Terex Articulated Boom Lifts Long Beach

Types of Construction Lifts or Boom Lifts

A boom lift is a piece of machinery which allows employees to carry out tasks without having to construct a scaffolding. They are utilized to do maintenance work, to work on elevated structures and are common equipment found in factory and warehouse environment as well.



Boom lifts would normally offer powered and wheeled bases which could drive itself to the work place and have a platform on them to lift the personnel. There are lots of different types of lifts and each one is suitable to different tasks and environment.



Bucket Trucks

Bucket trucks or cherry pickers, are built with a long boom which has a bucket connected at the end. This bucket area is where an employee can stand. Usually, bucket trucks are used by utility workers and by landscapers. Landscapers normally use these machinery to trim trees.



Bucket trucks are outfitted with a boom assembly which is mounted on a standard truck, and this means these lifts can travel on roads at normal traffic speeds. This mobility really increases the area they can efficiently service. This is specially vital for power companies. For instance, many of these businesses utilize cherry pickers to lift workers up so they can work on and reach transmission lines. The buckets need to be checked frequently and well insulated since they are working close to possible shock hazards.



Articulated booms lifts or knuckle lifts have a work platform mounted to an arm which can bend and reach obstacles. The base of the lift includes a turntable and can turn the lift in a full circle. The base of the lift is mounted on wheels as well for extra mobility.



Articulated boom lifts are utilized for landscaping projects and are useful for maintenance work on already-completed projects which do not require easy access to the area directly beneath the jobsite. These lifts can be utilized to repair piping or exterior electrical work, as well as areas which are difficult to clean. Usually knuckle lifts are driven by the worker in the platform with the boom extended.

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