What Hugh said.

Wear a harness.
Up here I think you have to take some kind of training on how to use it. My company has sent me twice in the past 8 years.
If you can get one they're easy to use once you get the hang of it. Just watch for high voltage wires.
Like you said it's much easier, quicker, and safer than ladders.

It's been pretty well covered here but they're awesome until they tip over. And they can and will, if not anchored properly or moved while boom is up with a person in it.

Also, people who are not experienced sometimes get so excited about the speed at which they are working with one that they swing it right into a power line. That puts on quite a show for the neighbors.

Other than that, they are an awesome tool.

It's been pretty well covered here but they're awesome until they tip over. And they can and will, if not anchored properly or moved while boom is up with a person in it.

Also, people who are not experienced sometimes get so excited about the speed at which they are working with one that they swing it right into a power line. That puts on quite a show for the neighbors.

Other than that, they are an awesome tool.

They grow cherries in Ohio?

Out here in Washington, we rent apple or strawberry pickers to paint our houses. They usually bring their own ladders and stuff.

Lol...

That is pretty funny...

Higgins, you slay me:D

In NY we call what you are looking for a Man-lift the other type mentioned we call a Scissor- Lift... and of course bucket trucks are in the mix...

One is a boom type lift (Man-lift), the other is a pantograph type lift...

The Man-lift is extremely maneuverable., works on uneven terrain... ( to a point) The Scissor-lift type, not so much..( this is what you drive around in a warehouse or building doing wiring etc...)

Newer model Man-lifts have safety interlocks such that if you exceed reach and the chassis is not level... all up and extend commands are locked out, all you can do is retract and lower the boom.. and get the chassis on more level ground...

I spend a lot of my life in these things inspecting and working on bridges around NYC (when I am not shilling for Rudtner)... When we run out of reach on the boom.... we retract from the structure a bit... and move the chassis...

etc...

Not mentioned by anyone yet...

Does your property have cesspools, or a hook up to the municipal waste treatment system? are there old abandoned drywells/cesspools on the property?

If there are you might want to rethink your plan