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Subscribe to my Vlog Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@loganskeelevlogs Get a FREE Copy of “Tips for Valuing Your Collection” here: http://bit.ly/VALUE-COLLECTION How to use Diecast to Promote your Business here: https://www.advantagediecast.com/custom-imprint Support me on Patreon for behind-the-scenes content: https://www.patreon.com/loganskeele Shop online here: https://www.advantagediecast.com Shop online here: https://www.farmtoysandmore.com Connect with me on social media! Facebook: http://bit.ly/FBP-ADC Instagram: http://bit.ly/IG-ADC Facebook Group: http://bit.ly/FBG-64th-Gear-Jammers Podcast: http://bit.ly/Toy-Talk Send me your favorite snacks!! Or stickers! Or letters!! Or things that are special to where you're from!! I love it all. :) Toy Talk with Logan Skeele P.O. Box 508 Georgetown, KY 40324 Key Moments in this Episode: 0:00 Grove Manlift Toucan Stands Above All the Competition 3:57 1:25th Scale Grove Manlift Toucan by Joal 9:28 The Future of Toucan Lifts Happy New Year! Well, it's close enough. Today I thought I'd talk about a man lift to lift you up in time for the New Year. New Year's comes, but once a year. New year means a fresh new start by looking at the past to give some perspective on the future. Many years ago, Grove Crane Company operated a division that was called Grove ManLift. This division manufactured scissor lifts, boom lifts, and mast lifts. These pieces of industrial equipment were indispensable to many users. Interior ceiling heights had grown beyond the practicality of using a ladder to change a light bulb. Now, machines could raise up beyond the ladder's reach in the middle of an exhibit hall so we could replace a single burned out light. Scissor lifts were immensely popular for this application as the hall was empty and you could drive the scissor lift directly under the burned out bulb, raise up and change the bulb quickly and easily. But what if burned out bulb was over the top of an exhibit? Scissor lifts are great for working directly above the base with only extending an arm's reach of the operator beyond the base platform. Well that machine isn't going to work. As the exhibit has the open clearing too far away from the bulb for the operator to reach. So onto the next option, a boom lift. Oops. That won't work. We only have a narrow passageway between the booths and the boom lift needs to be a fair distance away to raise up over the booth to reach that light bulb. It has a fixed boom and works at various angles to reach the correct height, but in this case, the exhibit is too tall. Now with the boom lift, the boom would crash into the exhibit to reach the light bulb. Nice try, but still a fail. So now what? Is there a style of a lift that will go up vertically in a narrow space and extend over horizontally? Well, it just so happens that Grove Manlift made the Toucan lift. This style lift can maneuver down a narrow alleyway and turn incredibly sharp to maneuver those tight turns into the exhibit hall aisles. Toucan lifts also rotate on their base. Unlike the scissor lift or boom lift, Toucan lifts are mast lifts. This means the lift goes up vertically over the base, similar to a scissor lift, but the operator's platform can pivot over the exhibit to get under the burned out light bulb. Pretty neat. Now we have a way to fix our light bulb while the exhibit is going on. Unfortunately, we have some bad news. Grove sold off Grove Manlift in the past, but not before Joal was able to make a diecast model of a Toucan manlift, which I will review now. After the review, we will talk about the future… New Year's is a fresh start. We have reflected on the past with the Grove Manlift Toucan. Now let's celebrate the future with how we will change that light bulb tomorrow. In 2004 JLG Manufacturing acquired Manlift and rebranded the Grove Toucan as the JLG Toucan. These new JLG Toucan lifts are updated with electric power for safe indoor use. Several different models are available with different operating platform heights and outreach lengths. Platform capacity on all models is 500 pounds for the operator, tools, and supplies. Designed primarily for indoor use, non-marking tires are standard on these machines to save your exhibit hall floors. Also, in their indoor use, they have an impressive one foot eight inch turning radius to make getting to that burned out light bulb a breeze. JLG has the new year covered while Grove had the past covered. Maybe someday we will get an updated toy model from JLG of their Toucan. Thanks for watching. I hope you have a very, very Happy New Year. And may 2023 be the best year ever. As part of the new year, use the link below to go over and find my vlog channel and follow along for more of me and my life. Then please go on and smash the like button, subscribe to the channel and ring the bell. I'll see you all next year. Toy Talk is hosted by Logan Skeele Founder of Advantage Diecast, LLC ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN0bns09VaM