WINTER WEATHER ALERT: Slick Ground Is A Hazard For Cable Hoist Drivers, Much Less So For Hooklift Operators.

Are you weighing the advantages of cable loaders vs. hooklifts such as Ampliroll for roll-offs? Business owners and fleet managers would be wise to factor in the hazards of bad weather.

Rain, sleet and snow are in the forecast. So are risks to drivers—and you.

For many of us throughout the country, winter conditions cause icy or rain-slick ground. Slips, falls and injuries are a danger to your workforce during cable hook-ups.

As a manager, you must also factor in the risks of lost productivity, consider, too, your greater exposure to costly worker’s compensation claims.

You and your drivers can breathe easier with Ampliroll Hydraulic Hooklifts.

Why choose Ampliroll? They feature in-cab controls. With them, operators can load and unload detachables from the safety of their cab.

In contrast, cable hoists place operators at more risk. Controls are outside. No matter how bad the weather, they have to climb down from the cab. Walk on potentially treacherous ground, and hook or unhook the heavy cable—often while in an awkward, bent-over, back-straining stance.

But that’s not all. With cable loaders, drivers must also stand next to moving machinery while operating the controls. Then climb back into the cab. Each step and every step is an opportunity for injury.

Beyond safety: Three more Ampliroll advantages over cable-hoist alternatives.

Business owners and fleet managers can benefit from Ampliroll Hooklifts year-round. Here’s why:

1.) Faster loading and unloading: The many extra steps required by cable systems take time. In contrast, turnarounds are much quicker with Ampliroll Hooklifts. Even a moderately skilled operator can complete drop-offs or pick-ups in just a few minutes.

2.) Speedier, 30° off-center approaches: Cable-loader hook-ups require time-consuming, on-center lineups with detachables. Ampliroll Hooklifts make life easier! Your drivers—including new hires—can engage truck bodies or containers up to 30° off-center.

3.) No cable maintenance costs: Ampliroll Hooklifts rely on well-proven hydraulic systems to hoist aboard roll-offs. The costs of replacing frayed or rusty cables are eliminated. So, too, is the expensive downtime involved.

For selection, savings, and service, make Ampliroll your first choice in hooklift and roll-off body systems.

Unlike many others, Ampliroll offers a complete selection of truck-mounted accessories and roll-on/off bodies that we can supply as a package with our hook loaders, allowing for single-source acquisition! Select from aerial lifts, cranes, grapple systems and more. Also choose from cement mixers, dump bodies, flatbeds, septic pumpers, waste containers, water tankers and other interchangeable bodies. In addition, you can rely on us for high-quality pre-owned hooklift vehicles.

Ampliroll Hooklift Systems are manufactured by Marrel – the inventor of the dual-pivot hook loader in 1969 and first again in bringing them to users across the U.S. in 1980. Today, Ampliroll is the only supplier in the U.S.A. of premier hook loader systems and associated equipment.