SpiderMEWP is another word for a spider lift. A tracked cherry picker with outriggers that lifts itself off the ground, spreading its weight efficiently and allowing the machine to set up safely on uneven gradients and rough terrain.
It's also the name I use across everything. LinkedIn, X, Instagram, YouTube, and this website. It's a word and a domain I've kept close for a while. Sixteen years in powered access, eleven of them almost entirely focused on spider lifts, and SpiderMEWP is the brand I've built around that specialism.
The Idea: Modernising Tracked Access
Years ago I spent hours brainstorming how to modernise the spider lift industry. Looking for ways to push the sector forward, focused on the idea that consistent, incremental changes eventually lead to significant progress.
One concept involved building a unified brand for independent spider lift companies. A network where businesses share work, pool expertise, and collectively improve the technical knowledge available across the industry. That path didn't happen. But the principle of sharing knowledge stuck.
It's the reason for the daily LinkedIn content and the newsletter read by over 1,400 people in the access world. The podcast is coming — conversations lined up with guests from Germany, Italy, Australia, and the US. Watch this space.
Why I Built MewpHub
It's also why I built MewpHub. The access industry has always had an efficiency problem when it comes to speccing the right machine and planning a site properly. MewpHub is a platform that lets you compare over 320 spider lifts side by side, create professional berthing plans, and export a full site survey pack.
It exists for the same reason everything else does — better planning before the machine leaves the yard produces a better result on the day. No wagon turning up and going straight home.
Compare and Plan on MewpHub
MewpHub allows you to compare and plan with over 320 spider lifts. Use the finder at MewpHub.com.
Making Access Simple
The goal across all of it is simple. Educate, share what works, and make access simpler for everyone involved.
That's what SpiderMEWP is about.
Matt Dean
↳ Technical Field Sales Specialist & Co-Founder of MewpHub
Matt Dean is a UK powered access specialist with 16 years of experience, specializing in spider lifts (tracked access platforms). He co-founded MewpHub and works directly with contractors, tree surgeons, and facilities managers nationally to supply operated and self-drive access solutions.