Adjustable height catwalk 1

Have you googled it? The only one that comes immedialty to mind is Safe Harbours, bet there are lots

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Yes, I googled a number of combinations and generally come up with manlifts or stairs or mezzanines. Safe Harbour got a lot of info about violence in the workplace!
Part of the idea is to eliminate dragging a portable stair around the vehicle during the work cycle. The process usually takes at least six ascents and descents for one cycle so there is a lot of time to be saved as well as fatigue eliminated.
The variation in height precludes a fixed catwalk as does the need to access the underside of the unit.
Brainstorms and mild mental disturbances welcome!

Griffy

Maybe G-raff has something:

Ted

Depending on the bay height and truss load capacity, I would investigate using suspended scaffolding like swing-stages arranged in a U-shape.

How about a lift? the drive on car lifts come to mind, just set it up wider and slide the cross piece to the front to make your U.

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Hydtools,
G-Raff looks very promising. The elevating platforms are very close to what we need.
Carnage1,
I looked at the car lifts and some styles show promise but others are unusable. Biggest factor is the in-house engineering that would be needed. Let someone else take care of the certification for OSHA if possible.
I knew someone out there on Eng-Tips would have some ideas.
Thanks for the help!

Griffy