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“ Now that truck production is reaching normal levels and has increased,” said Schalk,“ we can start producing more boom truck cranes for customers in crane service, HVAC, construction, roofing, sign and arborist operations.”
“ We’ re hoping to see an increase in demand for boom trucks [ in ] 2025,” said Henderly,“ mainly in the precast concrete and electric utility industries for the ability to deliver products right where they’ re needed on the jobsite.”
“ Boom trucks are incredibly diverse products that lend themselves well in a variety of applications, so we continue to see strong demand going into 2025,” said Ritter.“ Aside from typical chassis mounted applications, we also know of many products that are mounted on dock pedestals, barges and tracked vehicles. However, the effects of higher interest rates on purchasing activity bears watching.”
The overall outlook for the market across the main industries that utilize boom trucks is positive, McGiboney noted.“ Electrical infrastructure market signals point to a dramatic increase in development of the electrical grid in 2025 and beyond, specifically within the transmission space,” he said.
“ Phase handling as a transmission work practice is also continuing to gain
Smiley Lifting Solutions cranes on boom trucks are equipped with full LMI systems that enable an operator to see and program parameters for safe operation on a jobsite.
momentum and transmission structures are getting bigger and heavier due to grid resiliency efforts so all OEMs are producing their largest boom trucks to date,” McGiboney added.“ Following a trend as well, utilities and contractors are doing more traditional crane work with boom trucks in lieu of renting truck or crawler cranes.”
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