What Exactly Is a Boom Truck?
To recover heavy items or to move supplies to areas and places that are not normally accessible, boom trucks will utilize a winch. For instance, they are usually utilized maneuvering materials to a hillside or over a ditch or to reach the top of a building.
Bigger trucks are outfitted with a boom winch that is mounted in the truck's bed. It is capable of transporting construction items and other equipment from the side of the street to a particular place. There is a different boom truck design that is equipped with a cherry picker. This model allows arborists to access treetops easily.
The Vehicle
The Stinger BT 3063 model has a 113-foot reach and is equipped with stabilizers and outriggers. A boom truck could range from an aerial work platform which is moved by a hydraulic lifting device that is mounted on the bed, up to a Class 8 tractor-trailer rig with a bucket. It is also possible to have a customized boom lift made for a particular buyer's requirements.
Cherry Picker
Bucket booms or cherry pickers allow workers to reach excellent heights. Normally, cherry pickers or buckets transport employees from the ground up to high places like for example treetops, the sides of a building, for fire department and firefighting or up utility poles.
Location
The platform on the boom is operated by remote from the truck's cab. Either the boom is mounted on the bed of a large truck or on a separate trailer. Larger booms need outriggers that horizontally extend from the truck in order to level out and stabilize the crane in its use.
Controls
This model of boom truck has a cab-over-engine which has a control cluster which can move the boom from inside the cab. It is often a panel in the boom itself on the side of the bed.