pdeal
Active Member
I'm starting to look for a used manlift. The use will be my own personal use around my property maintaining buildings primarily. Looking for about a 40' lift. I was thinking JLG or Skyjack with Deutz diesel. I think either a straight boom lift or an articulating boom lift would do me. It appears I need to look about 2013 or prior to avoid a common rail engine. I looked at a 2014 and it had the common rail. I almost bought a 2014 Skyjack but decided against it partly because of the common rail engine and the need to buy a $1000+ tool to work on it.
JLG it appears has a control system that requires an electronic diagnostic tool to diagnose issues. From what I see though the tool doesn't seem to be too badly priced (about $300 or so I think).
Anyway, I wanted to post here and see what kind of insight people have into these machines. I'm pretty good at working on stuff mechanical, electrical, and electronic but I'd like to not wind up with a machine that needs very expensive diagnostic tools to work on it.
JLG it appears has a control system that requires an electronic diagnostic tool to diagnose issues. From what I see though the tool doesn't seem to be too badly priced (about $300 or so I think).
Anyway, I wanted to post here and see what kind of insight people have into these machines. I'm pretty good at working on stuff mechanical, electrical, and electronic but I'd like to not wind up with a machine that needs very expensive diagnostic tools to work on it.