Abstract: A lift truck comprising an open-frame carriage having at least two longitudinal frame girders, two lifting arms, each of which is pivotally mounted relative to its respective longitudinal frame girder for pivotal movement relative to its respective frame girder; and a lifting yoke turnably mounted between the two lifting arms and being further tiltable relative to the lifting arms, the lifting yoke being turnable, relative to the lifting arms through an angle of at least 90.degree., and preferably about 110.degree..

Abstract: A pallet truck is provided with a tiller and a lift device including a lift jack. This is pumped by means of the tiller. In the upper part of this tiller is pivotally mounted a control lever for controlling the lift device for its functioning in different ways. For this purpose the lever is adjustable into three different positions, two outer ones and a middle one, and is by means of a link rod connected to the lift device. The link rod is spring loaded in such a way that it tends to move the lever from one outer position to the other outer position. One outer position is a pumping position for raising the jack. The other outer position is a release position for lowering the jack; while the middle position is a neutral position.