Sheri P Sep 22, 2014:

Here's the link From Jane's
http://www.janes.com/article/33651/the-division-of-general-a...

Sheri P Sep 22, 2014:

Here the PPT descr. as having a "hook-lift body" "On 24th January 2014, the Division of General Armaments (DGA) of the French Ministry of Defence placed an order for 250 logistic military trucks with the Iveco (CNH industrial Group) and Soframe
(Lohr group) consortium. This batch forms part of the Porteurs Polyvalents Terrestres (PPT) programme, launched in 2010 to provide the French land forces with a fleet of modern logistic
vehicles. Delivery of the batch will start in 2016. Included in the Loi de programmation militaire 2014-2019 (Act on Military Programming), this order demonstrated the French Army's drive to
modernise its logistic capabilities. The PPT range includes two variants: a logistic vehicle (Porteur polyvalent logistique - PPLOG) and a recovery vehicle (Porteur polyvalent lourd de dépannage - PPLD). Both vehicles share the same chassis with 4 axle 8 wheel drive (8x8), ensuring on and off road mobility in all climatic conditions (for example on snow covered mountain roads). The logistic vehicle will feature an independent hook-lift body for load-handling operations, with a payload up to 19 tonnes, whilst the recovery vehicle will be supplied with a crane for recovering military vehicles. "

Duncan Moncrieff Sep 22, 2014:

Yes, it seems that hooklift and hookloader are just different terms for the same thing.
Another example of hookloader in a military use:
"Equipment of the Italian Army
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Logistic vehicles:
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60 IVECO SM88.42 IM 8x8 (fitted with Isoli Hiab Multilift hookloader) delivery between 2010 and 2013"

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equipment_of_the_Italian_Army

Howard Sugar Sep 22, 2014:

The term Porteur Polyvalent Terrestre (or PPT) is French military truck that comes in four versions. This one comes equipped with a hooklift.

Sheri P Sep 22, 2014:

Wikipedia calls it "hydraulic hooklift hoist" "Hydraulic hooklift hoists are mounted on heavy duty trucks to enable hauliers to change out flatbeds, dumpster bodies, and similar containers. Primarily used in conjunction with tilt frame bodies and specialised containers, generally designed for the transportation of materials in the waste, recycling, scrap and demolition industries."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulic_hooklift_hoist

Sheri P Sep 22, 2014:

@Louisa What variety of EN is your target? "Hook lift" (or "hooklift") appears to be more common in US EN, while "hookloader" (or "hook loader") appears to be more common in UK EN. Overall, the number of Google hits for "hooklift" far surpasses the number for "hookloader."