Kinds of Construction Lifts or Boom Lifts
A boom lift is a piece of machine which enables personnel to perform jobs without having to construct a scaffolding. They are used to do maintenance work, to work on elevated structures and are common machinery found in warehouse and factory environment too.
Usually, construction lifts provide wheeled and powered bases that are capable of driving to the work place and have a platform on them that is responsible for lifting workers. There are lots of different kinds of lifts and every one is suited to different tasks and environment.
Bucket Trucks
Cherry pickers or bucket trucks, are built with a long boom which has a bucket attached at the end. This bucket area is where a worker could stand. Commonly, bucket trucks are used by utility workers and by landscapers. Landscapers often utilize these equipment to prune trees.
Each bucket truck has a boom assembly mounted to a regular truck, that allows these vehicles to move swiftly on regular roads. What's more, this increases the area which this machinery can service efficiently. This is particularly essential for power companies. Like for instance, a lot of these businesses use cherry pickers to lift workers up so they could work on and reach transmission lines. The buckets have to be regularly inspected and properly insulated as they are working close to potential shock hazards.
Articulated boom lifts are also called "knuckle lifts", and consist of a work platform which is mounted on an arm which is able to bend in order to reach around obstacles. The base of the lift includes a turntable and is capable of turning the lift in a full circle. The base of the lift is mounted on wheels as well for extra mobility.
Typically, 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 directly below the jobsite. These lifts could be used for exterior electrical work and to repair piping, as well as areas that are hard to clean. Often knuckle lifts are driven by the worker in the platform with the extended boom.