Terex Straight Boom Lifts Austin

What Precisely Is a Boom Truck?

A boom truck uses a winch to recover heavy items or move materials to areas which are normally not accessible. For example, they are usually used to reach the top of a building, maneuvering supplies 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 certain place. There is one more boom truck design that is outfitted with a cherry picker. This version enables arborists to easily access treetops.



The Vehicle

Terex's Stinger BT 3063 model has a reach of 113-feet and is equipped with both stabilizers and outriggers. A boom truck could range from an aerial work platform which is moved by a hydraulic lifting device which 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 specific buyer's needs.



Cherry Picker

Bucket trucks are cherry pickers which can raise workers to great heights. Normally, cherry pickers or buckets move employees from the ground up to high areas like treetops, the sides of a building, for fire department and firefighting or up utility poles.



Location

The boom platform is able to be operated by remote from the truck's cab. Either the boom is mounted on a separate trailer or on the bed of a big truck. Bigger booms require 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 usually a panel in the boom itself on the side of the bed.

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