Kinds of Construction Lifts or Boom Lifts
A boom lift is a piece of equipment that enables employees to perform 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 factory and warehouse environment as well.
Boom lifts could normally provide powered and wheeled bases which can drive itself to the work place and have a platform on them to elevate the employees. There are a lot of different types of lifts and each one is suited to different kinds of tasks and environment.
Bucket Trucks
Cherry pickers or bucket trucks, are built with a long boom which has a bucket attached at the end. This bucket area is where an employee could stand. Usually, bucket trucks are used by landscapers and by utility workers. Landscapers often use these kinds of equipment to trim trees.
Bucket trucks are equipped with a boom assembly which is mounted on a regular truck, and this means these lifts are able to travel on roads at normal traffic speeds. This mobility really increases the area they could efficiently service. This is particularly vital for power companies. Like for example, many of these businesses utilize cherry pickers to lift employees up so they could work on and reach transmission lines. The buckets must be regularly checked and correctly insulated as they are working near potential shock hazards.
Knuckle lifts or articulated boom lifts include a work platform mounted to an arm that could bend and reach obstacles. The base of the lift contains a turntable and can turn 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 useful for maintenance work on already-completed projects which do not require easy access to the area right beneath the jobsite. These lifts could be utilized 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.