Elliott Equipment Company offers five boom truck models in
10- to 18-ton, 26- to 36-ton and 40- to 50-ton capacities.
Commonly used by utilities for setting poles and maintaining power lines, by telecom operations for installing cell towers and maintaining communications infrastructure, on construction sites for lifting materials and equipment, for railroad maintenance and during storm cleanup to clear debris and help restore power, boom trucks are the right fit for many applications.
Omaha, Nebraska-based Elliott Equipment Company has supplied truck-mounted aerial work platforms since 1948. Recently, Jim Glazer, president & CEO of Elliot Equipment Company discussed boom truck technology and the state of the market:
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How do fleets operating boom trucks benefit from relationships between equipment and chassis manufacturers?
Strong partnerships between us and chassis manufacturers make a big difference for fleets. It means we can deliver equipment that is optimized for a given chassis and it also ensures that we communicate about evolving programming changes by the chassis OEMs.
These relationships also give us the flexibility to customize setups, so customers get exactly what they need. And if something does go wrong, having that connection means faster support and ser-