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Richard Riley's Blog – June 2015 Archive (1)

Touching The Ground by Ricky Riley

When we talk about ladder towers, there is always the discussion of the ability of them to place their basket on the ground to do the patented sidewalk sweep. On most units especially rear mounted towers this can be a very long distance from the side of the rig. On some units they may have to extend out 60’ just to be able to touch the ground and…

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Added by Richard Riley on June 22, 2015 at 1:18pm — No Comments

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