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by **Crunge98** on Sun Oct 13, 2013 9:58 pm

Nice find on the pic Joe :thumbsup:

by **2070** on Mon Oct 14, 2013 6:36 am

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

by **3Mfanatic** on Fri Oct 18, 2013 1:34 am

Very cool! :good:

by **Crunge98** on Fri Oct 18, 2013 6:31 am

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

What Design?

by **2070** on Fri Oct 18, 2013 6:33 pm

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.....
:crazy:

by **vaughnsimon** on Sat Oct 19, 2013 9:31 am

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.

by **TacomaJoe** on Sun Nov 17, 2013 9:13 pm

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.

by **vaughnsimon** on Mon Nov 18, 2013 7:44 am

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

by **eagleyes** on Mon Nov 18, 2013 6:34 pm

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.

:thumbsup:

by **vaughnsimon** on Mon Nov 18, 2013 7:05 pm

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.

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