• Deacon@lemmy.world
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    22 hours ago

    I think you are thinking of belt loaders, which have a long flat bed on them.

    Except, BAM - it’s not a flat bed, it’s a moving conveyor belt that is raised to carry the bags and cargo from those carts into the plane.

    Unless you’re thinking of something else. But I think you’re thinking of something like this:

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      8 hours ago

      Yeah I was thinking if the OP has never seen an airport and these vehicles.

      In addition to that belt loader, there are a plethora of different kind of half-cockpit vehicles there. Ofc its easier there as these likely dont need to be registered for road use.

      I’ve seen so many different types and makes.

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        15 hours ago

        It technically is that, as well, and I’ve certainly seen them used to transport things short distances. At a top speed of 15 MPH (unless you know where to find the governor, but even then), it isn’t something you’d want to use to bring a bunch of lumber back from the lumber yard. More like bringing a broken towbar to an unresponsive GSE shop so that it can be left on their doorstep to shame them. As a random hypothetical.