What Exactly Is a Boom Truck?
To recover heavy things or to move supplies to areas and places that are not usually accessible, boom trucks will use a winch. Like for example, they are usually used maneuvering materials to a hillside or over a ditch or to reach the top of a building.
Larger 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 certain place. There is a different boom truck configuration that is outfitted with a cherry picker. This version enables arborists to easily access treetops.
The Vehicle
The Stinger BT 3063 model has a 113-foot reach and is equipped with outriggers and stabilizers. A boom truck can range from an aerial work platform that is moved by a hydraulic lifting mechanism 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 specific buyer's needs.
Cherry Picker
Cherry pickers are bucket trucks which can lift workers to great heights. Normally, buckets or cherry pickers transport workers from the ground up to high places like treetops, the sides of a building, for firefighting and fire department rescue or up utility poles.
Location
The boom platform could be operated from the truck's cab by remote. Either the boom is mounted on a separate trailer or on the bed of a large truck. Bigger booms require outriggers which horizontally extend from the truck so as to level out and stabilize the crane in its operation.
Controls
This model of boom truck has a cab-over-engine which has a control cluster that could move the boom from inside the cab. It is normally a panel in the boom itself on the side of the bed.