Telescoping Boom Lifts
Telescoping booms lifts are designed to mount a work bucket on an extendable, straight arm that is located on a rotating turntable. Typically, telescoping boom lifts are utilized for tasks that need reaching at maximum height, exceeding other kinds of lifts. For instance, employees are able to carry out exterior repairs or renovations on medium sized buildings but utilizing these lifts rather than having the additional work of setting up a pulley system or an outside elevator.
The boom lift is only designed to hold a single individual. These buckets are better suited to particular tasks like electrical repair, rather than window washing or general maintenance. These lifts come in electric and gas configurations and are offered with both indoor and outdoor tires.
Scissor Lifts
Beneath the scissor lifts work platform are the cross braces in which the machinery gets its name. Once the braces move together it pushes the platform straight up. Because these types of machinery should be directly positioned beneath the work site, as opposed to boom lifts, these units are way more limited in their use.
The scissor lift normally has a bigger platform which allows the operator to control the lift to access a larger work area once the lift platform is raised off the ground. With scissor lifts, all-terrain capability is less of an issue with these kinds of machines, because they must sit on flat ground in order to be utilized. Scissor lifts are great for being used for window installation or cladding, as they provide the personnel with the desired mobility; they are also a great choice for exterior repairs or window cleaning applications.
Boom Trucks vs. Cranes
Cherry pickers, boom trucks and bucket trucks each refer to the class a kind of utility vehicle used specially for vertical work. Typically, these trucks have a cab. It is here where the driver sits and controls the machinery. There is a bucket for where the employee can stand in addition to a winch for carrying and an actuator arm for lifting the boom.
Boom trucks take personnel to heights that would usually be inaccessible. The function of cranes is to raise heavy materials or equipment from one place to another. There are a variety of different crane types which can carry out various purposes. Both of these different types of equipment excel at various tasks and are suitable for specific applications and accomplishing particular jobs.