You
must have already seen a man lifted in a high bucket working on
telephone posts. The bucket rests on the end of a long, “robotic”
arm, which is then connected to a truck. The arm is controlled by an
operator at its base, who move different sets of joysticks to guide
the arm.
That
truck is called an aerial lift truck, also known as a “bucket”
truck (because of the characteristic bucket). Bucket trucks are
vehicles designed to lift workers up, to reach previously
hard-to-reach places. And while jobs requiring this function vary, so
do the trucks.
