Annual inspections // ANSI A92 // SE Wisconsin
Annual inspections for scissor lifts, boom lifts, and telehandlers, documented and done right.
ANSI A92 annual inspections and preventive maintenance, in the shop or at your site, across southeastern Wisconsin with travel into Michigan.
Every unit leaves with a written report. If it should not run, we red-tag it and tell you why.
INSPECTIONS FOR JLG · SKYTRAK · GRADALL · LULL · SKYJACK · GENIE · SNORKEL · NIFTY LIFT
The inspection walk
What the annual inspection covers.
The annual is the once-a-year inspection ANSI requires on every aerial lift in service, and it is a full pass over the machine, not a glance and a sticker. The walk starts at the structure: booms, scissor arms, and chassis checked for cracks, bent members, and weld failures at the joints that carry the load. The hydraulic system gets pressure-checked and leak-down tested, because a platform that drifts under load has a problem no visual check will catch. Controls and interlocks get proven out: ground controls, platform controls, the deadman, the tilt sensor, and every function lockout the manufacturer built in.
Emergency lowering gets operated, not just located. Lift chains and wear items are measured against the manufacturer's spec, not eyeballed. Tires, decals, and the manual in the platform box all get checked, because ANSI counts them and so does the operator who has to run the machine. Then the unit gets a loaded function test through its full working range, and everything we found goes into the written report: what passed, what was corrected, and what needs watching before the next annual.
Annual means every 12 months.
Your annual is due every 12 months. ANSI allows up to 13 from the last inspection, but nobody should cut it close. We keep you inside the window, documented.
Book an inspectionThe paperwork
What you get.
A written report, every unit
What was checked, what was found, what was corrected, and what to watch, per machine and serial number. When OSHA or a general contractor asks for proof of the annual, you hand them paper instead of a story.
Pass or fail, said straight
If a machine should not run, we red-tag it and tell you why, in writing. An inspection that never fails anything is not protecting you or the crew in the platform.
Fixed on the same visit
The inspectors are the repair technicians. When a machine needs work, you get the findings and the plan on the spot, and plenty of corrections happen the same visit instead of waiting for a second truck.
A schedule that holds
We track your due dates so the 12-month window does not sneak up on a busy season. Fleets get units scheduled in rotation, and the report from last year rides along to this year's walk.
Between annuals
Preventive maintenance plans.
The annual is the checkpoint; preventive maintenance is what makes it boring. We set up PM plans between annuals: oils and filters on schedule, batteries and charging systems checked, chains and wear items measured before they become failures. Machines on a plan pass their annuals faster and spend more days working.
Ask about a PM planStraight answers
Inspection questions, answered straight.
Who is allowed to perform an annual inspection?
ANSI A92 requires a qualified person: someone with the training and experience to know these machines and judge them honestly. Our inspectors are the same technicians who repair scissor lifts, boom lifts, and telehandlers here every day, backed by 60+ combined years on this equipment. The inspection is judged against the manufacturer's requirements and the ANSI standard, and the paperwork shows exactly what was checked.
How long does an inspection take?
It depends on the machine. A slab scissor is the quick end of the range, a large boom or telehandler the long end, and a unit that arrives with problems takes longer than one that has been maintained. Most single machines are done the same day. For fleets we schedule units in rotation so your crews keep working while we inspect.
What happens if a machine fails?
We tell you straight and put it in writing. If a machine should not run, we red-tag it and document why. Then you get a repair plan: findings, what it needs, and what it will cost, before any work begins. Because the inspectors are the repair technicians, plenty of failures get corrected on the same visit and the machine goes back to work documented.
Do you inspect machines you did not sell or service?
Yes. Any machine, any history. JLG, SkyTrak, Gradall, Lull, Skyjack, Genie, Snorkel, and Nifty Lift are the daily work, and related equipment is welcome. If the unit is new to us, the serial number and data plate tell us its exact configuration, and the inspection runs the same way as it does for a machine we have serviced for years.
Do you travel for inspections?
Field inspections cover southeastern Wisconsin within about 100 miles of our Germantown shop, and we travel into Michigan. We do not schedule field service in Illinois, but the shop accepts machines from anywhere: truck a unit to Germantown and it gets the same inspection and documentation as a local machine.
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Book an inspection.
Model, serial, and how many units get you on the schedule fastest. We reply during shop hours, Monday to Friday, 7:00 AM to 4:30 PM Central.