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title: "The 5 Most Extreme Work Platforms in the World"
description: "Which are the world's largest work platforms? We show the 5 most extreme machines and which manufacturers produce these XXL work platforms"
url: "/en/blog/the-5-most-extreme-work-platforms-in-the-world"
lang: en
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# Bigger, Further, Higher - The 5 Most Extreme Work Platforms in the World

Whether church towers, wind turbines, or high-rises – for the world's largest work platforms, such structures are no serious challenge. These 5 machines belong to the absolute top tier.

## Position 5: PB S370-24 ES 4x4 from PB Lifttechnik

With a working height of 37.50 meters, this scissor lift platform from PB Lifttechnik impresses. All other dimensions are equally astounding: the platform offers over 22 square meters of working area and a load capacity of 750 kilograms. Thanks to electric drive, this work platform can be used in enclosed spaces – provided one can find a hall large enough.

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## Position 4: The JLG 1850SJ Ultra

From 0 to 56.56 meters – in about one minute. That's how long it takes to extend the boom on this telescopic work platform from JLG. At the same time, the arm can stretch nearly 25 meters horizontally. The work area covered includes a proud 82,118 cubic meters. For some years, this machine was considered the world's largest self-propelled telescopic work platform, but then…

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## Position 3: Snorkel 2100SJ

… the US manufacturer Snorkel added a few more meters. With a working height of 66 meters, the 2100SJ is the world's largest self-propelled telescopic work platform. In this video you can get a behind-the-scenes look at such an XXL project:

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## Position 2: Palfinger P 1000

With one of the world's largest all-terrain work platforms, the P 1000, the 100-meter threshold is broken. With a working height of 102.5 meters, the P 1000 when extended is roughly as tall as the towers of Frauenkirche in Munich, the Bahntower in Berlin, or the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg.

## Position 1: Bronto Skylift F 112 HLA

Saving lives at 112 meters height – that's the mission of the Bronto Skylift F 112 HLA. Since 2010, the Finnish company has held the world record for firefighting platforms on a truck chassis. Fire departments from numerous countries use this highest work platform in the world to rescue people from high-rises and combat fires.

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