What Exactly Is a Boom Truck?
To recover heavy things or to move materials to places and areas which are not usually accessible, boom trucks will use a winch. Like for instance, they are normally used to reach the top of a building, maneuvering materials over a ditch or to a hillside.
A huge truck is equipped with a boom winch. This is mounted in the bed of the truck and then it is capable of transporting construction items and other equipment from street-side to a particular area. There is one more boom truck configuration that is equipped with a cherry picker. This version allows arborists to easily access treetops.
The Vehicle
The Stinger BT 3063 model has a 113-foot reach and is outfitted with stabilizers and outriggers. A boom truck could range from an aerial work platform that is moved by a hydraulic lifting device which is mounted on the bed, up to a Class 8 tractor-trailer rig with a bucket. It is also possible to have a customized boom lift made for a specific buyer's needs.
Cherry Picker
Bucket trucks are cherry pickers that could lift workers to great heights. Usually, buckets or cherry pickers move employees from the ground up to high places like the sides of buildings, treetops, for firefighting and fire department rescue or up utility poles.
Location
The boom platform could be operated from the truck's cab by remote. Either the boom is mounted on the bed of a big truck or on a separate trailer. Larger booms need outriggers that extend horizontally from the truck so as to level out and stabilize the crane during its use.
Controls
A cab-over-engine model boom truck has a control cluster responsible for moving the boom located inside of the cab. It is normally a panel in the boom itself on the side of the bed.