Kinds of Construction Lifts or Boom Lifts
A boom lift is a piece of machinery that enables personnel to carry out tasks without having to build a scaffolding. They are used to work on elevated structures, to do maintenance work and are common equipment found in warehouse and factory environment also.
Typically, construction lifts provide wheeled and powered bases which are capable of driving to the work location and have a platform on them that is responsible for lifting employees. There are many various kinds of lifts and every one is suited to different tasks and settings.
Bucket Trucks
Bucket trucks or cherry pickers, are built with a long boom that has a bucket connected at the end. This bucket area is where an employee could stand. Usually, bucket trucks are used by utility workers and by landscapers. Landscapers normally use these equipment to prune 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 really increases the area they could efficiently service. This is particularly important for power companies. For example, many of these businesses utilize cherry pickers to elevate employees up so they could reach and work on transmission lines. The buckets need to be regularly inspected 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 that could bend and reach obstacles. The base of the lift includes a turntable and is capable of turning the lift in a full circle. The base of the lift is mounted on wheels as well for extra mobility.
Typically, the articulated boom lift is used for landscaping projects but is also useful for maintenance work on projects which are already finished. Projects which do not need easy access right beneath the jobsite. These lifts could be utilized to repair piping or exterior electrical work, and areas which are hard to clean. Usually knuckle lifts are driven by the worker in the platform with the extended boom.