Velmash-Ukraine Ltd, which is one of the leading manufacturers of lifting equipment, produces a wide range of special machines for working with scrap metal. This time the article concerns hydraulic manipulators which are installed onto a chassis of different trucks (mainly those of URAL, KamAZ, MAZ). It is safe to say, that being the most effective, metal scrap trucks and hydraulic cranes are considered to be ideal for such type of production. Moreover, Velmash-Ukraine Ltd deals with re-equipment and improvement of the used machines. The article includes information about manipulators and trucks of different types together with technical characteristics given in the tables.