Types of Construction Lifts or Boom Lifts
Construction lifts refer to the machinery utilized to allow personnel to locate high-up places without constructing any scaffolding. They are used to do maintenance work, to work on elevated structures and are common equipment found in warehouse and factory environment too.
Boom lifts would usually provide wheeled and powered bases that could drive itself to the work place and have a platform on them to elevate the personnel. There are lots of various types of lifts and each one is suitable to various jobs and settings.
Bucket Trucks
Cherry pickers or bucket trucks, are built with a long boom which has a bucket connected at the end. This bucket area is where a worker could stand. Commonly, bucket trucks are used by landscapers and by utility workers. Landscapers normally use these kinds of machines to trim trees.
Bucket trucks are outfitted with a boom assembly that is mounted on a standard 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 particularly important for power companies. For instance, a lot of these businesses utilize cherry pickers to raise employees up so they could reach and work on transmission lines. The buckets should be inspected on a regular basis and insulated properly as they are working close to possible shock hazards.
Knuckle lifts or articulated boom lifts include a work platform mounted to an arm that can bend and reach obstacles. The base of the lift contains a turntable and could 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 useful for maintenance work on projects that are already finished. Projects which do not require easy access directly beneath the jobsite. These lifts can be utilized for exterior electrical work and to repair piping, as well as areas which are hard to clean. Normally knuckle lifts are driven by the employee in the platform with the extended boom.