Industrial truck

A small, compact industrial fork lift truck comprising a chassis, a power unit at the front of said chassis including a steerable drive wheel under said power unit, a pair of nonsteerable wheels at the rear of said chassis, a platform at the rear of said chassis for standing of an operator while operating said truck, said platform being rearward of said power unit, a steering control interconnected with said drive wheel and accessible by said operator, said steering control comprising a steering arm extending from said power unit toward said platform, said power unit comprising a motor and drive wheel unit mounted for rotation about an axis vertical to said chassis, said steering arm being swingable about said axis for steering said drive wheel, a fork lift assembly carried at the rear of said chassis having a pair of forks extending rearwardly from said chassis for lifting palletized loads, fork actuation means for selectively raising and lowering said forks, coupler means carried at least at one end of said chassis for coupling a trailer to said truck independently of said fork lift assembly, and control means accessible to said operator from said platform for controlling movement of said truck and raising and lowering of said forks, said control means comprising first and second sets of controls each adapted for operating said fork actuation means to control raising or lowering movement of said forks, said first set of controls being carried by said arm and said second set of controls being carried at the rear of said truck for accessibility when said operator faces rearwardly on said platform, and a high speed control accessible only at said platform and operable by said operator when standing upon said platform for effecting high speed movement of said truck.