Kinds of Construction Lifts or Boom Lifts
A boom lift is a piece of machine which allows workers to perform tasks without having to build a scaffolding. They are utilized to work on elevated structures, to do maintenance work and are common equipment found in warehouse and factory settings too.
Usually, construction lifts offer powered and wheeled bases which are capable of driving to the work place and have a platform on them which is responsible for elevating employees. There are lots of various kinds of lifts and each one is suited to various tasks and environment.
Bucket Trucks
Bucket trucks or cherry pickers, are built with a long boom that has a bucket attached at the end. This bucket area is where an employee could stand. Usually, bucket trucks are utilized by utility workers and by landscapers. Landscapers normally use these types of equipment to cut trees.
Bucket trucks are equipped with a boom assembly which is mounted on a standard truck, and this means these lifts are able to travel on roads at normal traffic speeds. This mobility greatly increases the area they can efficiently service. This is particularly important for power companies. For example, many of these businesses utilize cherry pickers to lift employees up so they could reach and work on transmission lines. The buckets should be checked on a regular basis and correctly insulated since they are working close to potential 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 is capable of turning the lift in a complete circle. The base of the lift is mounted on wheels also for extra mobility.
Articulated boom lifts are utilized for landscaping projects and are useful for maintenance work on already-completed projects that do not require easy access to the area directly below the jobsite. These lifts could be used for exterior electrical work and to repair piping, as well as difficult to clean areas. Often knuckle lifts are driven by the employee in the platform with the extended boom.