What Precisely Is a Boom Truck?
To recover heavy items or to move supplies to areas and places that are not usually accessible, boom trucks would use a winch. For example, they are normally used maneuvering supplies over a ditch or to a hillside or to reach the top of a building.
Bigger trucks are outfitted with a boom winch which is mounted in the bed of a truck. It is capable of moving construction things and other equipment from the side of the street to a specific place. There is another boom truck configuration that is outfitted with a cherry picker. This model allows arborists to access treetops easily.
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 could vary from an aerial work platform that 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 customized boom lift made to suit the specific needs of the buyer.
Cherry Picker
Bucket trucks are cherry pickers that could raise employees to great heights. Typically, cherry pickers or buckets transport workers from the ground up to high places such as treetops, the sides of a building, up utility poles or for firefighting and fire department rescue.
Location
The platform on the boom is 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. Larger booms require outriggers which horizontally extend from the truck so as to stabilize and level out the crane throughout its operation.
Controls
This kind of boom truck has a cab-over-engine that has a control cluster that could move the boom from inside the cab. It is usually a panel in the boom itself on the side of the bed.