FLATBED TRUCKS - NEW, OTHERWISE, & WHAT'RE THEY GOOD FOR?

 


An old flatbed truck fixed up nicely.

Looks like this old flatbed has gotten a super maxi update.

A cage of men on a flatbed truck.  Is it a prisoner transfer wagon?  Are they prisoners?

Besides jailbirds, flatbeds can carry flowers . . .

and bee hives.

Also firewood.

They can carry hay.  Add people and you’ve got a hayride.

Maybe not to this one, though.

They can carry pumpkins.

Sometimes BIG ones – although I think this is a faux.  It’s a little too perfect to be real.  Cute, though.

They can carry turkeys – though mayhap not quite this many?

Or how about one GIANT bird?  You’d need an industrial oven to roast it!

They can carry cut trees – ready to be set up and covered with beautiful ornaments.

And maybe those trees will be displayed in all their glory on the back of a flatbed truck?

Or a string of pretty lights can be arranged on the back of a flatbed to resemble a tree.  Perfect for the annual lighted Christmas parade.

They can carry a load of toys.

I wonder if this special Texaco toy flatbed truck with Santa & his reindeer was in that stack of toys on the truck above?  It was manufactured in 2000 and had real working headlights, taillights and running lights, engine start-up, engine idle, and airbrake sounds.  A current online ad was requesting $74.99 for it.

And of course a flatbed truck can carry Santa!

:-> 

La Nightingail

Comments

  1. Barbara RogersNovember 30, 2024 at 6:03 PM

    Goodness, what a lot of flatbed trucks you gathered together! I felt bad about the turkeys and the flat tire though. The rest were pretty cheerful. Oh I think there were some clown costumes on the guys following the caged truck, so maybe they weren't real prisoners but in a parade.

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  2. Mike BrubakerDecember 1, 2024 at 8:59 AM

    Well done! I can tell you had fun putting this one together. I've owned 4 small trucks over the years and just returned from a trip to Indiana for Thanksgiving driving my 2006 Nissan Frontier on its first long journey in several years. My son and his wife just bought their first house and the truck proved its utility by transporting a large custom desk that I made for them. However it would have easier to tie down if it was a flat-bed truck :–)

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