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low-loader

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noun

  1. a road or rail vehicle for heavy loads with a low platform for ease of access

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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A low-loader, some traffic cones and "the sort of dudes who can set up a Metallica concert in 24 hours" - this was all Banksy needed to install his latest artwork in central London.

From BBC May 1, 2026

The prosecution claims the van had been transported there on a low-loader truck driven by Mr Cleary, who left it there for Mr Morgan to collect.

From BBC Jun. 24, 2025

"It's mounted onto a transport frame and the frame will then be pulled onto a low-loader trailer," he said.

From BBC Aug. 2, 2023

Later, another low-loader arrived to pick up the pair and their car but could only take them to a service station on the other side of the Severn Bridge, Mr Jacobs said.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2022

In July 2015, it took about 20 soldiers almost nine hours to extract the Panther tank - which was without its tracks - from the residential property and push it onto a low-loader for transportation.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2021

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