What Is a Boom Truck?
A boom truck uses a winch to recover heavy items or transport materials to areas which are usually not accessible. Like for example, they are normally used maneuvering materials over a ditch or to a hillside or to reach the top of a building.
Bigger trucks are equipped with a boom winch which is mounted in the bed of a truck. It is capable of transporting construction things and other equipment from the side of the street to a certain 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 can 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 particular needs of the buyer.
Cherry Picker
Bucket trucks are cherry pickers which can lift workers to great heights. Normally, buckets or cherry pickers transport employees from the ground up to high areas like for instance 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 the bed of a large truck or on a separate trailer. Booms which are bigger need outriggers that extend horizontally from the truck in order to stabilize and level out the crane throughout its use.
Controls
This model of boom truck has a cab-over-engine that has a control cluster which can move the boom from inside the cab. It is often a panel in the boom itself on the side of the bed.