# What is this truck for? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 7, 2004, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-truck-for/254002 "2004-07-07T20:32:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2004, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-truck-for/254002/1 "2004-07-07T20:32:55Z")
[http://charles.loveofcolor.org/temp/weird-truck.jpg](http://charles.loveofcolor.org/temp/weird-truck.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Jurph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jurph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurph)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2004, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-truck-for/254002/2 "2004-07-07T20:45:21Z")
You could keep sheets of drywall or glass in there without exposing them to scratches or deformation from road grit or the elements. Looks like it’s for transporting large flat _somethings_ vertically. Paintings? ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2004, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-truck-for/254002/3 "2004-07-07T20:52:21Z")
It’s for transporting exotic dancers. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2004, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-truck-for/254002/4 "2004-07-07T20:52:25Z")
No, no! It’s clearly a mobile art installation exploring the existential angst of the car wash! Or something. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2004, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-truck-for/254002/5 "2004-07-07T21:14:04Z")
Why, obviously this truck is owned by the company that equipped the Batcave! ---
**Author:** ![FatBaldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2004, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-truck-for/254002/6 "2004-07-07T22:44:48Z")
It would help if you posted a picture of the writing on the side of the truck. ---
**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2004, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-truck-for/254002/7 "2004-07-07T22:59:26Z")
I don’t remember ever being on the side of it. I was riding in a tow truck at the time on the way to the garage. Heck, if I knew what business it was in, I would have Googled it myself. ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2004, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-truck-for/254002/8 "2004-07-07T23:06:31Z")
> [@Cardinal](#): > > I don’t remember ever being on the side of it. I was riding in a tow truck at the time on the way to the garage. > > Heck, if I knew what business it was in, I would have Googled it myself. Your truck appears to be transporting giant toasted marshmallows on skewers. They may have left them over the fire a bit too long. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-truck-for/254002/9 "2004-07-08T02:09:50Z")
Its for transporting theater back drops and scenery. My husband’s litter theater had one like it. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-truck-for/254002/10 "2004-07-08T02:11:04Z")
:smack: _LITTLE LITTLE_ ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-truck-for/254002/11 "2004-07-08T02:36:15Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > Its for transporting theater back drops and scenery. **My husband’s litter theater** had one like it. What better place to stage Cats? ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-truck-for/254002/12 "2004-07-08T14:04:29Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > Its for transporting theater back drops and scenery. My husband’s litter theater had one like it. What sort of trash did they act out? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-truck-for/254002/13 "2004-07-08T14:16:39Z")
> [@cornflakes](#): > > What sort of trash did they act out? That was a throw away line. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-truck-for/254002/14 "2004-07-08T14:34:58Z")
Booo! Rubbish! ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-truck-for/254002/15 "2004-07-08T15:07:41Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > Its for transporting theater back drops and scenery. **My husband’s litter theater** had one like it. Starring Iron Eyes Cody! ---
**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2004, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-truck-for/254002/16 "2004-07-09T05:48:47Z")
Wow, has this really stumped the board? That’s got to be pretty darn rare. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2004, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-truck-for/254002/17 "2004-07-09T05:53:42Z")
You missed the part where \*\*picunurse \*\* said it was for transporting scenery backdrops. > [@picunurse](#): > > Its for transporting theater back drops and scenery. My husband’s litter theater had one like it. ---
**Author:** ![Dancing\_Fool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Dancing\_Fool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dancing_Fool)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2004, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-truck-for/254002/18 "2004-07-09T06:30:26Z")
If you look carefully at the bottom of the straps, you can see that they are hooked to rings in the floor. Unhook the cables, and they should retract up to the ceiling, leaving the cargo area clear for large items. Set up like the photo, you store flats in there, on edge. As **picunurse** said, it’s for theatre. DancingFool