Types of Boom Lifts or Construction Lifts
Construction lifts are the equipment utilized to allow workers to locate high-up locations without building any scaffolding. They are utilized to work on elevated structures, to do maintenance work and are common machines found in warehouse and factory environment as well.
Typically, construction lifts provide powered and wheeled bases which are capable of driving to the work place and have a platform on them that is responsible for elevating personnel. There are many various kinds of lifts and each and every one is suitable to different jobs and environment.
Bucket Trucks
Cherry pickers or bucket trucks, are built with 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 often use these types of equipment to prune trees.
Every bucket truck has a boom assembly mounted to a regular truck, that allows these vehicles to move swiftly on regular roads. Furthermore, this increases the area which this equipment can service effectively. This is particularly important for power companies. Like for example, a lot of these companies use cherry pickers to raise employees up so they can work on and reach transmission lines. The buckets must be checked on a regular basis and properly insulated since they are working near possible shock hazards.
Articulated booms lifts or knuckle lifts have a work platform mounted to an arm which can bend and reach obstacles. The base of the lift includes a turntable and could turn 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 used for landscaping projects but is also handy for maintenance work on projects that are already finished. Projects which do not need easy access directly underneath the jobsite. These lifts could be used for exterior electrical work and to repair piping, as well as hard to clean areas. Usually knuckle lifts are driven by the worker in the platform with the extended boom.