In Île-de-France, almost nobody repairs aerial work platforms: the garage sends you to the equipment manufacturer, who sends you back to the garage. At LNVI, a single workshop looks after both the carrier truck and the platform, because a platform fault often comes from the truck.
“A truck-mounted platform is two machines in one: the carrier and the equipment. With us, the same workshop looks after both, because a platform fault often comes from the truck.” — Kévin Demoulain, workshop manager
The carrier: engine, braking, electrics, emissions control, gearbox and power take-off.
The equipment: hydraulics, electrics, controls, safety devices, outriggers and periodic inspection (VGP) preparation.
One file, one follow-up, one invoice. Nobody sends the fault back to the other party.
Telescopic or articulated platform on a van or flatbed: the most common among tradesmen, utility networks and street lighting.
Great working height, articulated or telescopic boom, hydraulic outriggers and power take-off on the gearbox.
A boom that extends in a straight line, with the hose carrier chain and the hoses housed inside the boom section.
Several arms and a jib: more cylinders, pins and grease points to monitor.
The same inspection obligations apply, and they are the ones most often forgotten.
Hose leaking inside the boom section, worn hose carrier chain, cylinder that seeps or lowers by itself (seals, holding valve), valve block or solenoid valve that sticks, old or contaminated oil.
Platform that no longer powers up (fuse, relay, oxidised earth, pinched harness), basket control unit out of service, lowering control not responding, flat auxiliary battery.
A faulty sensor blocks the platform to protect the operator: this is by design. Load limiter to be recalibrated after intervention, with the equipment manufacturer's tool when required.
Outriggers deployed but platform locked: very often an outrigger or levelling sensor that does not send the information back. Outrigger that leaks or sinks back down.
The power take-off does not engage: control, clutch, air pressure or solenoid valve on the carrier. The fault is on the truck, not on the platform.
LNVI is the first truck workshop driven by artificial intelligence : every diagnosis is cross-checked against the vehicle's complete history before a single part is ordered.
An aerial work platform is a mobile elevating work platform (MEWP). Its periodic general inspection is mandatory every six months (order of 1 March 2004). A return-to-service inspection is also required after dismantling, a major repair affecting safety, a modification or an accident.
The report is kept in the company's safety register. An expired inspection means a platform that must not be used. The carrier vehicle has its own separate obligations.
We prepare your platform for the periodic inspection and clear the observations: leak, safety device, hose, greasing, signage. An inspection with observations is not a completed inspection: the platform is re-inspected before it goes back to work.
At our workshop in Le Blanc-Mesnil, in Seine-Saint-Denis: we repair the platform and the truck that carries it, from 3.5 tonne vans to trucks.
Do not force anything and do not bypass any safety device. Use the emergency descent provided by the manufacturer (manual pump or emergency control), then call the workshop. A lock-up almost always has a reason: a safety device, a leak or the power supply.
Most often, an outrigger or levelling sensor does not send the information back. The platform thinks it is badly levelled and refuses to rise. The sensor harness is checked before replacing the part.
Every six months for a mobile elevating work platform, and a return-to-service inspection after a major repair, a modification or an accident. We prepare your platform for the inspection and clear the observations.
No. A hydraulic leak on equipment that lifts people must be dealt with before going back up: the hose that seeps today is the one that gives way tomorrow.
Most often the truck: power take-off control, air pressure, solenoid valve or clutch. That is why we check both during the same visit.
Yes, platform vans and flatbeds as well as truck-mounted platforms, telescopic or articulated booms.
Yes: we clear the observations noted in the report (leak, safety device, hose, greasing, signage), then the platform is re-inspected before it goes back to work.
Call the workshop or request an appointment: we handle the truck and the platform on the same file.
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