# Do cranes and bucket trucks have to be parked with their booms raised?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-cranes-and-bucket-trucks-have-to-be-parked-with-their-booms-raised/1032318>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 12, 2026, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-cranes-and-bucket-trucks-have-to-be-parked-with-their-booms-raised/1032318 "2026-08-12T22:12:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2026, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-cranes-and-bucket-trucks-have-to-be-parked-with-their-booms-raised/1032318/21 "2026-09-02T18:51:54Z")

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> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#):
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> There is a key in the bucket that turns the truck engine on and off. The boom won’t move unless the truck engine is on (at least that’s the way it worked 35 years ago).

I saw this today; the cable company was at my parents house and the guy turned on the ignition before raising the bucket lift.

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