Choosing a Lift & Pre-Purchase Inspection

muscle memory muscle memory now I know some of you guys may be in the market to buy ellipse I'm going to ask Harry what would a guy look for if he was going to be in the market to buy a lift what should he what features the first thing is how much height do you need okay or how much reach do you need because heightened the height of the lift you buy also dictates the amount of lateral reach it has so if you're working on say our pole building here you know it's not very high but I'm only going to be able to reach over this Bay and maybe over that window where if I went with a 60 foot at the same level I'm going to reach almost twice as far without having to reset up so there's two things you need to look for is height and reach if you're doing a lot more stuff where you need reach you want to buy a bigger taller lift because that's going to give you more reach which means less repositioning okay if you're looking for compact like the 42 this is probably the most compact one they have so if you need to get in and out of buildings through smaller areas and doorways and don't necessarily need the height this one's going to be about as compact I see you've got expanding tracks so this is again this is a gate machine these only in and out you'll get okay get through those 30 36 inch Gates and is there any structural components we should be focusing on you know that we need to know the good the bad or the in between biggest thing is you know especially if you're buying new most of them the booms are all have to be certified anyway no matter what the brand is but if you're looking at used stuff definitely you're going to want to take a look at at your welds your pressure points you know for any cracking on on welds if you're looking at used stuff my recommendation on anything used is stuff you should buy it from dealer that [Music] shouldn't inspection on it and you know it's safe most of the places where you get your bucket trucks cranes boom trucks they have certified inspectors for aerial equipment that could at least look at the aerial sections for you to make sure you don't have any structural issues with the boom assemblies okay because that kind of stuff can be incredibly expensive you might think you're getting a good deal on a lift so you you found an 83 foot lift for 75 000 bucks do their 160. oh I get this great deal on this you get it all of a sudden the the repair bill when you take it in to have one thing fixed because Brandon catches you got a…