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Re:Rural Americans are importing tiny Japanese pickup trucks by Symbiote on Thursday April 20, 2023 @07:34PM (#35647988)
In that case you have a dropside van, based on the same cab and chassis but with sides that fold down for easier loading and unloading.

In use: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bairon-FR-08-chantie...

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mercedes-Benz_Sprint...

(Can an American tell me what these vehicles are called in the USA?)

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Re:Rural Americans are importing tiny Japanese pickup trucks by georgeoliver on Thursday April 20, 2023 @08:07PM (#35648221)
> (Can an American tell me what these vehicles are called in the USA?)

Flatbeds.

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Re:Rural Americans are importing tiny Japanese pickup trucks by wpm on Thursday April 20, 2023 @08:09PM (#35648242)
I think in America we'd just call that a "flat bed truck" or something, which is a catch all for those that do indeed have flat beds as well as these with short sides around the bed.
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Re:Rural Americans are importing tiny Japanese pickup trucks by Symbiote on Thursday April 20, 2023 @08:23PM (#35648341)
That got me there with a little extra searching. "Flatbeds with side gates."

Here they are very common on construction sites for the messier work (building roads, railways, walls, roofs, forestry etc) but normal vans with a roof are more common for the cleaner work (plumbing, electrics, painting, carpentry etc).

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