Abstract: A lifting stand of a motor-driven truck. The lifting stand being telescopically extensible and comprising an outer frame attached to the truck and an inner frame displaceable between a lower retracted position and an upper projecting position. The inner frame supports a lifting carriage provided with a fork and displaceably mounted to the inner frame for movement along this. The lifting carriage is arranged to be moved along the inner frame by way of specially arranged hydraulic cylinders while the inner frame remains immobile in relation to the outer frame and good visibility is maintained through the lifting stand.