Utility workers use aerial bucket lifts to install and maintain transmission lines and equipment for lighting, traffic control, telephone, and cable services. These lifts are extended and positioned by hydraulic cylinders that are powered by pumps driven by the vehicle’s engine through a power takeoff or clutch pump system. Although bucket lifts that use this conventional approach...
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