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I just did one that required a no walk. But it was a slate roof club house. We do alot of lift work. First on the boom lifts always get the off road tires, you will not break sprikler heads on a 45ft boom.

 2nd always get a jib on the lift that extra 5ft is huge when you are boom out all the way and have to come down closer to the building, there is very little bounce using the jib.

 The z lifts are great if you can get close to a building, we did one building spraying both sides.

 Always have a ground man, OSHA requires it and harness. Lift companies will move the price around, but I almost always say with one do to there lift work great. It tuff when the lift is down and you have men waiting for a mech to come. When you get into 85boom lifts they will crack sidewalks, write into the bid. But just dont drive it on the curb build a ramp and stay away from the seams on the sidewalks.

Wet down the tires if you have to turn it on the sidewalk, it will not mark it up, Have it move when you turn it or you will dig into what ever you are on. Aways have everyone watch when you are moving, and not eveyone watching just the front.

-- Edited by scottwash on Thursday 24th of March 2011 09:27:24 PM