Industrial truck, in particular trailer of a route train

The industrial truck has a chassis (1) and a load carrier (3) that are interconnected via a turning and sliding joint (9). The turning and sliding joint is connected to a cam mechanism (10) of a lifting mechanism (2) that is provided for lifting the load carrier. The cam mechanism is provided with two links (16,17) at which control surfaces (15) of control structures (11,12) are held. An actuator (20) such as linear drive is connected to lifting mechanism so as to drive the lifting mechanism.