Scaffold Tower Review: The Optimum 50 Access Tower

When you need to work at height for extended periods, you should consider alternatives to standard ladders. Scaffold towers provide a safer, more stable way to perform a variety of home, commercial, or industrial tasks. Scaffold towers are an appropriate use for indoors or outdoors. They are easy to assemble and disassemble, and break down into a manageable size that is easy to transport and store. Here is information on a scaffold tower we are happy to recommend: the Optimum 50.

About Optimum 50

This is a high quality aluminum tower certified to the HD 1004 Class 3 standard. Also known as BS EN 1004, this important set of standards ensures the safety of workers using scaffold towers. For example, scaffold towers must have guardrails on the platform, especially when erecting or dismantling a tower. This regulation contains specifications for prefabricated mobile access and work towers that apply to industrial towers, the most durable type. The standards come from the European Committee for Standardization and are used in 18 different countries.

Features of the Optimum 50

The Optimum 50 has a maximum safe working height of 5 meters. The components of this access tower include lower and upper frames, wooden platform, handrails, lower rails, diagonals, crossbars, stabilizers and a complete set of instructions in several languages. An optional kit can be added to place wheels on the tower for easy movement. This is a lightweight tower that is easy to assemble, disassemble and relocate due to its durable design featuring a patented 25mm Bloctub® aluminum frame. Bloctub® frames are lightweight yet strong, making them ideal for business, commercial and home use.

some specifications

The height of the tower is 4 meters, and the maximum height of the platform is 2.80 meters. It measures 74 meters wide. With the stabilizers added, the width increases to 2.37 meters. The Optimum 50 is 1.60 meters long and has a maximum working height of 5 metres. The tower weighs 43 kg and will support a maximum platform load of 150 kg (23.5 stones). The no-nonsense design of the Optimum 50 mobile access scaffold tower is strong and practical. This is a single width tower that can be used indoors or outdoors, weather permitting. The structure has a total working load capacity of 500 kg. The Optimum 50 tower has a generous 5-year warranty. Expect to pay between £500 and £600 for it including VAT and free delivery.

Benefits of the Optimum 50 Scaffold Tower

They provide greater efficiency for working at height. They are convenient and extremely safe. When properly deployed and secured, the Optimum 50 tower is much safer than working on a standard ladder. A freestanding scaffold tower is easier to erect and move than traditional scaffolding systems. Additionally, Optimum 50 is much more flexible in its application than standard scaffolding and can be used in many more locations.

For maximum safety without sacrificing versatility, scaffold towers are the best option.