Kinds of Boom Lifts or Construction Lifts
A boom lift is a piece of machine which enables personnel to carry out 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 as well.
Usually, construction lifts offer powered and wheeled bases which are capable of driving to the work location and have a platform on them that is responsible for lifting workers. There are a lot of different kinds of lifts and each one is suitable to different tasks and environment.
Bucket Trucks
Bucket trucks or cherry pickers, are built with a long boom which has a bucket connected at the end. This bucket area is where an employee could stand. Commonly, bucket trucks are used by utility workers and by landscapers. Landscapers usually utilize these machinery to trim trees.
Each and every bucket truck has a boom assembly mounted to a standard truck, which enables these vehicles to move swiftly on regular roads. What's more, this increases the area that this machinery could service efficiently. This is specially essential for power companies. Like for instance, many of these companies use cherry pickers to raise employees up so they can work on and reach transmission lines. The buckets must be inspected on a regular basis and correctly insulated as they are working close to possible shock hazards.
Articulated boom lifts are also known as "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 includes a turntable and can turn the lift in a complete circle. The base of the lift is mounted on wheels as well for extra mobility.
Normally, the articulated boom lift is used for landscaping projects but is also handy for maintenance work on projects that are already finished. Projects that do not need easy access directly below the jobsite. These lifts can be utilized to repair piping or exterior electrical work, as well as areas which are hard to clean. Usually knuckle lifts are driven by the employee in the platform with the extended boom.