GMJ LL22.350 · 23.5 m insulated EWP hire
Twenty-four metres of working height,
and the reach to match.
Twenty-four metres of working height and thirteen of reach — the tower we send when nothing shorter will reach. An insulated EWP rated for work near live power lines. We always have one ready to go, usually within a week, and a replacement behind it if yours ever comes in.
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Reach and working envelope
Exactly where it will and will not get to
Every job comes down to one question: will it reach? This is the machine’s working envelope, taken from the manufacturer’s own engineering drawing. The grid is one metre a square, measured from the centre of the slew, so you can read it straight off.
The solid line is the basket floor. At its highest the floor sits 22.0 m above the ground. At its furthest it is 13.0 m out from the centre of the truck.
The dashed line outside it is the working height — 24.0 m. That is the extra couple of metres a person standing in the basket can actually work at, which is the figure that matters when you are sizing up a tree or a span of line.
It reaches below ground level as well, which is what you want on a batter or a creek bank. Inset at the top left is the basket slew: 150° of rotation at the basket itself, on top of the continuous 360° the whole turret gives you.
Basket rated to 350 kg, or 325 kg with the rotator fitted.
Built for the jobs nothing smaller can reach
The LL22.350 was built for three things: construction, live line work and vegetation management. It is the machine we reach for when the tree is too tall, or too close to the wires, for anything smaller to be the right answer.
It is an articulated and telescopic machine, so it goes up and over as well as up and out. The extension boom alone gives a further 4.03 m of stroke, and the turret slews continuously through a full 360° — the basket can be worked right around the truck without repositioning.
Enough height and reach to cover almost any working situation, without giving up usable capacity in the basket to get there.
Why the insulation is the whole point
This is an insulated tower, and that is what decides whether a job near power is possible at all.
The chassis carries a 33 kV insulator. The telescopic boom carries a 132 kV insert, giving two metres of effective insulation between the operator and everything below them.
A special coating is applied to the fibreglass surfaces, inside and out, so the machine holds 33 kV wet protection for the whole of its working life — not only when it is new and dry.
What that rating buys you is the ability to plan the work at all. The clearances and the approvals still come from the network operator and from whatever ticket your operator holds — but without an insulated tower, that conversation does not start.
The electrical test behind the rating is done every six months, in-house, by our own auto electrician, and the certificate travels with the machine. Nobody is chasing paperwork on the morning you want to start.
| Model | LL22-350 | |
| Boom configuration | Articulated / telescopic | |
| Safe working load | 350 kg | S |
| → with basket rotator | 325 kg | O |
| Basket construction | Fibreglass, flame retardant to ASTM D635 | |
| Working height | 24.0 m | |
| Floor height | 22.0 m | |
| Reach | 13.0 m | |
| Conformance standard | AS/NZS 1418.10:2011 | |
| Cab chassis minimum | 5.3 m, 16,000 kg GVM | |
| Mass including tray body | 8,100 kg approx | |
| Travel height | 3.8 m approx |
| Chassis insulation rating | 33 kV dry | S |
| 33 kV wet | O | |
| Basket operator insulation | 132 kV dry | S |
| 66 kV wet | O | |
| Chassis insulation effective length | 0.5 m | |
| Basket operator effective length | 2.0 m | |
| Low voltage insulation | All metallic portions, about 4.5 m |
S = standard · O = factory option
Different trucks carry different options. Ask us what is fitted to the machine you are being quoted and we will tell you exactly what is on it — we are here to help you find the right truck for the job you have on.
