Types of Boom Lifts or Construction Lifts
Construction lifts refer to the equipment used to enable personnel to locate high-up places without building any scaffolding. They are utilized to do maintenance work, to work on elevated structures and are common machinery found in factory and warehouse environment as well.
Usually, construction lifts offer wheeled and powered bases that are capable of driving to the work place and have a platform on them which is responsible for lifting employees. There are a lot of various types of lifts and every one is suited to various kinds of tasks and environment.
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. Normally, bucket trucks are used by utility workers and by landscapers. Landscapers usually use these types of machines to prune trees.
Bucket trucks are outfitted with a boom assembly which is mounted on a regular truck, and this means these lifts are able to travel on roads at normal traffic speeds. This mobility greatly increases the area they could efficiently service. This is particularly important for power companies. Like for instance, a lot of these businesses use cherry pickers to raise employees up so they could reach and work on transmission lines. The buckets need to be regularly checked and insulated properly as they are working close to possible shock hazards.
Knuckle lifts or articulated boom lifts have a work platform mounted to an arm that can bend and reach 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.
Usually, the articulated boom lift is utilized for landscaping projects but is also useful for maintenance work on projects that are already finished. Projects which do not need easy access right underneath the jobsite. These lifts can be utilized to repair piping or exterior electrical work, as well as difficult to clean areas. Usually knuckle lifts are driven by the worker in the platform with the boom extended.