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IsaacscatNala lemmy.ca IsaacscatNala@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2026-07-17
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it tickles my 'tism

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Harvey656 lemmy.world Harvey656@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-22
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That has to be a fork truck or plane puller thing (wtf are they called lol)

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originalucifer moist.catsweat.com originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com
Joined: 2023-07-11
#3 · Quote Reply

looks like one of them little cars that runs on the railroad tracks.. kinda acts like a tugboat for railroad stuff

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DataCrime lemmy.dbzer0.com DataCrime@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2023-06-29
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looks like one of them little cars that runs on the railroad tracks.. kinda acts like a tugboat for railroad stuff

Probably not with rubber tires. But now I'm curious about the train tugboat 🤓

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watson sopuli.xyz watson387@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2023-06-06
#5 · Quote Reply

Scrap

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RightHandOfIkaros Moderator RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-15
#6 · (edited) Quote Reply

Looks to be some sort of flatbed utility vehicle, like the ones that arena grounds workers use to get around, or the ones that airports use for luggage transit. Maybe one you might see the handyman at an apartment complex driving around. Something like that perhaps, at least that is what I see.

The small and thin tires seem to indicate it is a light duty vehicle, so I wouldn't expect it to be doing any heavy lifting.

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h54 programming.dev h54@programming.dev
Joined: 2024-01-22
#7 · Quote Reply

That has to be a fork truck or plane puller thing (wtf are they called lol)

A tug. That's definitely not a tug.

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Fluffy_Ruffs lemmy.world Fluffy_Ruffs@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-01
#8 · Quote Reply

I hate to be that guy but this is setting off my AI-sense.

The rear differential looks like a normal one but the pinion is facing the rear of the vehicle. It's hard to tell but maybe it's some weird rear-engined transaxle setup?

There's no real floor pan or frame rails.

The front member looks entirely asymmetrical which would be off. The steering knuckles also don't look like they match. I don't see any suspension attachments points for shocks / springs.

This is either a very, very strange vehicle or AI.

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DickFiasco sh.itjust.works DickFiasco@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-06-24
#9 · (edited) Quote Reply

Looks like a light duty yard tug or an electric cart.

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DickFiasco sh.itjust.works DickFiasco@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-06-24
#10 · Quote Reply

I hate to be that guy but this is setting off my AI-sense. The rear differential looks like a normal one but the pinion is facing the rear of the vehicle. It's hard to tell but maybe it's some weird rear-engined transaxle setup? There's no real floor pan or frame rails. The front member looks entirely asymmetrical which would be off. The steering knuckles also don't look like they match. I don'...

I agree, there's a lot of weird looking things in there that don't add up. Hard to tell if AI or if it just got mangled during salvage or whatever.

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Fallibilist feddit.uk Fallibilist@feddit.uk
Joined: 2026-09-15
#11 · Quote Reply

I hate to be that guy but this is setting off my AI-sense. The rear differential looks like a normal one but the pinion is facing the rear of the vehicle. It's hard to tell but maybe it's some weird rear-engined transaxle setup? There's no real floor pan or frame rails. The front member looks entirely asymmetrical which would be off. The steering knuckles also don't look like they match. I don'...

Maybe it's electric and the part sticking out from the rear diff is the motor and the hole in the floor is where the battery pack was sitting at.

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dustycups aussie.zone prex@aussie.zone
Joined: 2023-06-27
#12 · Quote Reply

Forklift. I'm like 95% sure.

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BremboTheFourth piefed.ca BremboTheFourth@piefed.ca
Joined: 2025-07-02
#13 · Quote Reply

I hate to be that guy but this is setting off my AI-sense. The rear differential looks like a normal one but the pinion is facing the rear of the vehicle. It's hard to tell but maybe it's some weird rear-engined transaxle setup? There's no real floor pan or frame rails. The front member looks entirely asymmetrical which would be off. The steering knuckles also don't look like they match. I don'...

Also the huge metal bar at the top end that would be holding the tires up off the ground even if you flipped it over

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Zier fedia.io Zier@fedia.io
Joined: 2023-06-17
#14 · Quote Reply

Broken.
It's a broken vehicle.

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Fluffy_Ruffs lemmy.world Fluffy_Ruffs@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-01
#15 · Quote Reply

Also the huge metal bar at the top end that would be holding the tires up off the ground even if you flipped it over

Exactly, this thing would need plenty of ground clearance. I can't see that being a thing with no visible suspension.

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InEnduringGrowStrong sh.itjust.works InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-22
#16 · Quote Reply

A broken toy car on some other decomposing junk mix

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IsaacscatNala lemmy.ca IsaacscatNala@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2026-07-17
#17 · Quote Reply

I hate to be that guy but this is setting off my AI-sense. The rear differential looks like a normal one but the pinion is facing the rear of the vehicle. It's hard to tell but maybe it's some weird rear-engined transaxle setup? There's no real floor pan or frame rails. The front member looks entirely asymmetrical which would be off. The steering knuckles also don't look like they match. I don'...

I screenshotted this from a video so its not ai (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4v-JEfuVJs&t=96s) at 1:37

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Fluffy_Ruffs lemmy.world Fluffy_Ruffs@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-01
#18 · Quote Reply

I screenshotted this from a video so its not ai (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4v-JEfuVJs&t=96s) at 1:37

Interesting! Maybe I was being overly critical.

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setVeryLoud(true); lemmy.ca isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-04-19
#19 · (edited) Quote Reply

I hate to be that guy but this is setting off my AI-sense. The rear differential looks like a normal one but the pinion is facing the rear of the vehicle. It's hard to tell but maybe it's some weird rear-engined transaxle setup? There's no real floor pan or frame rails. The front member looks entirely asymmetrical which would be off. The steering knuckles also don't look like they match. I don'...

Someone else said it's some sort of small tug, and I think they may be right.

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setVeryLoud(true); lemmy.ca isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-04-19
#20 · Quote Reply

A tug. That's definitely not a tug.

It could be a luggage tug

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IsaacscatNala lemmy.ca IsaacscatNala@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2026-07-17
#21 · (edited) Quote Reply

Looks like a light duty yard tug or an electric cart.

i figured it out! its a boss 547 side loader!!

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DickFiasco sh.itjust.works DickFiasco@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-06-24
#22 · Quote Reply

i figured it out! its a boss 547 side loader!!

Damn, nice detective work.

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IsaacscatNala lemmy.ca IsaacscatNala@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2026-07-17
#23 · Quote Reply

Damn, nice detective work.

and even better, this solves something that i wanted to draw before which would have been wAAy more overly complicated before!

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