What Is a Boom Truck?
To recover heavy items or to move materials to areas and places that are not normally accessible, boom trucks would utilize a winch. Like for example, they are normally used to reach the top of a building, maneuvering materials over a ditch or to a hillside.
A big truck is equipped with a boom winch. This is mounted in the truck's bed and then it is capable of transporting construction items and other equipment from street-side to a particular place. There is another boom truck design which is equipped with a cherry picker. This version allows 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 particular buyer's requirements.
Cherry Picker
Cherry pickers are bucket trucks which could lift employees to great heights. Normally, cherry pickers or buckets transport workers from the ground up to high places such as treetops, the sides of a building, for fire department and firefighting or up utility poles.
Location
The platform on the boom is operated from the truck's cab by remote. Either the boom is mounted on a separate trailer or on the bed of a large truck. Bigger booms need outriggers that extend horizontally from the truck in order to level out and stabilize the crane in its use.
Controls
A cab-over-engine model boom truck has a control cluster responsible for moving the boom located inside of the cab. It is usually a panel in the boom itself on the side of the bed.