Types of Construction Lifts or Boom Lifts
Construction lifts refer to the equipment used to allow personnel to locate high-up locations without building any scaffolding. They are utilized to work on elevated structures, to do maintenance work and are common machines found in factory and warehouse settings too.
Boom lifts would normally provide wheeled and powered bases that can drive itself to the work place and have a platform on them to elevate the personnel. There are many various kinds of lifts and each and every one is suitable to various kinds of jobs and environment.
Bucket Trucks
Bucket trucks, which are usually known as "cherry-pickers", carry a long boom which has a bucket connected at the end. This bucket area is where an employee may stand. Commonly, bucket trucks are used by landscapers and by utility workers. Landscapers usually utilize these machinery to trim trees.
Bucket trucks are outfitted with a boom assembly that is mounted on a regular truck, and this means these lifts could travel on roads at normal traffic speeds. This mobility greatly increases the area they could efficiently service. This is particularly essential for power companies. Like for example, many of these businesses use cherry pickers to lift workers up so they can reach and work on transmission lines. The buckets need to be regularly inspected and insulated well since they are working near potential shock hazards.
Articulated booms lifts or knuckle lifts include a work platform mounted to an arm that can bend and reach obstacles. The base of the lift contains a turntable and is capable of turning the lift in a complete circle. The base of the lift is mounted on wheels as well 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 right below the jobsite. These lifts can be utilized to repair piping or exterior electrical work, and areas which are difficult to clean. Usually knuckle lifts are driven by the worker in the platform with the extended boom.