Bucket Trucks in Fargo Stay Busy
Sometimes we call them cherry pickers, because their original use was in orchards for people who pick fruit. They are the trucks with hydraulic lift extensions and a basket-type of container on the end of the extension. The basket or bucket is where a person stands to do work high above ground level. Whenever a person is in the bucket, the hydraulic lift extends the reach of the worker from ground level to above the ground. A bucket truck often eliminates the need for clumsy ladders to get a worker to a higher level. The bucket also holds a number of the tools that a worker formerly had to carry in his hands or on a special belt.
These cherry pickers are still used in orchards but are now being used for other purposes, as well. Telephone companies and other utility companies have learned that a bucket truck is very useful for getting linemen up to where some occasional repair work is needed. A heavy equipment truck can elevate a worker more quickly and more safely than having the worker climb a pole or a ladder.
In Fargo, North Dakota, these trucks have made the work of cable TV installers, ISP installers, electrical linemen and city street light maintenance workers much safer and more up-to-date. The heavy equipment truck can also be used in bad weather situations, such as ice storms or wind storms. The bucket can be raised to enable the removal of a sign which is blowing in strong winds or to chip ice which may be forming on electrical lines and threatening to break them during a blizzard.
Although it began being known as a cherry picker, the bucket truck has become an indispensable feature in many industrial American cities such as Fargo.
