A boom lift supplied by AFIUplift
has helped to make
light work of a repair and
painting contract at a
lighthouse in Hartlepool.

Pyeroy’s Infrastructure and
Maintenance Support
Services Division hired the
JLG 450AJ boom from AFI’s
North East depot over a fourweek
period to work on the
13m high Headland
Lighthouse, which was built
in 1926.

The boom gave Pyeroy the
height and accessibility
needed to work all the way
around the lighthouse and
bring it back into shipshape
condition.

Brian Close, Pyeroy senior
contracts manager, said: “We
maintain many lighthouses
along the UK coast and
always use powered access
machines wherever possible.
The boom lift we hired from
AFI meant that we could
carry out our work safely,
efficiently and costeffectively.”
The JLG boom lift hired by
Pyeroy has a working height
of 15.72m and an articulating
jib which enables the
cage to be manoeuvred into
different positions in relation
to the boom.