Dump truck

Japanese: dump truck(英語表記)dumptruck
Dump truck

...There are self-propelled ones (motor scrapers) and ones towed by tractors. Dump trucks are commonly called dump trucks. A vehicle designed specifically for long-distance transportation, with a loading platform that can be tilted by power.

From [Dump Truck]

…[Yuichi Nishimatsu] (2) A freight vehicle used to transport soil, gravel, rocks, etc., and which uses hydraulic power to tilt the loading platform to unload. The correct name is dump truck. The most common are rear dump trucks, which tilt the loading platform backward, and side dump trucks, which tilt the loading platform to the side. In addition, there are bottom dump trucks, which have an open loading platform and can scatter dry sand, coal, etc. in layers or dump them into the bottom of a hopper, and lift dump trucks, which lift the loading platform to unload on the left and right rear sides. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "dump truck" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…自走できるもの(モータースクレーパー)とトラクターによって牽引されるものとがある。 ダンプトラックdump truckダンプカーと通称される。長距離の運搬専用車両で,荷台を動力によって傾斜できるようにしたトラック。…

【ダンプカー】より

…【西松 裕一】(2)貨物自動車のうち,土砂,砂利,岩石などの運搬に使用し,油圧動力によって荷台を傾斜させて荷降ろしをするもの。正しくはダンプトラックdump truckという。荷台を後方に傾斜させるリアダンプトラックおよび側方に傾斜させるサイドダンプトラックが一般的であるが,そのほか,荷台の底が開き,乾いた砂,石炭などを層状にまき出したりホッパー下方に投入するボトムダンプトラック,荷台を持ち上げて後方左右に荷降ろしするリフトダンプトラックなどがある。…

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