| Front type | Hydraulic in/out, up/down | |
| Rear type | Hydraulic in/out, up/down | |
| Automatic stabilisation | Stow, engage and level at the touch of a button | O |
| Maximum stabiliser spread | 4.4 m | |
| Ground penetration | 0.25 m | S |
| 0.40 m | O | |
| Maximum chassis slope | ± 5° | |
| Maximum stabiliser load | 100 kN (10,000 kg) per pad | |
| Maximum operating wind speed | 12.5 m/s (45 km/h) | |
| Level indicators | Three, at the stabiliser controls | S |
| Slew | Continuous 360° | |
| Lower boom | 1.5° → 75° | |
| Upper boom | −51° → 69° | |
| Extension boom | 4.03 m stroke | |
| Slew ±360° | 90 – 100 sec | |
| Lower boom raise / lower | 35 – 45 sec | |
| Upper boom raise / lower | 60 – 70 sec | |
| Extend in / out | 30 – 45 sec |
Everything your safety manager will ask for
This is the part of the specification that gets asked about in a site induction or a safety audit, so it is all set out here rather than available on request. Everything below is fitted as standard unless it is marked as an option.
| Emergency stops | At every control location, with an indicator light when active | S |
| Over-centre valves | On all cylinders, preventing unintended movement if a hose fails | S |
| Basket tilt | Allows retrieval of injured personnel in an emergency | S |
| Boom / stabiliser interlock | Booms cannot operate unless stabilisers are engaged | S |
| Basket tie-down interlock | Legs cannot pack up unless basket tied down and boom stowed | O |
| Auxiliary manual controls | Located at the base | S |
| Electro-hydraulic power pack | Independent powered back-up | S |
| Hand pump back-up | For all booms and stabilisers | S |
| Manual bleed-down screws | Fitted to cylinders for manual retrieval | S |
| Controlled descent devices | Fitted to the basket, one for each operator | S |
| Construction | Fibreglass, flame retardant to ASTM D635 | S |
| Access steps | Non-slip grit, internal and external | S |
| Internal size | 1.35 m wide × 0.65 m long × 1.0 m high | S |
| 1.2 m or 1.5 m wide alternatives | O | |
| Articulation | 0° fixed | S |
| 150° helical rotary actuator | O | |
| Accessories | Lifting jib 150 kg SWL, vinyl cover, fibreglass tool tray | O |
| Hydraulic circuit | Open centre | S |
| Closed centre | O | |
| Operating pressure | 17 MPa | S |
| Pilot pressure | 3.5 MPa | S |
| Hydraulic tank | 185 L, sight glass and temperature gauge | S |
| Basket controls | Pilot pressure joystick | S |
| Radio remotes | Single or dual | O |
| Auxiliary base controls | Manual controls at the pivot frame | S |
| Engine stop / start | At the basket and the pivot frame | S |
| Batteries | Dual battery system | S |
The full specification, as a document
Everything above, plus the factory options list, finish detail and how the hire works — laid out as a spec sheet you can send on to whoever needs it.
What you are actually hiring
Any hire company can put a tower on a float and leave it at your gate. What decides whether it earns money for you is everything that happens after that — and that is the part we have built this business around.
We run these machines ourselves
Valley Wide is a tree and vegetation contractor first. These towers are not stock sitting in a yard waiting on a phone call — they are the machines our own crews work off, in the same conditions and on the same kind of ground you will be working on.
That changes the advice you get. When you describe a job you are describing it to people who have done that job. If the honest answer is that a smaller and cheaper machine will do it better, that is the answer you will get. We would rather put you on the right tower than the biggest one.
Certified, and it stays that way
A tower that is out of certification is worth nothing to you, however tall it is. Every machine leaves our yard with its inspections current and its paperwork travelling with it, and it stays current while you have it, because the schedule does not pause for a hire.
The electrical test that lets this machine work near live conductors is done every six months by our own auto electrician. You are not chasing us for a certificate, and you are not planning around ours expiring in the middle of your job.
Not sure this is the right tower?
Tell us what you are taking on and we will tell you straight away whether the LL22.350 suits it, what else in the fleet might suit it better, and how soon we can have it on your site. No obligation, and no pressure to take the biggest machine.
Our team knows these machines because we run them. Call and you get a straight answer on height, reach, access and timing — and if this one is not the right fit, we will point you at the one that is.
