Kinds of Construction Lifts or Boom Lifts
Construction lifts refer to the machines used to allow workers to locate high-up places 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 environment as well.
Boom lifts could typically provide powered and wheeled bases that could drive itself to the work location and have a platform on them to lift the employees. There are many different types of lifts and each one is suitable to various types of tasks and environment.
Bucket Trucks
Bucket trucks, which 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 may stand. Normally, bucket trucks are used by landscapers and by utility workers. Landscapers normally use these machines to trim trees.
Bucket trucks are equipped 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 greatly increases the area they could efficiently service. This is specially essential for power companies. Like for instance, many of these businesses use cherry pickers to raise employees up so they could work on and reach transmission lines. The buckets should be inspected on a regular basis and well insulated as they are working close to 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 could turn the lift in a full circle. The base of the lift is mounted on wheels also for extra mobility.
Typically, the articulated boom lift is used for landscaping projects but is also handy for maintenance work on projects that are already finished. Projects which do not need easy access directly underneath the jobsite. These lifts could be used for exterior electrical work and to repair piping, and difficult to clean areas. Normally knuckle lifts are driven by the employee in the platform with the boom extended.