Posted: 2/11/2017 11:36:50 PM EDT
Why are the buckets always extended up when these trucks are parked? Doesn't matter if it's a power company truck or a tree service like Asplundh they always extend the bucket up in the air when the trucks are parked overnight, even when they are in a fenced secure area. Just wondering why. 
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So the springs don't set when they are folded up. Also, helps the fluid drain out of the rams so they don't just sit there under pressure. What springs? If they're up they have more fluid in the cylinders. The cylinders all have holding valves so they're nearly impossible to get all of the pressure out of unless you pull the valves. Do you unload your mags after every range trip? |
I think 9 months clears me of dupage but I do appreciate the link. 
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So the springs don't set when they are folded up. Also, helps the fluid drain out of the rams so they don't just sit there under pressure.  apparently you have no idea how they work. there is no spring in the boom. Where I work we raise them up at night to keep our tools from getting stolen. I put my hand tools in the basket and raise it up. Its safer them storing them in the bins on the body.
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| Utility buckets are full of expensive tools in a tool apron on the inside of the bucket. We raise them in the air so your average tweeker can't steal them. There is no real good way to lock up the bucket itself. Also a huge pain in the ass to pull the apron and all the tools out. We don't do it when parked in our home yard, just in sketch unguarded lots. |
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Mostly for theft reasons.
And since this is a bucket truck thread how about some bucket truck mayhem. A couple of my guys found a short bridge over in th DFW area..... Apparently math was not the strong point. Which is less. The numbers on the dash or the numbers on the bridge. 
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So the springs don't set when they are folded up. Also, helps the fluid drain out of the rams so they don't just sit there under pressure. There are no springs in a bucket truck except on the truck No fluid drains anywhere unless a hose breaks You have pressure on both sides of a cylinder to hold it in place. I don't leave mine up. Probably leave tools in the bucket or just to keep the trucks from being stolen. |
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So the springs don't set when they are folded up. Also, helps the fluid drain out of the rams so they don't just sit there under pressure. I would have thought the opposite. Who knew? What kind of locking mechanism? (ETA Damn...he got me. I should continue reading before posting. Didn't make sense.) |
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When we go to a storm we raise them to keep people from stealing the tools out of the bucket. At our home service center they are parked with the bucket stowed. Our guys keep the bucket stowed when not in use, but once in a while, especially when deployed out of town for disaster recover they will put the bucket up when parked at the hotel to keep people out of the tools. |
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Mostly for theft reasons. And since this is a bucket truck thread how about some bucket truck mayhem. A couple of my guys found a short bridge over in th DFW area..... Apparently math was not the strong point. Which is less. The numbers on the dash or the numbers on the bridge.
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