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cherry picker [′cher·ē ‚pik·ər] (aerospace engineering) A crane used to remove the aerospace capsule containing astronauts from the top of the rocket in the event of a malfunction. (mechanical engineering) Any of several small traveling cranes, especially one used to hoist a passenger on the end of a boom. (mining engineering) A small hoist used to facilitate car changing near the loader in a mine tunnel. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Instead, a convoy of squadron vehicles, driven by civilians who will be replacing the airmen, rumbled past the ceremony: a backhoe, a 20-ton dump truck, a 55-foot bucket truck, a boom crane, a light maintenance truck and a pickup truck towing a high-pressure sewer cleaner. It's sure to be a "good thing": AMERICAN FORESTS' Historic Tree Nursery guru Jeff Meyer climbed into a bucket truck with Martha Stewart at Mt. Lamp replacement will be the biggest maintenance cost and, for the most part, will require the use of a bucket truck. |
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