Snorkel manufactures a wide range of lift equipment for use in construction, warehousing, and other industries, including slab and rough-terrain scissor lifts, telehandlers, personnel lifts, telescopic and articulating boom lifts, and more.
Read More (About Snorkel)Art Moore founded Snorkel in 1959 with a focus on manufacturing aerial work platforms and equipment for firefighting and rescue operations. The company’s first product, the Snorkel No. 1, could lift firefighting personnel up to 26 metres (85 feet) using an articulating boom.
Snorkel officially entered the construction market in 1977 with the introduction of the TB-42 and TB-42P telescopic boom lifts, which had many of the same features found on the company’s previous firefighting and rescue-focused products. It followed those with the UNO articulated boom lift in 1986 and the 18.3-m (60-ft) ATB-60 articulated boom in 1988. In 1997, Snorkel was acquired by OmniQuip International, which sold its lineup of fire and rescue products so Snorkel could focus solely on aerial lifts.
Over the next 30 years, the Snorkel brand would change hands several more times, coinciding with its expansion into Australia, New Zealand, and Asia. Elwood Holdings LLC acquired the company in 2002 and moved its manufacturing operations to a plant located in Elwood, Kansas, USA, where the company still builds lifts. After more acquisitions, Snorkel finally landed with Xtreme Manufacturing in 2013. The two organisations now share a global corporate headquarters in Henderson, Nevada. Soon after, Snorkel celebrated its 60th anniversary.
Snorkel manufactures a wide range of equipment for use in construction, warehousing, and other industries. This includes telescopic, articulating, and towable boom lifts, personnel lifts, slab and rough-terrain scissor lifts, telehandlers, mast lifts, speed levels, and more. Snorkel’s lineup of scissor lifts starts with the S3006P push-around mini scissor lift, which weighs 309 kilograms (682 pounds) and has a working height of 3.8 m (12.5 ft) and a platform capacity of 240 kg (529 lbs). Then, there’s the S3970RT rough-terrain scissor lift, which weighs 3,790 kilograms (8,355 pounds), has a working height of 13.7 m (45 ft), and has a platform capacity of 350 kg (771 lbs).
One example of a Snorkel articulated boom lift is the AB60J, which weighs 11,250 kg (24,800 lbs) and has a working height of 20 m (65.8 ft) and a platform capacity of 226 kg (500 lbs). Snorkel also offers a TB126J telescopic boom lift, which is the largest in the lineup at 18,960 kg (41,800 lbs) with a working height of 40.2 m (132 ft) and a platform capacity of 226 kg.
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