Kinds of Boom Lifts or Construction Lifts
A boom lift is a piece of machinery that enables personnel to carry out jobs without having to build a 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 could usually offer wheeled and powered bases which could drive itself to the work place and have a platform on them to elevate the employees. There are many different types of lifts and each one is suited to different tasks and environment.
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 may stand. Commonly, bucket trucks are utilized by utility workers and by landscapers. Landscapers normally use these kinds of equipment to trim 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 normal traffic speeds. This mobility greatly increases the area they could efficiently service. This is particularly important for power companies. Like for example, many of these businesses use cherry pickers to lift employees up so they could reach and work on transmission lines. The buckets must be regularly checked and insulated properly since they are working near potential shock hazards.
Knuckle lifts or articulated boom lifts have a work platform mounted to an arm which could bend and reach obstacles. The base of the lift includes a turntable and is capable of turning the lift in a complete circle. The base of the lift is mounted on wheels also for extra mobility.
Articulated boom lifts are used for landscaping projects and are handy for maintenance work on already-finished projects that do not require easy access to the area right below the jobsite. These lifts could be utilized for exterior electrical work and to repair piping, and difficult to clean areas. Usually knuckle lifts are driven by the employee in the platform with the boom extended.