Tail elevators for goods
Leveling equipment

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Tail elevators for goods


Leveling equipment

Authors : Georges SCHEMM, Pierre WILLIAMS-GOBEAUX

Publication date: July 10, 1999 | Lire en français

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2. Tail elevators for goods

A tailgate elevator is a lifting platform attached to the rear of a transport vehicle, used to raise or lower goods of any kind between the ground and the truck bed. The use of tail lifts considerably improves working conditions and, above all, significantly reduces vehicle downtime.

They are particularly useful for transporting food and beverage products for distribution companies or chain stores. For example, the driver can use roll-containers to distribute orders prepared in advance by central purchasing agencies to small shopping centers.

Tailgates can be fitted to road vehicles of any capacity, from light commercial vehicles to the largest trucks, including refrigerated vehicles.

Platform elevation is based on two main principles:

  • vertical sliding tailgates ;...

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