Pickup truck

Flatbed truck refers to a self-propelled or pulled wagon with a flatbed (flat, open loading area) and side wall (lateral, often foldable frame).

In detail this can be:

• Road vehicles:
  • a wagon (e.g. a horse and cart )
  • an open truck or small van ( pick-up), also a car pick-up , see flatbed truck (automobile)
  • a flatbed trailer , including a flatbed trailer, see semitrailer #Variants

  The traffic law designation is open box body ( body type - supplementary code 03 according to Regulation (EU) 2018/858 ), this applies to motor vehicles as well as trailers.

• a flat car on the railroad

Individual evidence

1. ↑ cf. Uwe Clausen: Handbook of traffic logistics. Series Logistics in Industry, Commerce and Services , Springer-Verlag, 2013, ISBN 9783662077054 , entry open box , p. 109 ( limited preview in Google book search).