Used for loading, stockpiling tree-length logs and other operations at timber industrial enterprises. When loading on timber trucks the logs are carried over the cab from the front position to the back.

The loader is mounted on the tractor TDT-55A manufactured by Onezhsky tractor plant, JSC. The constituents of high productivity are: reliability, maneuverability, simplicity of operation. Timber loader PL-1V has been the most popular model among the jaw loaders of such class for more than 30 years.