cherry-picker

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A bucket truck, also known as a cherry picker, is a vehicle equipped with a hydraulic lift system and an extendable arm that ends in a bucket where a person can stand.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2025

Essex Police used a "very tall cherry picker crane" to bring the pair down by about 17:30 the following day.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2023

A temporary causeway opened less than two weeks after the storm, allowing a convoy of electrical companies’ cherry picker trucks to reach the island.

From New York Times • Feb. 13, 2023

With the aid of a cherry picker and several spotlights, workers disassembled the box around 9:30 p.m. to the jubilation of passing motorists on Broad Street who honked car horns and whistled.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 12, 2022

“I’ll give you a cherry picker if you need one.”

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George