Types of Construction Lifts or Boom Lifts
Construction lifts are the machines used to allow employees to go to high-up places without building any scaffolding. They are used to do maintenance work, to work on elevated structures and are common machines found in warehouse and factory settings also.
Normally, construction lifts provide wheeled and powered bases which are capable of driving to the work place and have a platform on them that is responsible for lifting employees. There are lots of different kinds of lifts and every one is suitable to different jobs and environment.
Bucket Trucks
Cherry pickers or bucket trucks, are built with a long boom which has a bucket attached at the end. This bucket area is where an employee may stand. Normally, bucket trucks are used by utility workers and by landscapers. Landscapers usually utilize these machinery to cut trees.
Bucket trucks are equipped with a boom assembly which is mounted on a standard truck, and this means these lifts could travel on roads at regular traffic speeds. This mobility greatly increases the area they could efficiently service. This is particularly vital for power companies. Like for instance, many of these companies use cherry pickers to raise workers up so they could work on and reach transmission lines. The buckets have to be regularly inspected and insulated properly since they are working close to potential shock hazards.
Articulated booms lifts or knuckle lifts include a work platform mounted to an arm which can bend and reach obstacles. The base of the lift contains 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 used for landscaping projects and are handy for maintenance work on already-completed projects that do not require easy access to the area right underneath the jobsite. These lifts can be utilized to repair piping or exterior electrical work, as well as hard to clean areas. Normally knuckle lifts are driven by the worker in the platform with the boom extended.