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Nice find on the pic Joe

So, Now I know where a certain design was from on large tower trucks!

Very cool!

2070 wrote:So, Now I know where a certain design was from on large tower trucks!

What Design?

Crunge98 wrote:

2070 wrote:So, Now I know where a certain design was from on large tower trucks!

What Design?

The deck rails fold down, so you can drive the truck without hitting anything.

And the deck also spins right and left.....

2070 wrote:The deck rails fold down, so you can drive the truck without hitting anything.

Ours (Lift-A-Loft IMPAC) lowered far enough onto the truck bed that there was no need for that.

2070 wrote:And the deck also spins right and left.....

We never had that! Ours traversed right and left, but no rotate.

It's hard to say if a platform truck is better than a given bucket truck, because they both have their own advantages and disadvantages. The bucket is far more mobile and maneuverable and has more reach, but the platform can take lots of material up in the air, so you're not constantly going up and down to get stuff. Also, on the platform we sometimes could work two men at once for construction.

Found this newspaper photo. This is the ped signal seen in the photo of the original post. Dated May 12, 1995.
The casting of the base had cracked most of the way around in the past based on the rust, being held by about 2". A lot of history at this intersection.

Not good! Rust damage is difficult to detect and evaluate when you can't see it.

I've seen tower trucks in use by Wayne County in my Michigan locality, but Oakland County, (1 county north) uses bucket and crane. I guess Oakland doesn't trust traffic. Nice picture.

eagleyes wrote: I guess Oakland doesn't trust traffic.

You think a bucket truck is safe from traffic? I would say that a bucket truck and a platform truck are about equally exposed to hazards caused by road traffic.