Kinds of Construction Lifts or Boom Lifts
A boom lift is a piece of machine which enables personnel to carry out tasks without having to build a scaffolding. They are utilized to do maintenance work, to work on elevated structures and are common machines found in factory and warehouse settings too.
Normally, construction lifts provide powered and wheeled bases that are capable of driving to the work place and have a platform on them which is responsible for lifting employees. There are many various kinds of lifts and each and every one is suitable to different kinds of tasks and settings.
Bucket Trucks
Bucket trucks, that are often known as "cherry-pickers", carry a long boom which has a bucket attached at the end. This bucket area is where a worker may stand. Normally, bucket trucks are utilized by utility workers and by landscapers. Landscapers normally use these machines to trim trees.
Bucket trucks are equipped with a boom assembly which is mounted on a regular truck, and this means these lifts can travel on roads at normal traffic speeds. This mobility greatly increases the area they could effectively service. This is specially vital for power companies. For instance, a lot of these businesses use cherry pickers to raise employees up so they could work on and reach transmission lines. The buckets must be inspected frequently and well insulated since they are working near possible shock hazards.
Articulated boom lifts are also known as "knuckle lifts", and have a work platform that is mounted on an arm that is able to bend in order to reach around obstacles. The base of the lift includes a turntable and can turn the lift in a complete circle. The base of the lift is mounted on wheels also for extra mobility.
Articulated boom lifts are utilized for landscaping projects and are handy for maintenance work on already-finished projects that do not require easy access to the area directly beneath the jobsite. These lifts could be utilized for exterior electrical work and to repair piping, and areas which are difficult to clean. Usually knuckle lifts are driven by the employee in the platform with the extended boom.