What is a cherry-picker?

Question

How did it get that name

Answer 1

Cherry pickers were originally designed for use in orchards (though not just cherry orchards). It lets the picker pick fruit high in a tree with relative ease. Similar devices, also known as 'cherry pickers' are also used to service telephone, cable television and electrical equipment on utility poles. Some fire trucks have a cherry picker (known as a snorkel) instead of a ladder and some window cleaners may also use them. Cherry pickers are also used in mining, construction, and sometimes by arborists to work safely in otherwise unclimbable trees.