Lifting Out Two 2.96-Metre Panels So a Car Wash Could Be Serviced
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A commercial client in Geelong needed internal repairs to their automatic car wash machinery. The problem was what stood between the technicians and the machine: two large laminated safety glass panels, each 1960 mm x 2960 mm.
No glass was broken. It simply had to come out, undamaged, because it was going back in.
Height was the complication
The panels started roughly 2.4 metres off the ground and reached a total height of 4.4 metres.
At that size and weight, working from ladders or trestles is not an option, and a panel that comes out badly at 4.4 metres does not just break, it breaks over machinery and people.
MPK06 crane and a scissor lift together
We used an MPK06 glazing crane paired with a scissor lift.
The two do different jobs. The glazing crane takes the weight and controls the panel's descent; the scissor lift puts glaziers at working height alongside it so the panel can be guided rather than swung. Trying either on its own is where oversized glass gets damaged.
Both panels came out safely, with no damage to the glass or the surrounding structure, and the client's technicians started on the machinery without waiting.
High-access and crane-assisted glazing
We handle crane-assisted glazing, panel removals and high-access commercial work across Geelong, the Surf Coast and Western Victoria, and regularly work alongside builders, mechanical contractors and maintenance providers where the glass is not the job but is in the way of it.
The job in short
- Site: Automatic car wash, Geelong
- Task: Remove two laminated safety glass panels intact for machinery access
- Panel size: 1960 mm x 2960 mm each
- Height: From approx. 2.4 m up to 4.4 m
- Equipment: MPK06 glazing crane and scissor lift
- Outcome: Both panels removed without damage to glass or structure
