Types of Construction Lifts or Boom Lifts
Construction lifts are the machinery utilized to allow workers to go to high-up places without constructing any scaffolding. They are used to do maintenance work, to work on elevated structures and are common machinery found in factory and warehouse environment as well.
Usually, construction lifts provide wheeled and powered bases which are capable of driving to the work place and have a platform on them which is responsible for lifting personnel. There are many different types of lifts and each one is suitable to various jobs and settings.
Bucket Trucks
Bucket trucks, which are normally called "cherry-pickers", carry a long boom which has a bucket attached at the end. This bucket area is where a worker may stand. Usually, bucket trucks are utilized by landscapers and by utility workers. Landscapers normally utilize these machinery to trim trees.
Bucket trucks are equipped 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 can efficiently service. This is especially essential for power companies. Like for instance, many of these businesses use cherry pickers to elevate workers up so they can reach and work on transmission lines. The buckets must be checked on a regular basis and correctly insulated since they are working near possible shock hazards.
Knuckle lifts or articulated boom lifts include a work platform mounted to an arm which could bend and reach obstacles. The base of the lift includes a turntable and can 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 utilized for landscaping projects but is also handy for maintenance work on projects that are already finished. Projects that do not require easy access directly beneath the jobsite. These lifts can be used for exterior electrical work and to repair piping, as well as areas which are hard to clean. Usually knuckle lifts are driven by the worker in the platform with the boom extended.