a beast in Oregon

this is a badazz lookin truck,

http://medford.craigslist.org/cto/4173641095.html

That is a nice lookin truck but the body is not a scissors lift. A scissors lift the bed goes up level and it looks like an {x} between the body and frame. They used them alot for roofing crews to get the bed closer to the roof.. Seen alot of them when i was a chap, long time ago.. That truck is in nice shape though !

I think you're both right-
The roofing style truck is often called a scissor lift truck-
http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0o ... p&fr=moz35
The style of hoist in the CL ad is often called a scissor hoist-
http://www.truckutilities.com/Omaha-Sta ... Hoist.html
to differentiate it from a telescopic hoist-
http://www.duraclass.com/hoists/telescopic-hpt.html

Dean