Kinds of Construction Lifts or Boom Lifts
Construction lifts are the machinery used to enable employees to go to high-up locations without constructing any scaffolding. They are utilized to work on elevated structures, to do maintenance work and are common equipment found in warehouse and factory settings as well.
Boom lifts can typically provide powered and wheeled bases that can drive itself to the work location and have a platform on them to lift the personnel. There are many different kinds of lifts and each one is suitable to different jobs and settings.
Bucket Trucks
Bucket trucks, that are often referred to as "cherry-pickers", carry a long boom that has a bucket connected at the end. This bucket area is where an employee could stand. Normally, bucket trucks are utilized by landscapers and by utility workers. Landscapers often use these machinery to cut trees.
Each bucket truck has a boom assembly mounted to a regular truck, which allows these vehicles to move fast on regular roads. Furthermore, this increases the area that this equipment could service efficiently. This is particularly vital for power companies. For instance, many of these companies utilize cherry pickers to elevate workers up so they can reach and work on transmission lines. The buckets have to be frequently checked and correctly insulated since they are working close to potential shock hazards.
Articulated booms lifts or knuckle lifts include a work platform mounted to an arm which could 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 also for extra mobility.
Articulated boom lifts are used for landscaping projects and are handy for maintenance work on already-finished projects that do not require easy access to the area right underneath the jobsite. These lifts can be used for exterior electrical work and to repair piping, and hard to clean areas. Often knuckle lifts are driven by the worker in the platform with the extended boom.