Kinds of Boom Lifts or Construction Lifts
A boom lift is a piece of equipment that allows workers to carry out tasks without having to build a scaffolding. They are utilized to work on elevated structures, to do maintenance work and are common machinery found in warehouse and factory environment too.
Boom lifts could typically offer wheeled and powered bases that can drive itself to the work place and have a platform on them to elevate the personnel. There are many various types of lifts and each one is suitable to different kinds of jobs and settings.
Bucket Trucks
Bucket trucks or cherry pickers, are built with a long boom which has a bucket attached at the end. This bucket area is where an employee may stand. Usually, bucket trucks are used by landscapers and by utility workers. Landscapers normally utilize these kinds of machinery to cut trees.
Bucket trucks are equipped with a boom assembly which is mounted on a standard truck, and this means these lifts could travel on roads at regular traffic speeds. This mobility really increases the area they can efficiently service. This is especially vital for power companies. For instance, many of these businesses use cherry pickers to elevate workers up so they could work on and reach transmission lines. The buckets should be inspected regularly and properly insulated since they are working close to possible shock hazards.
Articulated boom lifts are also referred to as "knuckle lifts", and consist of a work platform that is mounted on an arm which could bend in order to reach around obstacles. The base of the lift contains a turntable and is capable of turning the lift in a complete circle. The base of the lift is mounted on wheels as well for extra mobility.
Articulated boom lifts are used for landscaping projects and are useful for maintenance work on already-completed projects which do not require easy access to the area directly below the jobsite. These lifts could be utilized for exterior electrical work and to repair piping, as well as hard to clean areas. Usually knuckle lifts are driven by the worker in the platform with the boom extended.