50
Years Combined Experience
Properly maintained. Always replaced. Guaranteed.
Every insulated tower we hire out runs on the same deal — serviced and certified by our own workshop, and if one ever has to come away from you, another goes out so your crew keeps working.
We have been hiring insulated elevated work platforms across Victoria for years, alongside running them ourselves on our own tree and vegetation jobs. The fleet runs from 12.8 to 23.5 metres of working height and every machine in it is rated for work near live power lines.
Because the workshop is ours, the machine you hire is one we are responsible for keeping right — not one we are waiting on somebody else to fix.
Dylan
Operations Manager
How the hire works
Tell us the job, not the machine. We will tell you straight away whether this is the right tower for it — including when the answer is a smaller, cheaper one.
01.
Wet hire or dry hire
Dry hire means the machine is yours, minimum three months. Wet hire means the truck turns up with an experienced operator and there is no contract to sign — usually the better answer for a short or one-off job.
02.
On site in about a week
Serviced, certified and ready to earn from the first day. It travels under its own power from our yard in the Latrobe Valley — Dandenong about ninety minutes, Melbourne and Warburton about two hours, Ballarat about three.
03.
It keeps working
Every machine is on a strict inspection schedule, most of it done in-house. And if this one ever has to come away from you, a replacement tower goes out so your crew stays on the job.
You always get a replacement tower.
If this machine has to come away from you — a breakdown, a repair, a scheduled service or its recertification — there is always a truck ready to go, so your crew stays on the job. It may not be the identical model to the one you have been running, but you will not be sitting waiting on it. That is how we work with every hirer from day one, not something you negotiate for.
How we keep it working, week after week
Every machine we own is on a strict schedule, and most of that work is done in-house by our own people — two diesel mechanics, a full-time auto electrician, a spray painter and fibreglass repairs, with hydraulic specialists five minutes down the road.
Every three months — full safety inspection, every cover off.
Every six months — electrical test, confirming the tower is still safe to be working with and around live power lines.
Every twelve months — load and weight test.
At ten years, then every five — full engineer-signed recertification: boom stripped, crack-tested, rebuilt, repainted and re-plated.
That the work is ours matters more than it sounds. When a machine needs something it goes into our own workshop and comes back out again — we are not waiting in a queue behind somebody else’s fleet, and neither are you. It is the single biggest reason a machine of this size stays on the road instead of losing weeks to a part.
HOW WE GET YOU THE RIGHT TOWER
Our hire process
We would rather spend ten minutes on the phone getting this right than send you a machine that does not suit the job. It is a short process, and it starts with you telling us what you are actually taking on.
You tell us the job
Not the machine — the job. What you are cutting or working on, how tight the access is, what is overhead, and how long you need it for. If you are not sure which tower suits, that is exactly the call to make.
We match the machine
We will tell you straight away which of our towers fits, and whether wet hire or dry hire is the better answer for the way you work. If a smaller machine does the job better, we will say so.
It turns up ready to work
Serviced, certified, paperwork with it, and driving itself to site under its own power, so there is no float to pay for. About a week from the go-ahead, and earning from day one.
How the hire works, in pictures
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The rest of the fleet
Seven towers, one workshop, one maintenance schedule. Click any machine to see what it does — or read how the hire works →.
Redmond Gary TF17M
19 m working height
Sherrin 18 m
18 m working height
Terex Hi-Ranger LT40
13.8 m working height
Talk to us about the LL22.350
One call gets you a straight answer on availability, a firm price, and a date. If the LL22.350 is booked or it is more machine than the job needs, we will tell you what else in the fleet will do it.
Phone numbers
Phone: 1800 GO TREES Mobile : 0487 934 048
Our location
70 Old Melbourne Road, Morwell, VIC 3840
Looking at the whole fleet instead? See all our insulated EWP and cherry picker hire — towers from 12.8 to 23.5 metres, how the hire works, and what we do when something goes wrong.
