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Bucket Truck Body Repair in Yorba Linda
Bucket and boom trucks put cantilevered load into a small number of mounting points, which makes structural mounting fatigue the defining repair category. Outrigger pads and boom rest mounting are the other recurring items.
A boom extended sideways with a person in the bucket puts an enormous moment into the truck, and all of it goes through the turret mounting into the frame.
That is a demanding structural application and the mounting is where these vehicles need attention.
What fails on a boom or bucket truck?
Turret and boom mounting into the frame, from cantilevered bending load. Outrigger pads and their mounting, which take the vehicle weight plus the boom moment when deployed. And boom rest mounting, which takes shock loading every time the boom is stowed.
Frame cracking under the turret mounting is the finding that matters most, because that is the load path for everything the boom does.
- Turret and boom mounting into the frame
- Outrigger pad and mounting structure
- Boom rest mounting shock loading
- Frame cracking under the turret
- Body and compartment work on the utility body
- Corrosion at mounting penetrations
What is outside your scope here?
The aerial device itself. Boom, turret mechanism, hydraulics, controls and any aerial device inspection or certification are specialist work and not something we take on.
What we do is the structure it mounts to, the body, the compartments and the frame. On commercial and fleet vehicles we perform body, paint, structural and equipment installation only. We do not perform engine work, drivetrain work or DOT inspections.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you repair the boom or aerial device?
No. Boom, turret mechanism, hydraulics, controls and aerial device certification are specialist work. We repair the structure it mounts to, the body and the frame.
Can you repair frame cracking under the turret?
Yes, and it is the finding that matters most on these vehicles. Frame repair runs $750 to $20,000 and up at 5 to 80 labor hours with reinforcement sized for the actual moment.
Do you repair outrigger pad mounting?
Yes. Outrigger mounting takes vehicle weight plus boom moment and it fatigues. Repair means section replacement with reinforcement rather than plating.
Do you install utility bodies on boom trucks?
Yes. Service and utility body installation runs $2,500 to $15,000, mounted with the boom loading accounted for rather than to a generic specification.
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Bring the vehicle to our Yorba Linda facility and we will document the damage properly, work directly with your carrier, and give you a written figure built from published rates and real labor hours.
All work is performed at our Yorba Linda facility. We do not offer mobile, roadside or fleet route service.