What Is a Boom Truck?
A boom truck uses a winch to recover heavy items or transport materials to areas that are usually inaccessible. For example, they are normally utilized to reach the top of a building, maneuvering supplies to a hillside or over a ditch.
A huge truck is outfitted with a boom winch. This is mounted in the bed of the truck and then it is capable of transporting construction things and other equipment from street-side to a particular location. There is one more boom truck design which is outfitted with a cherry picker. This model 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 modified boom lift made for a particular buyer's needs.
Cherry Picker
Cherry pickers are bucket trucks that could raise employees to great heights. Usually, buckets or cherry pickers transport workers 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 platform on the boom is operated by remote from the truck's cab. Either the boom is mounted on a separate trailer or on the bed of a large truck. Bigger booms require outriggers that horizontally extend from the truck so as to stabilize and level out the crane during its operation.
Controls
This model of boom truck has a cab-over-engine that has a control cluster which could move the boom from inside the cab. It is usually a panel in the boom itself on the side of the bed.