What Is a Boom Truck?
To recover heavy items or to move supplies to areas and places that are not usually accessible, boom trucks would utilize a winch. Like for example, they are commonly used maneuvering materials to a hillside or over a ditch or to reach the top of a building.
Bigger trucks are outfitted with a boom winch that is mounted in the truck's bed. It is capable of moving construction items and other equipment from the side of the street to a specific location. There is a different boom truck configuration that is equipped with a cherry picker. This version enables arborists to easily access treetops.
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 range from an aerial work platform that is moved by a hydraulic lifting mechanism that 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 manufactured to suit the particular needs of the buyer.
Cherry Picker
Cherry pickers are bucket trucks which can lift employees to great heights. Normally, buckets or cherry pickers move employees from the ground up to high areas like the sides of buildings, treetops, for fire department and firefighting or up utility poles.
Location
The boom platform could be 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. Bigger booms need outriggers which extend horizontally from the truck so as to level out and stabilize the crane during its operation.
Controls
This type of boom truck has a cab-over-engine that has a control cluster that could move the boom from inside the cab. It is often a panel in the boom itself on the side of the bed.