Kinds of Construction Lifts or Boom Lifts
Construction lifts refer to the machines used to allow workers to locate high-up places without building any scaffolding. They are used to do maintenance work, to work on elevated structures and are common machinery found in factory and warehouse settings as well.
Typically, construction lifts provide wheeled and powered bases that are capable of driving to the work place and have a platform on them which is responsible for lifting workers. There are a lot of various types of lifts and each one is suited to various kinds of jobs and environment.
Bucket Trucks
Bucket trucks, that are often known as "cherry-pickers", carry a long boom that has a bucket attached at the end. This bucket area is where an employee may stand. Usually, bucket trucks are utilized by utility workers and by landscapers. Landscapers normally utilize these types of equipment to cut trees.
Bucket trucks are equipped with a boom assembly which is mounted on a regular truck, and this means these lifts could travel on roads at normal traffic speeds. This mobility really increases the area they can efficiently service. This is specially essential for power companies. For instance, many of these businesses use cherry pickers to raise employees up so they can work on and reach transmission lines. The buckets need to be checked on a regular basis and correctly insulated since they are working close to potential shock hazards.
Articulated boom lifts are also referred to as "knuckle lifts", and have a work platform which is mounted on an arm which can bend in order to reach around obstacles. The base of the lift contains a turntable and could turn the lift in a complete circle. The base of the lift is mounted on wheels as well for extra mobility.
Normally, the articulated boom lift is utilized for landscaping projects but is also handy for maintenance work on projects that are already completed. Projects which do not need easy access directly underneath the jobsite. These lifts could be used for exterior electrical work and to repair piping, as well as hard to clean areas. Often knuckle lifts are driven by the employee in the platform with the extended boom.