For more than 20 years and now in its second generation, the company Kargl GmbH has been shaping and maintaining trees, gardens and landscapes in the Regensburg region. In addition to numerous trucks, tractors and forestry equipment, a BLUELIFT SA 18 HB crawler working platform has also been part of the fleet since 2022.
The compact crawler working platform perfectly complements the fleet, as it can reach work sites that are inaccessible to other machines. With a width of only 0.78 metres and a height of just 1.99 metres, the BLUELIFT SA 18 HB can be brought into gardens by Kargl’s landscape gardeners, for example, to prune trees there. With its low tare weight of 2,200 kg and the rubber track chassis, it overcomes lawns or slopes without damage and does not even stop at steps.
COMPACT YET FLEXIBLE IN USE
The SA 18 HB reaches a working height of up to 17.8 metres when pruning and is easy to manoeuvre into the treetops thanks to its articulated design and compact working cage. “The flexible application possibilities of the compact machine are very much appreciated by the employees,” says Karl-Heinz Kargl, owner and managing director of Kargl GmbH. “In particular, the fact that the machine requires just a support area of 3 x 3 metres to achieve its full operating data is very advantageous in our applications,” Kargl continues.
The BLUELIFT SA 18 HB is powered by a Honda petrol engine, which enables self-sufficient use in the forest and off-road. Likewise, the almost noise- and emission-free drive with mains electricity is also possible. “Many of our customers appreciate this very much when the engine is not always causing exhaust fumes and noise in the garden during longer tree care operations,” Mr Kargl reports from daily practice.
“For us, the BLUELIFT SA 18 HB fills a gap left by other, larger machines,” Mr Kargl continues. “A compact yet powerful solution that supports us in our daily work and that my employees can easily take to the customer themselves on the trailer.”
