Kinds of Boom Lifts or Construction Lifts
A boom lift is a piece of machinery which allows employees to perform jobs 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 settings too.
Usually, construction lifts provide powered and wheeled bases which are capable of driving to the work location and have a platform on them that is responsible for elevating employees. There are a lot of various kinds of lifts and each and every one is suitable to different kinds of jobs and environment.
Bucket Trucks
Cherry pickers or bucket trucks, are built with a long boom that has a bucket attached at the end. This bucket area is where an employee can stand. Commonly, bucket trucks are utilized by landscapers and by utility workers. Landscapers normally utilize these types of machines to cut trees.
Bucket trucks are outfitted with a boom assembly that is mounted on a standard truck, and this means these lifts are able to travel on roads at regular traffic speeds. This mobility greatly increases the area they can effectively service. This is specially important for power companies. For instance, a lot of these companies utilize cherry pickers to elevate workers up so they could work on and reach transmission lines. The buckets should be checked frequently and properly insulated since they are working near potential shock hazards.
Articulated boom lifts are also called "knuckle lifts", and consist of a work platform which is mounted on an arm which could bend in order to reach around obstacles. The base of the lift contains a turntable and could turn the lift in a full 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 that are already completed. Projects which do not require easy access directly beneath the jobsite. These lifts can be used to repair piping or exterior electrical work, and hard to clean areas. Often knuckle lifts are driven by the worker in the platform with the boom extended.