Terex Straight Boom Lifts Long Beach

What Is a Boom Truck?

A boom truck uses a winch to recover heavy things or move materials to areas that are typically not accessible. For instance, they are usually used maneuvering supplies to a hillside or over a ditch or to reach the top of a building.



Bigger trucks are outfitted with a boom winch which is mounted in the bed of a truck. It is capable of moving construction items and other equipment from the side of the street to a particular location. There is one more boom truck design that is outfitted with a cherry picker. This model enables 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 range 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 which could lift workers to great heights. Usually, cherry pickers or buckets transport 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 large truck or on a separate trailer. Bigger booms require outriggers that horizontally extend from the truck so as to stabilize and level out 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.

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