Saturday, May 22, 2021

Is that a Leveloder, or, is that a trailer that is happy to see me?


 Never seen this design before, interesting stuff! I can't see many potential uses though, probably why it doesn't exist anymore.

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/vintage-shots-from-days-gone-by-part-2.1154030/page-730#post-13775871

5 comments:

  1. http://www.ewillys.com/2020/10/12/1958-photo-of-the-fc-leveloader-on-ebay/
    &
    https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/elevator-truck-from-thompson-trailer-corp-devised-for-news-photo/50323842
    shows truck bed sitting on the ground. Seems to me I have seen a photo of these loading & unloading old freight airplanes, like back in the 1950s, not finding it.

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  2. My guess it's to get it up to the height of a loading ramp intended for larger trucks. Lescarp's suggestion it could be used for loading aircraft seems just as plausible.

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  3. The truck could be low and compact for getting around the city, then raise the bed up to dock height for loading and unloading.

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  4. Since there is no rear axle or driveshaft, I assume they are driving the front wheels through the transfer case?

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