Kinds of Boom Lifts or Construction Lifts
A boom lift is a piece of machinery that enables employees to perform tasks without having to construct a scaffolding. They are utilized to do maintenance work, to work on elevated structures and are common machinery found in factory and warehouse environment too.
Typically, construction lifts provide powered and wheeled bases which are capable of driving to the work location and have a platform on them that is responsible for elevating workers. There are lots of various kinds of lifts and each one is suited to different jobs and settings.
Bucket Trucks
Bucket trucks, which are usually referred to as "cherry-pickers", carry a long boom which has a bucket connected at the end. This bucket area is where a worker can stand. Usually, bucket trucks are used by landscapers and by utility workers. Landscapers usually use these kinds of machinery to prune trees.
Bucket trucks are equipped with a boom assembly that is mounted on a regular truck, and this means these lifts are able to travel on roads at regular traffic speeds. This mobility really increases the area they can effectively service. This is particularly important for power companies. For example, many of these companies use cherry pickers to lift workers up so they could reach and work on transmission lines. The buckets have to be inspected frequently and insulated well since they are working near possible shock hazards.
Knuckle lifts or articulated boom lifts have a work platform mounted to an arm which can bend and reach obstacles. The base of the lift includes a turntable and is capable of turning the lift in a full circle. The base of the lift is mounted on wheels as well for extra mobility.
Normally, the articulated boom lift is utilized for landscaping projects but is also useful for maintenance work on projects that are already completed. Projects which do not need easy access directly beneath the jobsite. These lifts could be utilized to repair piping or exterior electrical work, as well as areas that are difficult to clean. Often knuckle lifts are driven by the worker in the platform with the boom extended.