Box truck
A box truck—also known as a box van, cube van, bob truck
The difference between a box truck and a
North American usage
Box trucks are typically 10–26 ft (3.0–7.9 m) in length
Small box trucks often use the cab of full size vans from Ford, Chrysler or General Motors (e.g.
Box van definition in British English
In British English, box van is a term for a four-wheeled covered goods wagon (freight vehicle) with a fully enclosed body.[6][7]
In British English the word truck refers to large open topped freight vehicles or rail freight waggons. A lorry is a HGV road vehicle. A van is used for an enclosed railway freight carriage or medium or smaller commercial road vehicles.
Luton body
A Luton body is a style of commercial vehicle body incorporating an enclosed box body extended over the cab. It takes its name from the town of Luton, in Bedfordshire, where the Bedford commercial vehicle plant was located.
This style of body was designed to accommodate the high-volume, low-weight loads of straw hats which were part of Luton's industry. Straw hats were wrapped in hessian fabric in long cylinders to fit across the width of the van. It was incidental that it was the home of Bedford although all the early Luton vans were on Bedford chassis.
The body style is common in medium commercial vehicles such as the
Many commercial vehicles have tilting cabs. To allow for this, the floor of the Luton may be hinged, and there may be a hinged flap at the front.
See also
- Flatbed truck
- Step van
References
- ^ United States. National Labor Relations Board (1973). Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board. National Labor Relations Board. pp. 699–.
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- ^ "Midland Railway box van". www.nrm.org.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- ^ "Railway Vehicles at Totnes Riverside (Littlehempston)". www.southdevonrailwayassociation.org. Retrieved 1 April 2018.