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engine compartment and filters. The more spacious operator space allows for the addition of a mug holder moulded into the fibreglass console. In this operator console position, the Wide View Mast is used, consisting of four lift cylinders, with their chains and hoses. While this provides a wide view through the mast toward the front of the operator, this mast is also heavier and more costly than those with only two cylinders on the centre line. For some lift heights, this additional weight requires a larger drive axle and tyres. This type of mast is also taller than the Narrow Mast. The unobstructed view forward


allows the clearest visibility while putting boats on the upper racks. For less experienced operators, it is also slightly easier to line up the centre of the Marina Bull with the centre of the rack spaces. In the higher capacity models, higher lift heights are common, so the Wide View Mast is a standard specification for all Center Mount Operators above model W4.3M.


Most popular The most popular operator console position today is what Wiggins calls the Offset Operator or Clear View. The position is 16 in left of centre, giving the operator a view between


The ‘hybrid’ Offset Operator provides clear views and access from both sides of the truck.


the centre lift cylinders and the outer mast rail. This allows a Clear View


Mast to have the same lowered height as the Narrow Mast, with less weight than the Wide View Mast, keeping the price nearly as low as the Narrow Mast. This ‘hybrid’ position and mast style helps explain its present popularity and is exclusive to the Marina Bull.


The Offset Operator’s mast ensures the best view of both forks as it is unobstructed by the boat (as with the Side Mount) or the side lift cylinders (as with the Center Mount Operator). At work, an operator can gain


access from either side of the truck using the same set of LoPro steps as the Center Mount and the truck’s fibreglass console is provided with


MARINA INDUSTRY


Editorial Features in June 2021


Planning a new pontoon layout Piling and anchoring systems Sheet piling for inland harbours Marina visit to Ireland


Editorial deadline: 28 May


Note: The Publisher reserves the right to change the subject matter or modify when they appear in the magazine to reflect commercial, technical and economic developments within the international marina industry.


MARINA INDUSTRY • APRIL 2021


the same mug holder. The same high construction values and safety features allow the driver to sit in comfort or stand while at the seawall. The Offset Operator console also


tilts up to allow easy access for maintenance. Wiggins Lift Co Inc info@wigginslift.com www.wigginslift.com


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