---
publication_id: "OT-2026-000001894"
title: "Truck mounted forklift"
published_at: "2026-09-15T19:09:21.387151Z"
canonical_url: "https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000001894"
categories:
  - "lifting-positioning-manipulation/lift-tables-and-positioners"
keywords:
  - "b66f9/07563"
  - "b66f9/07563"
  - "b66f9/07563"
  - "b66f9/07563"
  - "b62d11/02"
  - "b66f9/075"
---

# Truck mounted forklift

## Abstract

This invention relates to a truck mounted forklift comprising a U-shaped chassis having a pair of side bars bridged by a rear crossbar. There is provided a driver's station, a motive power unit and a lifting mechanism on the chassis. There is further provided a skid steer drive mechanism comprising two driven front wheels and a dolly rear wheel. The dolly rear wheel is rotatably mounted about a vertical axis offset from a central axis of the dolly rear wheel, and there is a releasable locking mechanism to secure the dolly rear wheel in a fixed orientation about the vertical axis. The releasable locking mechanism comprises a hydraulically operated locking pin on the chassis and a locking pin receiver on the dolly rear wheel. The locking pin is operated by way of a locking pin actuator on a driver's console, and there is a locking pin indicator on the console to warn the operator of the locking pin configuration.