Vehicle lifting attachment

A rubber tired loader vehicle comprising a two-part frame having a front portion and a rear portion, said two portions joined by a pivot steer connection, a loader bucket mounted on a boom arm on said front frame portion, a superstructure including an operator's compartment mounted on said rear frame portion, said operator's compartment having a flat top of predetermined dimensions, a horizontally disposed lift frame of greater peripheral dimensions than the top of the operator's compartment resting on said compartment top during normal vehicle operation, a flange portion on said lift frame extending downwardly from the periphery of the frame for limiting horizontal movement of said lift frame relative to said compartment top, a lifting eye connected to said lift frame, a first flexible cable connected between the front of said lift frame and said front frame portion, two flexible cables connected between the rear part of said lift frame and said rear frame portion, the said lift frame with the lifting eye and the flexible cables forming a lifting attachment which remains attached to the vehicle during normal operation, the said flexible cables having sufficient slack to permit pivoting of the two said frame parts relative to each other for steering, said lifting eye providing a single point lifting location for said vehicle, and means for adjusting the location of said lifting eye to position it approximately over the center of mass of the vehicle.