Types of Construction Lifts or Boom Lifts
A boom lift is a piece of machinery that allows workers to perform jobs without having to build a scaffolding. They are used to work on elevated structures, to do maintenance work and are common machines found in factory and warehouse settings as well.
Normally, 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 workers. There are many different types of lifts and each one is suited to different jobs and settings.
Bucket Trucks
Bucket trucks or cherry pickers, are built with a long boom that has a bucket connected at the end. This bucket area is where a worker could stand. Normally, bucket trucks are utilized by utility workers and by landscapers. Landscapers normally utilize these machines to prune trees.
Bucket trucks are equipped with a boom assembly which is mounted on a regular truck, and this means these lifts can travel on roads at normal traffic speeds. This mobility greatly increases the area they can effectively service. This is specially vital for power companies. For instance, a lot of these companies use cherry pickers to raise employees up so they can reach and work on transmission lines. The buckets have to be checked frequently and correctly insulated as they are working close to potential shock hazards.
Articulated booms lifts or knuckle lifts have a work platform mounted to an arm that could 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 also for extra mobility.
Articulated boom lifts are used for landscaping projects and are useful for maintenance work on already-finished projects that do not require easy access to the area directly below the jobsite. These lifts can be utilized for exterior electrical work and to repair piping, and areas which are hard to clean. Normally knuckle lifts are driven by the employee in the platform with the extended boom.