In talking with customers, Elliott Equipment Company’s sales and engineering team realized that there was a need in the market for a set of A-frame outriggers that can be extended on one side and dropped vertically on the other, to allow users to work in confined spaces.
In order to work in confined spaces with an A-frame machine, users would not deploy the outrigger on one side of a unit at all, as it is impossible to penetrate the ground without extending the outrigger.
This practice causes a safety problem and can put the user at risk.
The SuperLink outrigger offers a solution to this dilemma by allowing the user to get full penetration on the extended side and the non-extended side.
Operators are locked out from rotating to the non-extended side by a proximity switch. This allows users to work in areas as narrow as 15 ft. (4.6 m) wide and still get full penetration from a set of A-frame outriggers.
The feature can be easily used simply by inserting a pin into a collar on the outrigger leg to lock it into a vertical position to deploy straight down. The time to deploy is under a minute.
Elliott expects to outfit the majority of its A-frame outrigger units with this option.
For more information, visit www.elliottequip.com.
