What Precisely Is a Boom Truck?
A boom truck uses a winch to recover heavy items or transport materials to places that are typically inaccessible. Like for instance, they are commonly utilized to reach the top of a building, maneuvering supplies to a hillside or over a ditch.
Larger trucks are outfitted with a boom winch which 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 particular location. There is one more boom truck design that is outfitted with a cherry picker. This model allows arborists to easily access treetops.
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 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 modified boom lift manufactured for a specific buyer's requirements.
Cherry Picker
Bucket trucks are cherry pickers which could raise employees to great heights. Usually, buckets or cherry pickers move workers from the ground up to high areas like the sides of buildings, treetops, up utility poles or for fire department rescue and firefighting.
Location
The boom platform could 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. Booms which are bigger require outriggers that horizontally extend from the truck in order to stabilize and level out the crane in its use.
Controls
This model of boom truck has a cab-over-engine that has a control cluster which can move the boom from inside the cab. It is usually a panel in the boom itself on the side of the bed.