Kinds of Boom Lifts or Construction Lifts
A boom lift is a piece of machinery which allows workers to carry out tasks without having to construct a scaffolding. They are used to work on elevated structures, to do maintenance work and are common machines found in factory and warehouse environment too.
Usually, construction lifts offer wheeled and powered bases that are capable of driving to the work place and have a platform on them that is responsible for elevating workers. There are a lot of various kinds of lifts and each and every one is suited to different types of jobs and environment.
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 could stand. Commonly, bucket trucks are utilized by landscapers and by utility workers. Landscapers normally utilize these machines to prune trees.
Each and every bucket truck has a boom assembly mounted to a regular truck, that enables these vehicles to move fast on normal roads. What's more, this increases the area which this machine can service efficiently. This is especially important for power companies. Like for instance, a lot of these businesses utilize cherry pickers to lift employees up so they could reach and work on transmission lines. The buckets must be checked frequently and insulated well since they are working close to possible shock hazards.
Articulated boom lifts are also known as "knuckle lifts", and have a work platform that is mounted on an arm which could bend so as 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 also for extra mobility.
Articulated boom lifts are utilized 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 can be used for exterior electrical work and to repair piping, as well as difficult to clean areas. Often knuckle lifts are driven by the employee in the platform with the extended boom.