Rapid Platforms Ltd

Providing cherry picker, access platform and electric hoists equipment for hire in the UK. Our fleet of modern hoists and cherry pickers includes:

• GEDA hoists
• truck mounted access platforms
• boom lifts
• spider platforms
• tracked access platforms
• scissor lifts

from some of the most respected manufacturers in the business, including:

• GEDA
• Niftylift
• Skyjack
• Haulotte
• Teupen
• Genie
• Ragno
• Multitel and Wumag

As we are based on the M11 near to Stansted Airport, we are ideally situated to service the south east of England, including Greater London, Hertfordshire, Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Surrey, Sussex and Kent. But we offer our hire services nationally across the UK.

Rapid Hoists - offering GEDA hoist for hire nationally
Rapid Hoists, the hoists division of Rapid Platforms, is a national Rack and Pinion Hoists hire company offering a complete construction Hoists package for both industrial and construction sectors. Find out more.

Rapid Platforms is a specialist work at height company
Rapid Platforms also offer new and used access equipment for sale at great prices. We service our machinery above and beyond the manufacturers recommendations, so if you are looking for used equipment we should definitely be your first port of call.

We also offer first class IPAF and PASMA training either at our onsite facilities or at a customer provided or specified location.

Our qualified and experienced team of workshop and mobile engineers can assist you with servicing, repairs and LOLER thorough examinations.

Hire Cherry Pickers, Hoists and Access Platforms
Looking to hire a powered access platform to enable you to work at height? You have come to the right place.

Our modern and well maintained hire fleet of aerial work platforms include: truck mounted platforms, scissor lift platforms, stick boom lifts and articulating boom lifts from all the major manufacturers. We also supply all types of electric hoists

All of our truck mounted cherry pickers are available for hire with trained and experienced IPAF operators or we can arrange IPAF training so you can operate one of our self-drive powered access platforms yourself for work at height.

All hires are supported by our experienced team of CAP certified mobile engineers. Please browse the MEWP (Mobile Elevating Work Platform) categories below for technical data on all the access machines in our hire fleet or download our comprehensive specification booklet.

Our Machines

• PAV Lifts
• Mast Lifts
• Scissor Lifts
• Articulating Boom Lifts
• Stick Boom Lifts
• Truck Mounts
• Track Mounts
• Hoists & Accessories

Hoists
Reach Heights 19.00m - 100.00m
Hoists can be attached to be designed scaffolding or fixed directly to build. We offer a full erect and strike service by our NVQ qualified erectors who all carry CSC cards. All hoisting operations are completed in accordance with current regulations.

Training Courses
Fully accredited IPAF and PASMA training centre.

Rapid Platforms offers MEWP / cherry picker training as an accredited IPAF training centre; cherry picker training on all categories of access platform at Operator, Demonstrator and Instructor levels. PASMA training courses cover the use of mobile scaffold tower equipment.

We also offer a range of other working at height training, including the training on alloy towers.

• IPAF Training Courses
• Asbestos Awareness Training Courses
• New Roads and Street Works Training Training Courses
• Confined Spaces Courses
• First Aid Training Courses
• Abrasive Wheels Training Courses
• Manual Handling Training Courses
• IOSH Training Courses
• NEBOSH Training Training Courses
• CITB Site Safety Plus Courses

NEW AND USED ACCESS PLATFORMS, HOISTS AND CHERRY PICKERS FOR SALE AT GREAT PRICES.
Rapid Platforms is the distributor for several major manufacturers covering new MEWP's from the Desksurfer through scissor lifts to truck mounted platforms. Our entire hire fleet of cherry pickers, access platforms and electric hoists is also available for sale - used machine sales. We always aim to match your need with the correct machine; this commitment is complemented by our quality after sales backup, IPAF training and LOLER servicing packages.