Aerial Platform Lift Trucks For Sale

About Aerial Platform Lift Trucks

An aerial platform lift truck, or bucket truck, raises workers up to where the job is: power or telecommunications lines, treetops, signage, traffic lights, bridges and tunnels, and even fires and rescue situations. They’re generally made to lift one or two workers and, in some cases, building materials. Let’s take a look at some of the common features of this type of machine.

Aerial Platform Lift Trucks Features

One key attribute is an aerial lift’s platform height, or how high it can hold the bottom of the bucket off the ground. Some manufacturers add some of the height of a typical worker to arrive at a working height figure.

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Elliott H70F HiReach

Reach describes how far the truck the lift can extend its bucket vertically, horizontally, or to the side. Extendable outriggers stabilize the truck and can add to its reach. The lower boom articulation, or how much it can bend, is expressed in degrees, as is how much the platform can rotate. Some platforms can rotate continuously; others have limits.

Manufacturers also rate the weight capacity of a platform, both for workers and for material handling, if applicable. Some models are available with optional jibs or winches, and can pull double duty as light cranes on the job site.

One main type of aerial lift is called an overcenter model, meaning that its upper boom can bend beyond the straight (180 degrees) position for more maneuverability. Overcenter lifts’ upper and lower booms generally (but not in all cases) lie side by side when folded. The more common non-overcenter lifts typically stow their upper and lower booms on top of each other when not in use.

Some lifts are the insulated type with a non-conductive fiberglass coating on their boom surfaces to make them safer to use under power lines. Some can telescope their booms out for longer reach, and some are articulating, meaning they have additional bending joints, or knuckles.

Find The Right Aerial Platform Lift Trucks

Some special features you might find in new and used aerial lifts are remote controls, hydraulic overload protection, automatic boom stowage, and boom cable carriers for electric, pneumatic, or hydraulic lines; oxy-acetylene welding hoses; and even pressure washer or firefighting hoses.

This website is your leading source for new and used aerial platform lift trucks. Manufacturers commonly represented on the site include Altec, Elliott, Manitex, Multitel, Oil & Steel, Socage, and Versalift.