A lifting vehicle comprising: - a frame (12) carrying a pair of front wheels (14) and a pair of rear wheels (16), - a lifting arm (18) articulated to the frame (12), having a distal end equipped with an attachment for an implement (24) comprising a high-power hydraulic actuator (40), - a thermal engine-hydraulic pump assembly (30, 32), wherein the hydraulic pump (32) sends hydraulic fluid into a hydraulic power line (34), - a traction hydraulic motor (38) connected through a gearbox (42) to a mechanical transmission (44) that drives the wheels of the vehicle, - a hydraulic diverter (36) that selectively connects the hydraulic power line (34) to said traction hydraulic motor (38) or to said hydraulic actuator of the implement (40), wherein said hydraulic diverter (36) is controlled by an electronic control unit (46) that sets said hydraulic diverter (36) to an implement use mode when an operating mode selector (48) is in the implement use mode and a travel-direction selector (50) is in neutral mode.
