Guy,
In some circles the "cherry picker" is called a "Bucket truck". (The
name comes from the "bucket" that a worker would stand in to be
elevated to his working level).
My brother operates a tree trimming service and he has a unit that will
reach 60+ feet high. Although, I have not used his "Bucket Truck" to
pull any engines, I have used it to stand an occasional Midget on it's
rear bumper to clean and paint the undercarriage. We also own a farm,
and the loader comes in really handy for pulling engines ;)
Kevin V.
On Apr 3, 2004, at 11:15 AM, Guy Weller wrote:
> Well, you know how these threads go -
> One person talks about using a cherry picker to remove an engine. I
> am in
> the UK and have run contracts where we used large access-type cherry
> pickers. So I visualised someone who used one of these. Unusual, but
> I
> guess it would do the job. Must be someone in the construction or
> street
> lighting business.
>
> Then three or four more appear to have access to these machines as
> well.
> This is beginning to be a bit beyond belief. Its not as if they are
> the
> sort of hobby machine that has a lot of uses round the house. Hmm,
> OTOH, I
> guess you could clean the windows, paint the gutters, maybe fix the
> roof,
> hang out the washing or adjust the TV aerial. Perhaps there is a
> booming
> market for these machines in the States.
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