Types of Boom Lifts or Construction Lifts
Construction lifts refer to the machinery utilized to enable personnel to locate high-up places without constructing any scaffolding. They are utilized to do maintenance work, to work on elevated structures and are common machinery found in warehouse and factory environment as well.
Boom lifts would normally provide powered and wheeled bases which can drive itself to the work location and have a platform on them to elevate the workers. There are lots of various types of lifts and every one is suitable to different tasks and settings.
Bucket Trucks
Bucket trucks or cherry pickers, are built with a long boom which has a bucket connected at the end. This bucket area is where a worker may stand. Normally, bucket trucks are utilized by landscapers and by utility workers. Landscapers often use these machinery to trim trees.
Bucket trucks are outfitted with a boom assembly that is mounted on a regular truck, and this means these lifts are able to travel on roads at normal traffic speeds. This mobility greatly increases the area they could effectively service. This is particularly important for power companies. Like for instance, a lot of these businesses utilize cherry pickers to elevate workers up so they can work on and reach transmission lines. The buckets should be frequently checked and insulated properly since they are working close to potential shock hazards.
Articulated boom lifts are also called "knuckle lifts", and consist of a work platform which is mounted on an arm that is able to bend in order to reach around obstacles. The base of the lift contains a turntable and could turn the lift in a complete circle. The base of the lift is mounted on wheels as well for extra mobility.
Articulated boom lifts are utilized for landscaping projects and are useful for maintenance work on already-finished projects that 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, and hard to clean areas. Normally knuckle lifts are driven by the employee in the platform with the extended boom.