A scissors lift rental is chosen by the height you have to reach, then narrowed by what the building will let through the door and hold up on the floor. A person on the deck works about six feet above it, so a 19 ft platform covers a 25 ft ceiling. Get those three numbers before you call a branch.
Measure the doorway before the ceiling
A 19 ft electric scissor is commonly around 30 in wide and 6 ft long stowed, which clears a standard double door and most single ones. Step up to 26 ft and the frame widens; go higher again and it will not enter a lobby at all. Measure the narrowest opening on the route, including any lift car.
The floor has a limit too
A slab scissor concentrates several thousand pounds onto four small wheels. On a ground floor slab that is nothing. On a mezzanine, a suspended deck, a car park roof or a tiled retail floor it is a question for whoever owns the building. Ask the branch for the machine's wheel load and put the answer in writing.
Narrow machines exist for racking aisles
Where an aisle is under a metre, yards stock a 24 in wide scissor that still takes two people and a small load. It reaches less and costs a little more for each foot of height, and it is the difference between working the job from a platform and hand carrying everything through on a ladder.
What an indoor hire should arrive with
Non marking tyres, a charged battery with the correct charger lead in the basket, and a machine clean enough to stand on a finished floor. Say the words indoor and finished floor when you book. A branch that sends a diesel rough terrain unit because the electric one was out has not solved your problem.
Questions people ask about scissors lift rental
What size scissor lift do I need for a 20 ft ceiling?
A 19 ft platform is the usual answer, because a person standing on the deck works comfortably about six feet above it. If the work is on the ceiling itself rather than the wall below it, book the next size up so you can stand back from the rail.
Will a scissor lift fit through a standard door?
The 19 ft electric class usually will, at around 30 in wide. Anything taller normally will not, and rough terrain units never will. If the machine has to work inside a finished building, the doorway is the first measurement to take rather than the last.
Can I take a scissor lift up in a goods lift?
Only with the lift's rated capacity and car size checked first. A 19 ft electric scissor weighs a couple of tons, which is beyond many passenger lifts and some goods lifts. The building manager, not the rental branch, is the person who can answer that.
How long does the battery last on an electric scissor?
A full charge covers a normal working day of intermittent lifting, and it drains faster if the machine is driven long distances across a site. Put it on charge at every break rather than at the end of the shift, and check the charger lead is with the machine at handover.