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Big Capability, Small Footprint: A Custom Wiggins Built for Tight Marina Operations
Have low power lines? A low service door height? Limited maneuvering space?
That doesn’t mean your marina has to sacrifice lift height or capability.
We recently delivered a new Wiggins Marina Bull to a customer on Long Island, New York, featuring a short triple-stage mast and compact wheelbase specifically designed around the customer’s facility and operating requirements.
Why a Short Triple-Stage Mast?
Traditional marina forklift masts can become extremely tall, even when fully collapsed. For marinas dealing with low overhead power lines, low service doors, covered buildings, or other height restrictions, that can create a major operational challenge.
A short triple-stage mast provides a solution by maintaining a lower collapsed mast height while still providing the positive lift needed to reach upper dry-storage racks.
Combine that with a short wheelbase, and you have a machine capable of navigating tighter spaces without giving up the reach and capacity required to move today’s boats.
Purpose-Built for Your Marina
This is where Wiggins separates itself from a standard industrial forklift adapted for marina use.
Wiggins Marina Bulls are engineered from the ground up specifically to move boats. More importantly, the machines can be highly customized around the marina itself—including mast height, positive and negative lift, wheelbase, capacity, fork length, operator position, and other specifications.
Every marina is different. The forklift should be too.
If your operation has low power lines, a low service door, tight turning areas, or other space restrictions, don’t assume a high-capacity marina forklift won’t fit.
A purpose-built Wiggins may be the solution.
Grant Fosberg
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