Alto Access Products | ALTO MD Access Tower

A double width Alto MD Tower built against a factory unit.

Medium Duty. High Strength.

ALTO MD Access Tower

Value and Strength Together.

Don’t let the name deceive you. The Alto Medium Duty Tower is the ideal mobile access tower for commercial applications and hire fleets. The framework is lightweight but still so tough, it is able to outperform all other tower makes on the market in terms of tower loadings and longevity.

When used in a hire fleet, the Alto MD tower has one of the greatest ROI of any access tower. With its competitive purchase price and robust design, the MD access tower will last for years, not months.

It also has the option to be assembled using the 3T or AGR method. The Alto MD Tower range is perfect for hire shops and tradesman who require the ownership of a genuinely industrial-quality access tower.

2000 kg

Tower Loading

The Alto Medium Duty access tower offers a significantly higher total loading capacity compared to competitor towers, making it more suitable for demanding professional applications. Competitor tower loadings range from 650 - 950 kg. Which tower would you rather be working on, 12m in the air?

12 m

Free Standing Height

Limited by the EN 1004 standard, the maximum free standing platform height is 8 metres for outdoor use (where the tower is exposed to wind loads) and 12 metres for indoor use (in sheltered conditions with negligible wind). Want to go higher? No problem. Contact us today to discuss your options.

Tower Specification

These are the key specifications of the Alto Medium Duty Access Tower. A downloadable copy of the tower data sheet also available.

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Tower Loading

2000 kg

Tube Diameter

48 mm

Wall Thickness

2 mm

Frame Joints

Fully welded

Frame Connection

Conical head fitting

Toeboards

All-in-one folding alloy

Stabilisation

Variable Geometry

Even though the Alto Medium Duty tower is regarded as our lighter weight range, the tower still has much greater strength and durability than any the other tower on the market today.

Using 2mm thick extruded aluminium tube and having all joints fully welded gives the MD tower the reliability and longevity that the industry, and our customers come to expect from the Alto brand.

The MD tube's distinctive "ribbed" appearance on the frames, braces and stabilisers easily marks it out from other tower brands on sites.

Just like the rest of the Alto access range, the Alto MD Tower is manufactured using 48mm dia. extruded aluminium tube, meaning that the tower is fully compatible with scaffolding systems. This makes the task of tying in to structures using standard scaffold fittings far easier and cheaper. No bespoke, specialist couplings and parts need to be sourced - just off-the-shelf gear.

Alto MD double width tower inside an industrial building.

Image comparing Alto MD tube with Generic tower tube.

FEATURES

2mm Thick Tube

ALTO MD Tower is manufactured by 2mm thick, 48mm diameter tube. The unique fluted design of our MD tube not only distinguishes it from all other tower brands. It also adds to the physical strength of the material, making the tower even stronger.

Alto HD tower connected to scaffold tube with a scaffold coupler

FEATURES

48mm Diameter Tube

The ALTO MD Tower tube has a 48mm external diameter, the same diameter as traditional steel scaffolding. This means adaptations and tying in is very easy because you can use standard tube & fittings which you cannot with a lightweight system.

A close up image of the Alto MD tower frame welding

FEATURES

Fully Welded Joints

Every welded joint on the ALTO MD Tower is fully welded 360 degrees around the tube. This means fractured welds are a thing of the past and make the tower a much more rigid structure with joints 5 times stronger in tension & 13 times stronger in bending.

FEATURES

Non-jamming Frames

The ALTO conical head fittings prevent frames from jamming when dismantling towers so hammer damage is totally eliminated. An additional benefit of the head fittings is the frames automatically lock together during assembly, eliminating the requirement for flimsy, awkward spring clips that can be lost or damaged and render the tower unusable.

FEATURES

2000kg Load Capacity

The ALTO MD Tower has a load capacity of 2,000 kg (2.0t) compared to between 650 - 950 Kg maximum for lightweight competitor products - reducing health & safety risks whilst increasing the range of applications available.

- Configurations -

The Alto Medium Duty tower is available in a range of configurations to suit any situation.

Platform Lengths.

The Alto MD ladderspan tower is available in 3 standard platform lengths - 1.2m, 1.6m and 2.4m long.

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Build Method.

There are 2 different build methods available for the Alto MD Ladderspan tower. The traditional Through The Trap (3T) method, and the Advance Guardrail (AGR) method.