Lighting requirements for straight trucks with hooklifts and roll-offs

April 2, 2025

Bob Raybuck

NTEA Director of Technical Services

A customer is having us build them a hooklift truck, and some of their bodies for the vehicle will be more traditional truck bodies like van bodies, flatbeds and dump bodies, in addition to traditional roll-off trash containers. How do we meet the lighting requirements for these different applications?

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