subject: Uses for a Bucket Truck Material Handler [print this page] Uses for a Bucket Truck Material Handler Uses for a Bucket Truck Material Handler
A material handler is a part of the bucket truck that was designed to lift objects of significant weight toheights that are too dangerous for ladders.Types ofjobs that need bucket trucks with material handlers are; electric line-men, cable line-men, sign and light installation and repair, painters,arborists, and much more.
First, lets look at whatthe uses of a material handler are. Many line-men will need to takeheavy transformers or breakers to the lines they are repairing or setting up.Material handlers on bucket trucks make it much easier to lift the heavy equipment (inluding tools) to the jobsite. Sign and light repairmen will need tolift heavy signs or breakable bulbs to heightssafely, thus the need fora material handler.Arborist typically need a material handler to carry equipment like chainsaws to a job site. Since aroboristsjob sites varya lot, they may need to use the material handler for limbs, leaves, or as acrutch for limbs they are cutting.
When you look at all of the different uses, you recognize that not all of the jobs use the same amount of weight. Because of the variation in weights, bucket truck manufacturers produce different matrialhandlers withvarying weight ratings. On average,material handlers have a 1,500pound weight rating. Usually this is more thanenough of a weight limit for the jobs mentioned earlier.
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