Kinds of Boom Lifts or Construction Lifts
Construction lifts refer to the equipment utilized to allow workers to locate high-up places without constructing any scaffolding. They are used to work on elevated structures, to do maintenance work and are common equipment found in warehouse and factory environment as well.
Typically, construction lifts offer powered and wheeled bases that are capable of driving to the work location and have a platform on them that is responsible for elevating workers. There are many different kinds of lifts and each and every one is suited to various types of jobs and settings.
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 used by landscapers and by utility workers. Landscapers normally utilize these kinds of equipment to prune trees.
Every bucket truck has a boom assembly mounted to a regular truck, which allows these vehicles to move fast on regular roads. What's more, this increases the area that this equipment can service efficiently. This is specially important for power companies. For instance, many of these companies use cherry pickers to raise workers up so they can work on and reach transmission lines. The buckets should be frequently inspected and insulated well since they are working close to potential shock hazards.
Articulated boom lifts are also called "knuckle lifts", and have a work platform that is mounted on an arm which could bend so as to reach around 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 also for extra mobility.
Articulated boom lifts are utilized for landscaping projects and are useful for maintenance work on already-finished projects that do not need easy access to the area right below the jobsite. These lifts could be utilized to repair piping or exterior electrical work, as well as hard to clean areas. Normally knuckle lifts are driven by the employee in the platform with the extended boom.