn't move as you loaded it as it was sat solidly on its jacks ... had it taxed as goods so could carry loads about too

.. would carry 45 foot beams no prob.s
won quite a bit of work with that old girl, including 4 regular hedge cutting jobs for some seriously tall hedges .. rock up, get along side, put customer on the bed with his hedge trimmer, get the deck chair out, climb on board and run the controls, while they did the graft

