Archie
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I have been wondering, why is a cherry picker called that? Why is an engine hoist called a cherry picker? I've picked many cherries over the years and never needed an engine hoist to do the job.
MC
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Pretty sure the original designs were used in orchards to lift boxes of fruits and then the hosts to lift engines looked similar and functioned similar so the name stuck. Not just engine hoists are called cherry pickers.
FarmHand
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Call me new school but I just call it a hoist.