Welcome to Smart Platform Rental Ltd

Since its founding in 2002, cost effectiveness, convenience and high quality service have been the core values that have guided Smart Platform Rental Ltd to provide a real alternative to traditional access.

Smart is the pioneering force behind self drive truck mount access hire in the UK. With over eight years serving many specialist sectors, from signage to CCTV, from building maintenance to pest control, from festive decs to tree surgery: you’ll find our experience invaluable.

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We also pride ourselves on continually replenishing our fleet. In the past 12 months we have invested over £1 million in new platforms purchases so that the average platform age is between two and half to three years old.

We have the largest self drive light truck mount platform fleet in the country - with working heights ranging from 10 to 26 metres. With low hire rates and with no down time waiting on site for a platform to be delivered, plus the ability to control when your truck mount is collected and returned, more contractors are seeing a positive impact on their margins by choosing the self drive option. With only a standard driving licence needed to drive most of our trucks, free full familiarisation to use our platforms and a competitively priced Collision Damage Waiver, the move to self operated is a quick, simple and economical transition.

If you prefer we also offer a collection and delivery service to your office or site. Smart also provide fully qualified and experienced operators as an alternative to self drive.

Our machines have great mobility. Unlike traditional scaffolding, self propelled cherry pickers and booms, you can use our vehicle mounted booms to do several jobs all on the same hire. Visit multiple sites and spread the cost of the hire over several jobs; making for an even more cost effective work at height solution.

Overnight and weekend working are favoured by many of our customers both in terms of sector specific needs but also once again to get the most out of their hire. To accommodate this growing need we provide weekend packages and reduced PM Collect or AM Return tariffs.

Safety is paramount to us and we provide a range of services that address this. With this in mind, Smart insists on a full machine specific handover/ familiarisation with every self drive hire to ensure effective and safe operation of our truck mounts. Each handover/familiarisation is carried out by one of our qualified IPAF demonstrators who instructs on the safe function of set up, operation and safety features.

We also strongly recommend obtaining full IPAF certification. We regularly run vehicle mount category (IPAF Category 1b) one day courses that provide you with a 5 year accreditation. IPAF certification is now the most widely internationally recognised qualifications for usage of powered access platforms. If you already hold an IPAF card but aren’t sure whether the categories you are trained in will cover your usage of our vehicles then feel free to contact us.