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most tree trimming lifts (altech, etc) are designed for a maximum 350 lbs load in the bucket. I'm talking about a single-operator aerial lift with no jibs or other specialty attachments like you see on line construction trucks. That's a trimmer, and a saw. If you figure you're a 200 lb person, with 50 lbs of clothes and saw, that still gives you 100 lbs of limbs or wood you can pull into the bucket or hold with your hand and not stress anything. I have always felt that if you can hang onto the piece with one hand, no matter how big it is, you're going to stay inside the limitations of the device.
Rigging a large or heavy limb to the bucket, rigging wood off the bucket, putting a ladder in the bucket to extend ones' reach, tying a climb line to the bucket and jumping out.... these things seem so ridiculous, juvenile, and unprofessional, I cannot believe anyone would attempt to defend them here.
When you're an idiot who uses the aerial lift truck for things it was never designed for (battering ram, crane, highline tower, bungee platform, etc) you not only make stupid and life threatening decisions for yourself, but for everyone else (who has to operate that tool to make a living) who comes after you.
An operator that would rig a zipline from the bucket is an operator who would spray paint arcing caused by electrical contact to hide it. An operator who would jump out of the bucket and slide on a climbline is an operator who would top off the hydraulic system with conductive hydraulic fluid. An operator like this is not going to fly the boom before work. They are not going to check the lift weekly, daily, or follow the manufacturers instructions. This person is a bad employee, a bad co-worker, and a poor excuse for a craftsman.
the level of ignorance surrounding these trucks is staggering. next time you're around when the technician is performing an annual inspection, hang around and ask them some questions about the booms. I think you'll find it's well spent time.
Rigging a large or heavy limb to the bucket, rigging wood off the bucket, putting a ladder in the bucket to extend ones' reach, tying a climb line to the bucket and jumping out.... these things seem so ridiculous, juvenile, and unprofessional, I cannot believe anyone would attempt to defend them here.
When you're an idiot who uses the aerial lift truck for things it was never designed for (battering ram, crane, highline tower, bungee platform, etc) you not only make stupid and life threatening decisions for yourself, but for everyone else (who has to operate that tool to make a living) who comes after you.
An operator that would rig a zipline from the bucket is an operator who would spray paint arcing caused by electrical contact to hide it. An operator who would jump out of the bucket and slide on a climbline is an operator who would top off the hydraulic system with conductive hydraulic fluid. An operator like this is not going to fly the boom before work. They are not going to check the lift weekly, daily, or follow the manufacturers instructions. This person is a bad employee, a bad co-worker, and a poor excuse for a craftsman.
the level of ignorance surrounding these trucks is staggering. next time you're around when the technician is performing an annual inspection, hang around and ask them some questions about the booms. I think you'll find it's well spent time.
