12.07.2017

Briggs UK adds JCB scissors

The UK division of Briggs Equipment has purchased 10 JCB slab electric scissor lifts for its rental fleet.

The order - placed though local dealer Gunn JCB - includes 19ft S1930E, 26ft S2632E and the wider S2646E and the 32ft S3246E. The units will join the company’s short term rental fleet which now includes 100 aerial work platforms. The company says that it plans to double this by the start of next year.

Briggs national rental manager Allan Parsons said: “From building contractors and heating engineers to commercial window cleaners and security installers, more and more businesses are engaged in day to day tasks that involve working at height. JCB has a deserved reputation for well-engineered products that are built to cope with the toughest challenges, so we had no hesitation in adding its new electric scissor lifts to our equipment fleet.”
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Allan Parsons of Briggs (L) with Mark Roberts of Gunn JCB and two of the new 19ft scissor lifts

Briggs tends to focus on sales and long or short term rental of forklifts and reachstackers in the UK, and is the Hyster/Yale dealer. However it already runs more than 80 JCB fork trucks, including the Teletruk and larger telescopic handlers and rough terrain fork lifts. Its access fleet includes JLG scissors, electric boom lifts and mast booms. The company operates from seven locations in the UK.