Telescoping Boom Lifts
Telescopic booms are big industrial machinery designed with a straight boom arm that is extendable. The boom is normally situated on a rotating turntable. The telescoping boom lifts are normally utilized for jobs that require tasks to be performed at heights that exceed other kinds of lifts. For example, employees are able to carry out exterior repairs or renovations on medium sized buildings but using these lifts instead of having the extra work of setting up an outside elevator or a pulley system.
The bucket of the boom lift normally just holds one worker. These buckets are more suitable to specific tasks like electrical repair, rather than general maintenance or window washing. These lifts are available with both indoor and outdoor tires and are available in electric and gas configurations.
Scissor Lifts
Scissor lifts are named for the cross-braces below the work platform. These braces squeeze together in order to push the platform straight up. Because these kinds of equipment should be directly positioned below the work site, these units are way more limited in their use as opposed to boom lifts.
The scissor lift typically has a larger platform which allows 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 a problem with these models, as they must sit on flat ground in order to be used. Scissor lifts are ideal for being used for window installation or cladding, because they provide the employees with the desired mobility; they are also a great 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 used particularly for vertical work. Generally, these kinds of trucks have a cab. It is here where the driver sits and controls the machine. There is a bucket for where the worker can stand in addition to a winch for carrying and an actuator arm for raising the boom.
Cherry pickers could raise personnel up to heights which were previously inaccessible. The cranes function is to raise both heavy materials and equipment for one place to another. There are a variety of different crane types which could perform various purposes. Both of these different kinds of equipment excel at different tasks and are suitable for specific applications and finishing particular tasks.