Abstract: The hand truck/forklift as disclosed in this application is new and useful as an improvement in manually operated lifting trolleys in that it is versatile, fast, safe, practical and user friendly for transporting and lifting loads commonly carried on a hand truck, and with the preferred optional use of an electric hoist and cable actuating assembly lift apparatus overcomes some limitations of use in enclosed environments and (or) raised structurally spanned floors without special provisions for excessive air changes or special structural reinforcements in floor construction as would be required for most power operated lifting trolleys currently available for lifting weights comparable to the lifters body weight or heavier.

Abstract: The hand truck/forklift as disclosed in this application is new and useful as an improvement of the conventional hand truck in that it enables lifting of loads up to four feet high as-well-as transporting loads commonly carried on a conventional hand truck. This lever operated lift is also an improvement in that it enables lifting of heavy loads by a person without the use of more expensive power operated lifts where space and environmental concerns make them impractical to operate. This lever operated lift enables the operator to lift heavy loads safely equaling the lifters body weight plus his lift strength while keeping his back in an up-right posture. The lever lift assembly is also new and useful in that it allows the operator to lift a load and allows that load to be held at a selected height by use of a sleeved punched post frame assembly with spring loaded set pins which are manually retracted by use of hand operated cable from the lever side of the lift.