10-Year Major Inspections in Cairns
Ten years in the Far North ages a machine differently to ten years anywhere else. Scissor lifts at the Portsmith and Woree industrial areas, boom lifts on marine, port and construction projects, cherry pickers working the infrastructure corridors up and down the coastal strip — wet-season humidity works on electrical systems and internal surfaces, salt air attacks structure from the outside, and the tropics find every gap in paint and every unsealed joint. A Cairns machine reaching its 10-year milestone needs a major that treats corrosion as the primary suspect, not an afterthought on a southern checklist.
EWP Australia runs 10-year major inspections for Cairns and Far North Queensland owners across scissor lifts, boom lifts and cherry pickers — complete strip-down, crack testing of welds, pins and load-bearing structure, hydraulic and electrical overhaul assessment, and load testing on completion. Everything is documented to reset the machine's inspection baseline, and the scope is quoted before work begins.
10-Year Major Inspections — The Scope
- Full strip-down and inspection of structural and load-bearing components
- NDT (crack testing) of welds, pins, bosses and critical sections
- Hydraulic, electrical and safety-system overhaul assessment
- Load testing on completion, witnessed and documented
- Engineering documentation recording the machine's new inspection baseline
- A clear scope and quote before work starts — no open-ended rebuilds
Full Service Detail
These pages describe how 10-year major inspections works for Cairns operators. For the full service description — process, standards and FAQs — see:
10-Year Major Inspections in Cairns — Common Questions
When should a Cairns machine be booked for its major?
Ahead of the due date, and ideally through the dry season — that keeps the strip-down, any repairs and reassembly out of the wet and gets the machine back before the build-up.
What if the strip-down finds serious tropical corrosion?
You get the findings, photos and a costed path forward before any repair starts. If the economics don't support repairing the machine, we say so plainly.
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