What Is a Boom Truck?
A boom truck uses a winch to recover heavy items or move materials to places which are normally not accessible. Like for example, they are normally utilized to reach the top of a building, maneuvering supplies over a ditch or to a hillside.
Larger trucks are equipped with a boom winch which is mounted in the bed of a truck. It is capable of transporting construction things and other equipment from the side of the street to a particular place. There is one more boom truck configuration that is equipped with a cherry picker. This version allows arborists to access treetops easily.
The Vehicle
Terex's Stinger BT 3063 model has a reach of 113-feet and is outfitted with both stabilizers and outriggers. A boom truck could vary from an aerial work platform which is moved by a hydraulic lifting mechanism that is mounted on the bed, up to a Class 8 tractor-trailer rig with a bucket. It is also possible to have a modified boom lift made for a specific buyer's requirements.
Cherry Picker
Cherry pickers are bucket trucks that can lift workers to great heights. Usually, buckets or cherry pickers move employees from the ground up to high places such as treetops, the sides of a building, for firefighting and fire department rescue or up utility poles.
Location
The platform on the boom is operated from the truck's cab by remote. Either the boom is mounted on the bed of a large truck or on a separate trailer. Bigger booms need outriggers which horizontally extend from the truck in order to level out and stabilize the crane during its operation.
Controls
A cab-over-engine model boom truck has a control cluster responsible for moving the boom located in the cab. It is usually a panel in the boom itself on the side of the bed.