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low-loader

British  

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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"They've probably surveilled the area, worked out what happens when, gone in the early hours with a low-loader truck and they probably sited it in a few minutes, at the quietest time possible."

From BBC • May 1, 2026

On 7 February, Cleary drove a low-loader truck with a white van on the back to an estate in Skelmersdale a few minutes away from the gym.

From BBC • Aug. 29, 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

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

A bus driver who was seriously injured in an accident when a traction engine fell off a low-loader into his cabin has told how he thought he "would die".

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2015

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