A tail lift van carries its own loading dock: a hydraulic platform at the rear door that lowers to the ground, takes a pallet, wheeled cage or heavy item, then lifts it flush with the cargo floor. No ramp, no forklift, no manual lifting. Available chiller or standard, from a 3-ton van up to a 10-ton truck, with driver, GPS and fuel included and same-day dispatch across Dubai.
3, 7 and 10-tonne tail lift vehicles
Maximum platform lift capacity
Typical same-day dispatch, Dubai
Ramps or manual lifting required
A tail lift van — sometimes written “tail-lift” or called a “tailgate lift” van — is a cargo vehicle with a powered hydraulic platform hinged at the rear door. Lower it to ground level, wheel or slide the load on, and it rises to meet the cargo floor exactly, with no ramp angle to fight and no one carrying weight up a step. It exists for one reason: some cargo is too heavy, too bulky, or too awkward to load by hand safely.
This isn’t a niche add-on — it’s the standard answer whenever a job involves a loaded pallet, a wheeled cage, a heavy single item like a fridge or a generator, or repeated loading and unloading through the day where manual handling would slow the route or risk an injury claim. Warehouse teams, appliance retailers, exhibition organisers and vending operators reach for a tail lift by default, often without knowing the term — they just know they need a van that “can take a pallet at the back.”
If your cargo is light enough for one or two people to carry by hand, a tail lift adds cost for no benefit — our standard truck rental and Hiace van pages cover that end of the fleet.
We fit tail lifts to both sides of the fleet: chiller vehicles holding 0°C to +5°C or -18°C frozen, for heavy palletised chilled or frozen stock that still needs a lift gate — think bulk dairy, beverage crates or boxed frozen goods on a pallet — and standard vehicles for dry cargo with no temperature requirement at all. Tell us the load and the temperature, and we match the class.
Rates start at AED 350 per day for the 3-ton tail lift van, with driver, GPS and fuel already built into the quote — the number we give you is the number you pay.
The details that decide whether a tail lift vehicle fits your load, your dock and your route.
| Tail lift class | Vehicle payload | Platform capacity | Temperature | From |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Ton Tail Lift Van | Up to ~3,000 kg | ~500 kg | Ambient or 0°C to +5°C | AED 350/day |
| 7 Ton Tail Lift Truck | Up to ~7,000 kg | ~1,000 kg | Ambient or 0°C to +5°C | AED 520/day |
| 10 Ton Tail Lift Truck | Up to ~10,000 kg | ~1,500 kg | Ambient, +5°C or -18°C | AED 620/day |
Any route that mixes temperatures. If your load is all chilled or all frozen, a single-temperature chiller or freezer vehicle is cheaper.
Fridges, washing machines and heavy furniture, delivered without a second crew.
Stands, staging and heavy equipment in and out of venues with no loading dock.
Heavy units moved on a trolley straight off the platform.
Treadmills, weight stacks and diagnostic units, loaded safely.
Full or part pallets moved dock-to-dock without a forklift at both ends.
Loaded crates and kegs on wheeled cages, chilled or ambient.
Heavy cabinets, server racks and equipment on a single trip.
Palletised chilled or frozen stock with a lift gate built in.
A tail lift costs more than a standard van on the same tonnage. Here’s how to know if that extra cost is buying you something you’ll actually use.
Driver, GPS tracking and fuel are included in every rate. No peak-season surcharges, no surprise line items.
| Vehicle class | Daily | Weekly | Monthly |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Ton Tail Lift Van | From AED 350 | From AED 2,150 | From AED 6,600 |
| 7 Ton Tail Lift Truck | From AED 520 | From AED 3,200 | From AED 9,200 |
| 10 Ton Tail Lift Truck | From AED 620 | From AED 4,500 | From AED 13,200 |
Same-day dispatch to every major commercial, industrial and retail zone in Dubai, plus inter-emirate routes across the country. Tail lift vehicles are a smaller slice of the fleet than our standard classes, so a call ahead of a scheduled job keeps your preferred size and time slot free.
See our full regional coverage for district-level detail, or our truck rental hub for the rest of the fleet.
Dubai: Al Quoz
Jebel Ali
Business Bay
Ras Al Khor
UAE: Abu Dhabi
Sharjah
Ajman
Ras Al Khaimah
Fujairah
Weight, pallet or wheeled, temperature if any, and your delivery point.
Right tonnage and lift capacity — no under-sizing the load.
Trained driver, checked platform, same day where available.
Hydraulic lift tested and rated-load verified before the vehicle leaves for your job.
Every tail lift comes with a driver trained to operate the platform safely, not just drive the vehicle.
Chiller and freezer tail lift vehicles carry food-grade, sanitised interiors and temperature logging.
See exactly where your vehicle is on every job.
Driver, GPS and fuel in every rate. The quote you get is the price you pay.
Urgent job? We typically dispatch within a couple of hours, availability permitting.
A tail lift van is a cargo van or truck fitted with a hydraulic platform at the rear door that lowers to ground level, takes the load, then rises to lift it flush with the cargo floor. It removes the need for a ramp or manual lifting, which matters for anything heavy, wheeled, or awkward to carry up steps.
Our tail lift platforms are rated from around 500 kg on the 3-ton class up to about 1,500 kg on the 10-ton class, enough for a loaded pallet, a wheeled cage, catering or vending equipment, appliances, gym or medical equipment, or exhibition stands.
Both. We fit tail lifts to our chiller vans and refrigerated trucks (0°C to +5°C, or -18°C frozen) for heavy chilled or frozen pallets, and to our standard box trucks for dry cargo. Tell us the temperature requirement and we’ll confirm the matching tail-lift class.
Rates start from AED 350 per day for a 3-ton tail lift van, around AED 520 per day for a 7-ton tail lift truck, and from AED 620 per day for a 10-ton tail lift truck. Driver, GPS tracking and fuel are included in every rate.
If your load is under roughly 30-40 kg per item and one or two people can lift it by hand, a standard van is cheaper and works fine. Once you’re moving anything on a pallet, a wheeled cage, a heavy single item, or cargo that can’t go up a ramp safely, a tail lift earns back its cost in avoided injury risk and loading time.
Yes. Every tail lift rental includes a professional driver trained to operate the platform safely, plus GPS tracking and fuel — all built into the quoted rate with no separate line items.
Same-day dispatch is standard across Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Tail lift vehicles are a smaller pool than our general fleet, so booking a few hours ahead — or the day before for a scheduled job — keeps your preferred size and time slot available.
Same-day dispatch across Dubai and Abu Dhabi, with scheduled inter-emirate routes to Sharjah, Ajman, Ras Al Khaimah, Fujairah and Umm Al Quwain. See our regional coverage page for district-level detail.
Tell us the weight, whether it’s palletised, and any temperature requirement — we’ll match the right tail lift class and send a fixed, all-inclusive quote, dispatched the same day.
Every vehicle class, 1 to 10 ton, chiller or standard.
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