What's a "high lift?"

[Rustyiron]

I believe that the term is for a "wheel loader" that is configured with a "high lift" boom that is different from the std. boom that may be, in capacity, breakout force, durability etc. the best for all around use. You can visually tell the difference in the loader arms and how far ahead of the machine they are vs. the std arms.

 

[JJZ 109]

When I was in construction in the 80's, we had a couple of old Lull all terrain forklifts that we'd use to set cubes of block up on 3 or 4 jumps of scaffolding. Kind of similar to today's telehandlers. We called those high lifts.

 

[eddiebroadway]

I work for a Municipality and the wing plow toe and heel posts on our plow trucks can be ordered either standard or "High Lift" The High Lift posts allow us to "Shelf" the snow banks after the storm to allow for the next round of snow to be pushed up on top.

 

[AaronS]

A high lift around here refers to a tracked loader with a bucket rather than a blade,which makes it a bull dozer. Think a Cat 933 is an example.it is just looked up.

That's what we use the term for here also.

 

[Dr_Zinj]

It's a bra the brings her .... oh never mind.

 

[milligjg]

A dozer with a bucket that lifts "high" :laughing: Cat 953, 963, etc

 

[bigtiller]

A dozer with a bucket rather than a blade is a "tracked loader" to me.

A "high lift" could be anything that lifts something/someone high.

 

[vtsnowedin]

The most likely thing is the reporter just misunderstood and got it all mixed up.
There are "hi lift plows" The ones you see on state plow trucks that are about two feet high on the centerline side of the plow and four and a half feet high on the snowbank discharge side. There made that way to get the snow up and over guardrail which is about three feet high.
Another possibility is a snow blower built to lift snow high enough to discharge down into full sized dump truck bodies which are about twelve feet high so the top of the discharge chute would have to be about fifteen feet high.
https://www.wausau-everest.com/models/wave-one-way

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Zt-8bKrCCzM

 

[bcp]

Here it is again:

From:
Erie County DPW Gears Up For Winter Weather, Plowing

The four new all-wheel drive trucks will be added to two already in Erie County’s snow removal fleet. These trucks are essential for operations in the hill country and in southern Erie County where snows are typically heavier. In addition, these trucks can be used throughout the year, rather than the “winter-only” all-wheel drive vehicles purchased in years past. A new high lift was also purchased along with the five new trucks, bringing the total investment in snow-removal equipment to nearly $1.4 million.

 

[vtsnowedin]

Well they seem to think everybody should know what it is and from the first articles quoted it sounds like they have just renamed articulating wheel loaders as high lifts. Sounds kind of childish to me but local customs often trump standard English.