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. Usually, telescoping boom lifts are used for tasks that need reaching at maximum height, exceeding other kinds of lifts. For example, employees are able to perform exterior renovations or repairs on medium sized buildings but utilizing these lifts as opposed to having the additional work of setting up a pulley system or an outside elevator.
The boom lift bucket generally just holds one employee. These buckets are more suited to particular tasks like electrical repair, as opposed to general maintenance or window washing. These lifts are offered with both indoor and outdoor tires and come in electric and gas configurations.
Scissor Lifts
Below the scissor lifts work platform are the cross braces in which the equipment gets its name. When the braces move together it pushes the platform straight up. As these machinery must be directly positioned under the work location, as opposed to boom lifts, these units are way more limited in their use.
The scissor lift typically has a larger platform which enables the operator to control the lift to access a bigger work area when the lift platform is raised off the ground. With scissor lifts, all-terrain capability is less of an issue with these kinds of machines, since they must sit on flat ground in order to be utilized. Scissor lifts are ideal for being utilized for window installation or cladding, because they provide the personnel with the desired mobility; they are also a good alternative for exterior repairs or window cleaning applications.
Boom Trucks vs. Cranes
Bucket trucks, cherry pickers and boom trucks each refer to the class a kind of utility vehicle utilized specially for vertical work. Usually, these trucks have a cab. It is here where the driver sits and controls the equipment. There is a bucket for where the employee can stand along with a winch for carrying and an actuator arm for lifting the boom.
Boom trucks take workers to heights which would usually be inaccessible. The function of cranes is to lift heavy supplies or equipment from one place to another. There are different kinds of cranes which can perform various purposes. Both of these different types of machinery excel at various tasks and are great for specific applications and accomplishing certain jobs.