
Prince George Aerial Lift Ticket - Boom vehicle are often applied by phone, cable and utilities firms as they have long folded arms which are generally folded over the roofs of business vans. On the end of the extension of extendable arms typically sits a bucket-like apparatus. When a bucket truck has an extendable boom installed on the roof this is often referred to as an "aerial boom truck" or a "cherry picker". It can transport staff to the top of a telephone or electrical pole. Bucket boom vehicles have a hauling capacity of roughly 350 lbs to 1500 lbs or 158 kg to 680 kg plus they are able of extending the bucket up to 34 feet or to around 10 meters into the air.
Construction boom vehicles or heavy duty boom vehicles will sometimes have a crane appendage on the rear. Often called knuckle booms, these cranes can be shorter and more compact than the trolley boom, which has a boom able to extend the length of the truck. Crane boom trucks possess a lifting capability between 10 to 50 tons or roughly 9 to 45 metric tons.
Concrete boom vehicles are another variation. The booms on these lift trucks have a pipe with a nozzle at the extreme end and are used to pump concrete or other materials. The places where these resources need to be deposited is commonly inaccessible to the vehicle or is located at a considerable height, for that reason, the boom of a larger concrete boom truck may well be extended 230 feet or approximately 71 meters. The vehicle then pumps the material through the boom directly depositing it into the space where it is required.
Fire departments are equipped with a lengthy bucket boom employed to hoist firefighters to the upper floors of a structure. Once in place, this boom enables them to direct water onto a fire or to rescue ensnared victims. Some of the older hook and ladder trucks have been displaced by up to date boom vehicles.
There is in addition a miniature self-propelled boom vehicle, related to a forklift that is available on the market for huge warehouses or production plants. These mini boom trucks can lift workers to upper cargo areas or to the ceiling of the building. They are far safer and more stable than using an extension ladder for the same function.