Choose Your Power: Skyjack’s Hybrid and Battery-Electric Booms Land in North America
After debuting at bauma 2025 in Munich, the company’s new hybrid-electric and battery-electric rough terrain booms — the SJ45 AJE+, SJ60 AJE+, SJ45 AJHE+ and SJ60 AJHE+ — are now available across North America.
Electric Equipment: What’s New in the Battery-Powered Machine Market
With more and more manufacturers releasing electric equipment, it’s important to pause and look at the many benefits of these machines. We’re talking quiet, emissions-free operation, the ability to meet sustainability goals or explore new work, no idling…
Compact Telehandler Buying Guide: What to Know in 2025
Top Compact Telehandler Models for Construction, Landscaping and More Compact telehandlers continue to gain traction across a wide variety of American sectors — construction, landscaping, farming and rental — due to their ability to take attachments,…
Skyjack Highlights New Models and Updates at bauma 2025
If you’re at bauma this week, add visiting Skyjack to your schedule. The company is celebrating its 40th anniversary at the show with an exciting lineup of new and updated models and features. For example, Skyjack’s E-Drive line is making its…
Skyjack Celebrates 40 Years with Elevate To Celebrate Giveaway (Here’s How to Enter)
Skyjack is marking a monumental milestone this year — its 40th anniversary in the mobile elevated work platform (MEWP) industry. To celebrate this achievement, Skyjack is launching its exciting “Elevate To Celebrate” giveaway, running from…
Manufacturers Discuss Their Most Popular Scissor Lifts
When a job finds a crew working overhead — whether it’s indoors or out — scissor lifts are a popular equipment option thanks to their capacity and stability. These versatile and efficient machines provide a safe platform for materials, tools and workers.…
ICYMI: Another Round of Innovative Iron Award Winners
Happy New Year! Although we’ve turned the calendar on 2024, I wanted to take a moment to round up and acknowledge the rest of our Innovative Iron Award winners from last year. Enjoy! Cat’s 285 and 285 XE Compact Track Loaders New Holland’s E90D…
Innovative Iron Award: Skyjack’s SJ3213 and SJ3219 Micro Scissor Lifts
The off-highway equipment industry has made significant strides in 2024, introducing machines that are smarter, greener and more efficient and powerful than ever before. Compact Equipment‘s 2024 Innovative Iron Awards celebrate these advancements,…
The Skyjack XStep Adds More Height to Its Micro Scissor Line
Linamar Corporation’s Skyjack division recently launched the micro XStep, the latest product in its Accessoryzers line. This product is compatible with Skyjack’s newest line of scissors — the SJ3213 micro and SJ3219 micro. The micro XStep…
How to Buy and Rent a Compact Telehandler in 2024 with a Special Focus on Subcompact Units
Even within the realm of compact telehandlers, there are different sizes that serve different load and reach requirements. Most compact telehandlers on a rental lot usually sport a two-stage boom with a lift height from 16 to 20 ft, lifting 5,000 to…
Skyjack Launches All New SJ3213 and SJ3219 Micro Scissors
Linamar Corporation’s Skyjack division announced the launch of a new micro scissor line — the SJ3213 micro and SJ3219 micro. Skyjack’s new micro scissor range represents a significant new choice in the low-level access arena. The SJ3213 micro and…
Tips and Insights for Renting an Electric Scissor Lift
When it comes to compact equipment, scissor lifts have been one of the most popular categories for electrification for decades now. Battery-powered scissors can offer emissions-free operation in all types of aerial applications — from constructing…