About Hooklift Trucks
Hooklift trucks are some of the most versatile trucks on the market today. As the name suggests, these trucks come with a hydraulic hooklift hoist and are designed to hook, lift, and load a variety of body types and containers. Just a few potential hooklift options include containers for construction or residential waste, chipper bodies, dump bodies, heavy-duty scrap roll-offs, landscape dump bodies, plastic polymer boxes for hazardous waste, recycling containers, roll-off tubs, storage units, and tanker bodies. The hoist and hook system let operations quickly exchange bodies as needed, or mount or demount containers for pickup and drop off. The flexibility also allows one truck to perform multiple roles, and unlike a cable-loader system, drivers of hooklift trucks can often load and unload without leaving the cab.
Hino 500 FE1426 Hooklift Truck
Tailored Lift Range
Capacities for hooklift trucks range from around 3,400 kilograms (7,500 pounds) on the low end to more than 27,000 kg (60,000 lbs). The wide capacity ranges reflect the variety of industries hooklift trucks operate in. Hooklift trucks designed to fit construction applications like aggregate transport, demolition, disposal, and material delivery often have hooklift systems in the upper-tier capacity. Landscapers and municipalities, on the other hand, might see better day-to-day efficiency and upfront savings from a hooklift truck with moderate power and reach. To match the hooklift truck capacity, manufacturers typically offer truck bodies and containers ideally suited for the hooklift truck in question.
Features To Consider
The frequency at which an operation switches out truck bodies or containers may impact what features you’ll need in a hooklift. For example, aggregate transport and recycling operations that often drop a demountable body or roll-off container on a jobsite could prefer hooklift trucks with easy-to-operate, in-cab controls and hydraulic systems that quickly raise and lower containers to improve productivity. In construction and disposal applications where safety is paramount, advanced features like self-diagnostic tools that alert drivers to potential issues or automatic stabilizers and latching systems could be vital additions. Hooklifts truck might also come with accessories and attachments to optimise functionality across industries like waste collection, recycling, scrap, demolition, forestry, landscaping, and others.
Find Your Next Hooklift Truck
You’ll find an ever-changing selection of hooklift trucks for sale on MarketBook.co.nz from such manufacturers as Fuso, Hino, Isuzu, Iveco, and Volvo, among others.
