Lift Reach

Tony Shelton

BS Detector, Esquire
When I tell people we have a 61ft reach lift they want to argue with me as to whether it will reach to the top of a 5 story building. We are parked within 10 ft of this building and barely reach it at full extension. The building to the left is 4 stories, but the safety wall is about 6 more ft and we miss it by about 4 ft. I don't know about you, but at those heights I don't feel comfortable jumping four more feet.

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I see you've got your flatbed on there. Looks scary up that high.
 
I see you've got your flatbed on there. Looks scary up that high.


I put on the flatbed this weekend. It's scary only if you are afraid of death! :dance:. ( It does shake a lot fully extended though!)
 
Definitely a situation were I would send someone else up while I washed below. Tended the equipment or just plan changed my pants.
 
Nothin wrong with being high four stories :rotflmao1:
 
I would be curious what how the length of the lift is measured. It does not make sense that a 61' lift can not reach 50 feet, parapet walls or not.
I think that you got screwed...
 
That is the working height of the bucket.

The bucket is on the arm that is on the machine so you will always be about 2' to 4' away from something even if you parked up against the wall of the building so you are losing that little bit of distance right away.

Now he is parked about 10' away from the building so it is really about 12' to 14' of height lost as you are reaching over at an angle.

Some lifts like that will only go over to the side from 20' to 35' where going straight up is full length.

My big bucket truck will go up 60' high (bottom of the bucket) but will only go out about 50' to the side because of the height of the platform on the truck (about 5' high) and then going over to the side from the middle of the truck (losing about 2' to 4' there).

My bucket truck weighs 26,820 pounds so there is lots of counter-weight so the arm can go out to the sides, front or back of the truck and not tip over, that is why a lot of manlifts cannot go out to the sides too far, you need lots of counter-weight to keep them from tilting over.

If Tony's manlift was up against the side of the building (usually not possible with landscaping, trees, vehicles, etc... there so you cannot get up close a lot of times) then he could get up close and reach the 5th floor but then you need some articulating (more distance) to move the bucket over the side of the parapet and put the bucket on the roof or a ladder off the bucket so you can climb back in.

Hope this makes sense.
 
cut and paste man, copy and paste. :rotflmao1::rotflmao1::rotflmao1:

I think this is strange...? it appears to me someone has pulled my post.

Did I piss on someone's thrown? who knows.. but if I had I'm sorry.:kiss3:

please reply and let me know why.


I need a good laugh:slap:
 
It was just for you Lou. Crazy pagans.

Pagan?

You sir have succeeded in referring to me in a manner no one ever has before!:woot::woot:

I wear it for a while and get to ya!:dirol:
 
I would be curious what how the length of the lift is measured. It does not make sense that a 61' lift can not reach 50 feet, parapet walls or not.
I think that you got screwed...


Christopher's post explains it perfectly. If the lift was RIGHT up next to the building 61 ft would be at eye level with me standing in the basket.

For every foot you pads are away from the building your reach goes down. Not much in the first 10 feet but A LOT after 20 feet. You'd be surprised how difficult it is to get within 20 feet of most buildings.

Here is the range of motion chart:

http://www.biljaxforums.com/literature/summit_spec_pages.pdf
 
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