Types of Boom Lifts or Construction Lifts
Construction lifts are the equipment utilized to allow employees to go to high-up places without building any scaffolding. They are used to do maintenance work, to work on elevated structures and are common machines found in factory and warehouse settings as well.
Normally, construction lifts provide wheeled and powered bases that are capable of driving to the work location and have a platform on them which is responsible for lifting personnel. There are a lot of various types of lifts and each and every one is suited to different jobs and environment.
Bucket Trucks
Bucket trucks, that are often called "cherry-pickers", carry a long boom that has a bucket attached at the end. This bucket area is where an employee may stand. Commonly, bucket trucks are utilized by utility workers and by landscapers. Landscapers often use these kinds of equipment to cut trees.
Bucket trucks are equipped with a boom assembly that is mounted on a regular truck, and this means these lifts can travel on roads at normal traffic speeds. This mobility really increases the area they could efficiently service. This is specially important for power companies. Like for instance, many of these businesses utilize cherry pickers to elevate workers up so they can work on and reach transmission lines. The buckets must be checked on a regular basis and correctly insulated as they are working near possible shock hazards.
Articulated boom lifts are also referred to as "knuckle lifts", and have a work platform that is mounted on an arm which can bend so as to reach around obstacles. The base of the lift includes a turntable and could turn the lift in a complete circle. The base of the lift is mounted on wheels as well for extra mobility.
Articulated boom lifts are used for landscaping projects and are useful for maintenance work on already-completed projects which do not need easy access to the area directly underneath the jobsite. These lifts could be used for exterior electrical work and to repair piping, and areas which are difficult to clean. Usually knuckle lifts are driven by the worker in the platform with the extended boom.