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  2. Tail lift - Wikipedia

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    A hydraulic cantilever tail lift on the back of a truck Four stages of deployment on an ambulance tail lift Control for a tail lift. A tail lift (term used in the UK, also called a "liftgate" in North America) is a mechanical device permanently installed on the rear of a work truck, van, or lorry, and is designed to facilitate the handling of goods from ground level or a loading dock to the ...

  3. Vehicle recovery - Wikipedia

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    Vehicle recovery is the recovery of any vehicle to another place, generally speaking with a commercial vehicle known as a recovery vehicle, tow truck or spectacle lift. Recovery can take the form of general recovery, normally of broken down vehicles, or a statutory recovery at the request of the police using police powers, conferred in the ...

  4. Manual handling of loads - Wikipedia

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    Lifting or lowering for over 8 hours; Lifting or lowering while in the seated or kneeling position; Lifting or lowering in restricted areas (where full range of motion cannot be achieved; Lifting or lowering unstable objects; Lifting or lowering while carrying, pushing, or pulling. Lifting or lowering using devices such as wheelbarrows or ...

  5. Chevrolet van - Wikipedia

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    The Chevrolet Van or Chevy Van (also known as the Chevrolet/GMC G-series vans and GMC Vandura) is a range of vans that was manufactured by General Motors from the 1964 to 1996 model years. Introduced as the successor for the rear-engine Corvair Corvan/Greenbrier , the model line also replaced the panel van configuration of the Chevrolet Suburban .

  6. Dodge Ram Van - Wikipedia

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    Ram Van (1998–2003) engine bay, showing hood access to engine accessories . Built on the B platform (later AB), the Dodge full-size vans entered production for the 1971 model year. Using a one-welded-piece "Uniframe" design, the platform was lighter and stronger, giving a lower cargo floor than previous American designs.

  7. Bedford Vehicles - Wikipedia

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    The Bedford TK range was produced in large numbers since 1959, and served as the basis for a variety of derivatives including fire engines, military vehicles, horse-boxes, tippers, flat-bed trucks, and other specialist utility vehicles. A Post Office Telephones version used for installing telegraph poles was known as the Pole Erection Unit.

  8. Rollover protection structure - Wikipedia

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    Some tractor operators have raised concerns about using ROPS in low-clearance environments, such as in orchards and buildings. In response, NIOSH developed an Automatically Deploying Rollover Protective Structure (AutoROPS) which stays in a lowered position until a rollover condition is determined, at which time it deploys to a fully extended and locked position.

  9. Box truck - Wikipedia

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    Isuzu Elf box truck. A box truck—also known as a box van, cube van, bob truck [1] or cube truck—is a chassis cab truck with an enclosed cuboid-shaped cargo area. [2] On most box trucks, the cabin is separate to the cargo area; however some box trucks have a door between the cabin and the cargo area, box trucks tend to be larger than cargo vans and smaller than tractor-trailers with movable ...