Here's my 2 cents worth... we have a bucket truck, it's an old one, a '68 or '69 IHC - HiRanger with about a 65' lift on it. Bucket itself if fiberglass, and big enough for 2 men, but the rest of it is all steel. No electrical isolation here... We use it for parking lot lights and such. Used to try to do a few tree trimming jobs with it, untill my insureance man started raisin' cain. Said that tree trimming falls into a diffrent (more expenceive) insureance catagory. Guess he thinks it's less dangerous to have some guy swinging around IN THE TREE with a chain saw than in a bucket truck where you can be above the work and control every thing. Anyway, the point is, make sure you know exactly what you are and are not covered for by your insureance.
The age of our truck dictates that no one but us works on it. We were lucky enough to get the truck quite cheap, but have to do some geniral maint. on it. Nothing much, but it's a good old truck. I feel very safe with it. From time to time, I do wish it was a little smaller, it really is too big for some jobs. When folded, it's about 35' long, and on a chassis rated for 24,000 LBS! It actuly weghts 18,000. Here's a link to a picture of it, it's #11. (and my toy truck the DieselCrawler)
http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4288372133 Enjoy...
Greg
[This message has been edited by electricwonder (edited 05-08-2004).]
