Used access platforms and scissor lifts
Access equipment moves between fleets constantly as contracts finish and hire companies refresh stock. It is sold on condition and inspection history rather than age, because that is what decides whether it can legally be used.
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LotLoop has no access platforms and scissor lifts listed today. Tell us what you need — buyers can post a request describing the make, specification and quantity, and we will go and look for it.
The paperwork is a large part of what you are buying. A platform without current records is a different purchase from the same machine with them, and the gap is a real cost rather than a detail.
What to check before you buy
Current thorough examination
Lifting equipment carrying people is subject to statutory thorough examination on a six-monthly cycle. Ask for the current report and the next due date.
Hours and battery condition
On electric machines the battery is frequently the biggest single cost. Ask its age and whether it has been load-tested.
Hydraulics, hoses and rams
Check for leaks and look at where the machine has been standing. Watch it raise and lower through full travel.
Platform, rails and controls
Inspect the cage, gate, rails and both control stations. Emergency lowering must work and should be demonstrated.
Transport and site access
Weight and dimensions decide what moves it and what floors take it. Confirm both before agreeing collection.
Buying through LotLoop
Every listing is reviewed by a person before publication. Sellers are businesses, checked against their Companies House record, and the result of that check is shown on the listing. You can buy at a fixed price, make an offer, or request an inspection first.
The buyer pays on the platform and LotLoop holds the seller’s transfer until collection or delivery has been verified. This is not escrow and we do not describe it as such: it is a delayed transfer against an evidenced handover.
Questions
Does the inspection certificate transfer with the machine?
Ask before buying and do not assume. The obligation to have valid thorough examination follows the equipment into your use, so it belongs in your budget either way.
Is ex-hire access equipment a good buy?
Often, because hire fleets are maintained to a schedule and documented. The records are the thing to ask for.
Can I see it working?
Request an inspection and watch it through full travel, including emergency lowering.
Selling access platforms and scissor lifts?
Listing costs nothing and you receive the full amount you list or agree. Submit it privately — nothing is published until LotLoop has reviewed it.
Not sure what it is worth? Our used scissor lift price guide sets out current UK asking prices with a named source against every figure. Free, no sign-up, and it says where each number came from.