Altec Australia welcomes Nifty-Lift into the Altec family

Altec Australia is delighted to welcome Nifty–Lift into the Altec family. This strategic partnership aims to enhance service delivery across the Australian electric utility, telecommunications, tree care, and contractor sectors. With the combined experience of our top–tier engineering, manufacturing, service, and customer support teams, we are better equipped to meet the diverse needs of our clients. This alliance represents a significant advancement for…

A Nifty-Lift NL200KTF Is Essential!

Everyone needs a Nifty-Lift in their fleet – it’s essential! Essential Energy are the latest organisation to take delivery of our upgraded KTF series. The new NL200KTF supersceded the popular NL190KTF, and it now features a 435kg basket Rated Capacity, and a wind speed rating of 72 km/h. Despite the boosted basket capacity, the new…

Work In Winds Up To 72Km

Imagine a fleet of EWPs that is ready to restore power as soon as you have emergency linesmen available! One of the frustrating issues experienced by electricity network repair crews trying to repair storm damage is the limitations for safe use of their EWP fleet whilst the high winds are still present. Many EWPs in…

Electrix Takes Delivery!

We recently delivered two new NL160TF EWPs to the Electrix depot in Melbourne. These two 16 metre EWPs were mounted on Isuzu 4×2 chassis, and were built with a detailed locker design and a number of options to ensure these EWPs are exactly suited to the tasks the Electrix linesmen will carry out. These trucks…

More 180º fly booms for Western Power

Western Power are embracing some of Nifty-Lift’s industry leading fly boom models, with their first NL160TFs joining the fleet last year, and now some new NL180KTF are heading west as well! The NL180KTF offers 435kg basket capacity, and the brilliant 180º articulating fly boom that delivers a 30% productivity improvement over other brands. The fly…

A Fleet Of NL130 For Tree Trimming

One of our newer models, the NL130, continues to roll out into the arbor industry. We recently despatched an order for four units for a large tree trimming business, who were attracted by the performance of the EWP, the competitive pricing and short lead time. Mounted on the popular Fuso 1224 Auto, with our suspension…

20m Ruthmann ECOLINE – New product launch!

Nifty-Lift held the official product launch for the Ruthmann Ecoline RS200 at this years’ Hire and Rental Association conference, HIRE19. Nifty-Lift have combined with Ruthmann to bring this popular 20m non insulated EWP to Australia, and have it available on the popular Japanese chassis brands. Nifty-Lift’s engineers worked with Ruthmann’s team to develop a subframe…

Impressive Material Handler EWP!

We recently refurbished a Nifty-Lift NL185K-MH that had been in a road accident, where the carrier vehicle was badly damaged. The EWP had only been in service a couple of years, and was still a valuable piece of equipment in the fleet, and as such we were tasked with remounting the EWP to a brand…

Active Trees

Active Tree Service has taken delivery of their first NL160TFs, mounted on Mercedes Atego 4×4 trucks. The progressive leaders of Australia’s largest vegetation management business closely reviewed the performance capabilities of the latest model from Nifty-Lift, and were convinced that the huge side reach and quality of manufacture would meet the needs of their organisation.…

Ruthmann T400 – SA Power Networks

Another big Ruthmann travel tower from Germany has landed on Aussie shores, and this 40m Ruthmann will head out into the South Australian outback! The T400 is the smallest model in the hugely successful Height Performance range from Ruthmann, but benefits from all the award winning features found on the larger models. Compared to another…