Telescoping Boom Lifts
Telescoping booms lifts are designed to mount a work bucket on a straight, extendable arm that is situated on a rotating turntable. Typically, telescoping boom lifts are utilized for tasks which require reaching at maximum height, exceeding other types of lifts. For instance, employees are able to perform exterior renovations or repairs on buildings of medium height but utilizing these lifts rather than having the additional work of setting up an outside elevator or a pulley system.
The boom lift bucket generally only holds a single employee. These buckets are more suitable to particular jobs like electrical repair, as opposed to window washing or general maintenance. These lifts are offered with both outdoor and indoor tires and come in gas or electric configurations.
Scissor Lifts
Scissor lifts are named for the cross-braces underneath the work platform. These braces squeeze together in order to push the platform straight up. Since these machinery should be directly positioned below the work site, these units are way more limited in their use as opposed to boom lifts.
Scissor lifts do, on the other hand, provide larger platforms which enable the operator controlling the lift to access a larger work surface when the lift is raised. With scissor lifts, all-terrain capability is less of a problem with these types of equipment, because they need to 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
Bucket trucks, cherry pickers and boom trucks each refer to the class a type of utility vehicle utilized particularly for vertical work. Typically, these types of trucks have a cab. It is here where the operator sits and controls the machinery. There is a bucket for where the worker can stand in addition to an actuator arm for raising the boom and a winch for carrying.
Cherry pickers could lift workers up to heights that were previously inaccessible. The cranes function is to raise both heavy materials and equipment for one location to another. There are a variety of different crane types that could carry out various purposes. Both of these different kinds of equipment excel at different jobs and are suitable for specific applications and completing particular jobs.