A Snooper Truck By Any Other Name
Snooper trucks and boom lifts are not all created equal. Technically speaking, most boom lifts aren’t really Snooper trucks anyway. While the name has stuck over the decades to refer to most any under bridge inspection boom lift vehicle, it’s actually a registered...
Why The Need For Bridge Inspections
We use highway and railroad bridges extensively throughout the United States. In fact, at last count, there were more than 61,000 Class I railroad bridges in the United States, and at least 590,000 highway bridges. And almost all of them must be inspected...
Will Drones Replace Under Bridge Inspection Units?
Mandatory bridge inspections have been required on a federal level since 1970. That was when the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1970 was created. This landmark legislation was enacted on December 31, 1970, and for the first time in U.S. history, established uniform,...
Who Needs A Snooper Crane?
If you’re in the business of working on elevated structures you’ve probably used some type of aerial lift. And if you routinely do underbridge inspection and maintenance work, you’ve likely used a snooper crane to do it. The Venerable “Snooper” Crane What is often...
Under Bridge Inspection Truck Uses
Bridge inspections are regulated by both federal and state guidelines in the United States and the state’s regulations can vary significantly. Federal regulations for bridge inspections, on the other hand, are documented in the National Bridge Inventory Standards...
Bridge Inspection Platform Essentials
"A rose by any other name…” One of the interesting aspects of bridge inspection platform vehicles is that they go by a wide variety of names. For example, we’ve previously noted that the common term of “Snooper” truck is actually a trademarked brand name that has...
Snooper Truck Equipment Essentials
If you work with bridges, you’re probably quite familiar with the aerial boom lifts known as “snooper trucks.” What you may not know is that the term “snooper” is a brand name, not a generic reference to a certain type of vehicle. In 1964, the first SNOOPER®...
A Look At Bridge Boom Lifts For Underbridge Inspections
“There is nothing in machinery, there is nothing in embankments and railways and iron bridges and engineering devices to oblige them to be ugly. Ugliness is the measure of imperfection.” H. G. Wells While some of us may well agree that simply because bridges are...
Snooper Trucks And Bridge Inspections
With over 600,000 bridges in the United States, there are plenty of inspections to be performed. Especially in light of the fact that, according to a new report from the American Road and Transportation Builders Association, as of 2017 there were more than 47,000...
Bridge Inspection Equipment 101
If you’re already involved in the industry of bridge inspection, maintenance and repair you probably know the story: more than 47,000 bridges are in need of major repairs. And that’s less than eight percent of the 616,096 bridges in all the 50 states, Guam and Puerto...
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