Bucket Trucks, Digger Derricks, & More – I-80 Equipment

Bucket Truck Survival Guide

Information On The Bucket Truck Survival Guide – In 5 Steps

By: Corey Rozon

Bucket trucks come in various sizes, but their main goal is to make your job easier and safer by lifting you to those hard to reach places, usually much too high for traditional ladders. Although in most cases a Bucket truck is safer than a ladder there are still some risks involved if not operated properly and that was how the Bucket Truck Survival Guide was born. But maybe I should go back just a bit. Maybe you don’t even know what a bucket truck is. If you have ever seen the utility company, typically the telephone and electric company, working at the side of the road chances are they were using a bucket truck. Or you may have even seen someone using the same type of truck when removing a large tree from their property. Essentially a bucket truck, also know as a cherry picker, boom lift, man lift, basket crane or hydraladder is a type of aerial work platform that usually consists of a bucket at the end of a hydraulic lifting arm. Usually this piece of machinery is attached to a truck. Hence a Bucket Truck.

The following list of safety guidelines should be taken into consideration whenever operating a bucket truck.

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