Kinds of Boom Lifts or Construction Lifts
A boom lift is a piece of machinery that enables personnel to perform jobs without having to construct a scaffolding. They are utilized to do maintenance work, to work on elevated structures and are common equipment found in warehouse and factory settings too.
Boom lifts can normally offer wheeled and powered bases that could drive itself to the work place and have a platform on them to lift the employees. There are a lot of different types of lifts and each one is suited to different tasks 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 an employee may stand. Usually, bucket trucks are utilized by landscapers and by utility workers. Landscapers usually utilize these types of equipment to cut trees.
Every bucket truck has a boom assembly mounted to a standard truck, which allows these vehicles to move swiftly on normal roads. Moreover, this increases the area which this machine could service effectively. This is particularly important for power companies. Like for example, many of these companies utilize cherry pickers to elevate employees up so they can reach and work on transmission lines. The buckets should be inspected frequently and insulated properly since they are working near potential shock hazards.
Articulated booms lifts or knuckle lifts include a work platform mounted to an arm which can bend and reach obstacles. The base of the lift includes a turntable and is capable of turning 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 handy for maintenance work on already-completed projects that 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, and areas which are hard to clean. Often knuckle lifts are driven by the employee in the platform with the extended boom.