According to Global Market Insights, Inc., the bucket truck industry is projected to grow in the next couple of years, both in the United States and internationally. There are many factors that are spurring demand for bucket trucks - global growth as well as government and corporate responsiveness to cleanup efforts after major storms. A number of key sectors are benefiting -- utilities, telecommunications, tree-trimmers, and construction to name a few. Insulated trucks are gaining importance because they offer safety from electrocution when working near electrical power lines. Units … [Read more...]
Accessorizing Your Bucket Truck – Part II Brace Yourself!
We wrote recently about ways to accessorize your bucket truck – bucket covers and tool trays to name a couple (see blog titled Accessorizing Your Bucket Truck - Part II). You also might want to see about a thigh brace that provides leg support. Working in your bucket can be tough on your back. The thigh brace helps to relieve back strain by giving you something to lean against. In other words, the thigh brace is a cost-effective alternative that provides the same benefit as the more expense toe-space design some buckets have. Either option achieves the same end-result which is to … [Read more...]
Versalift
Versalift Bucket & Utility Trucks Since 1965, Versalift has manufactured vehicles in a wide range of shapes and sizes; from small maneuverable trucks designed specifically for congested areas to aerials lifts that reach well over 210 feet. Versalift buildes a variety utility vehicles including: bucket trucks digger derricks cable placers high-reach aerial lifts. Versalift also offers both articulated ovrecenter and articulated non-overcenter lifts. These vehicles are used in a wide variety of industries including power generation, transmission and distribution, … [Read more...]
2 Safe Electrical Insulating Bucket Liner
Our 2 Safe electrical insulating bucket liner inserts feature two distinct color layers which are molecularly bonded during the molding process. In effect, our electrical insulating bucket inserts are a single layer with two color strata that cannot separate. The whole point of Bucket Liners is safety. Utility men go up in buckets made of fiberglass. These aren’t resistant at all to the electricity a utility man works around day by day. For this reason bucket liners exist to act as insulation from electrical hazards. Introducing the 2 safe electrical insulating bucket liner, which takes it … [Read more...]
History of Hi-Ranger Bucket Trucks
Do you know why Hi-Ranger bucket trucks have such an excellent and long-lived reputation in the utility equipment industry? The history of Hi-Ranger, AKA "the Cadillac of bucket trucks" demonstrates their knack for innovation right from the start. Hi-Ranger invented the bucket truck joystick (or pistol grip) just a couple decades before kids began moving Mario and Luigi from room to room with their Play Station joysticks. In the mid 1950's Lester Myers, working at the Mobile Aerial Towers plant in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, invented and then patented the upper control pistol grip assembly for the … [Read more...]