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straddle truck

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straddle truck [′strad·əl ‚trək]
(mechanical engineering)
A self-loading outrigger type of industrial truck that straddles the load before lifting it between the outrigger arms.
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It works in narrow aisle configurations like a straddle truck, with the versatility of a counterbalanced truck.
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