Types of Boom Lifts or Construction Lifts
A boom lift is a piece of machinery that enables personnel to carry out 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 also.
Normally, construction lifts offer powered and wheeled bases that are capable of driving to the work place and have a platform on them that is responsible for lifting workers. There are many various types of lifts and each and every one is suited to various tasks and environment.
Bucket Trucks
Bucket trucks, which are usually referred to as "cherry-pickers", carry a long boom that has a bucket connected at the end. This bucket area is where a worker can stand. Commonly, bucket trucks are utilized by utility workers and by landscapers. Landscapers usually use these machinery to cut trees.
Bucket trucks are outfitted with a boom assembly that is mounted on a regular truck, and this means these lifts could travel on roads at normal traffic speeds. This mobility really increases the area they could efficiently service. This is specially vital for power companies. For instance, many of these companies utilize cherry pickers to raise workers up so they could work on and reach transmission lines. The buckets need to be checked frequently and correctly insulated as they are working close to possible shock hazards.
Articulated boom lifts are also known as "knuckle lifts", and have a work platform which is mounted on an arm that could bend so as to reach around obstacles. The base of the lift includes a turntable and can turn the lift in a complete circle. The base of the lift is mounted on wheels also for extra mobility.
Usually, the articulated boom lift is used for landscaping projects but is also useful for maintenance work on projects which are already finished. Projects that do not need easy access directly underneath the jobsite. These lifts can be used to repair piping or exterior electrical work, as well as hard to clean areas. Usually knuckle lifts are driven by the worker in the platform with the boom extended.