What Precisely Is a Boom Truck?
To recover heavy items or to move supplies to areas and places which are not usually accessible, boom trucks would use a winch. For example, they are usually utilized to reach the top of a building, maneuvering materials over a ditch or to a hillside.
Bigger trucks are equipped with a boom winch that is mounted in the truck's bed. It is capable of moving construction items and other equipment from the side of the street to a specific location. There is one more boom truck configuration that is equipped with a cherry picker. This model enables arborists to access treetops easily.
The Vehicle
Terex's Stinger BT 3063 model has a reach of 113-feet and is outfitted with both outriggers and stabilizers. A boom truck can vary from an aerial work platform that 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 modified boom lift manufactured to suit the particular needs of the buyer.
Cherry Picker
Cherry pickers are bucket trucks that could lift workers to great heights. Typically, cherry pickers or buckets move employees from the ground up to high areas such as the sides of buildings, treetops, for fire department and firefighting or up utility poles.
Location
The boom platform can be operated by remote from the truck's cab. Either the boom is mounted on the bed of a big truck or on a separate trailer. Bigger booms require outriggers which horizontally extend from the truck in order to stabilize and level out the crane in its use.
Controls
A cab-over-engine model boom truck has a control cluster capable of moving the boom located in the cab. It is often a panel in the boom itself on the side of the bed.