Title: Method of loading, handling and unloading cargo from a transporting vehicle

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Abstract: A cargo transporting and handling vehicle is disclosed, which facilitates unloading of cargo elements from and loading of cargo elements onto the vehicle at the various stops along a route. The vehicle has a body having a plurality of elongated guide members mounted on the floor thereof so as to provide a plurality of longitudinally extending paths for guiding the direction of movement of cargo elements on the floor. When the cargo elements are standard sized, 55 gallon drums, four, closely adjacent paths are provided. Movement of the drums along the paths as the vehicle proceeds along its route is achieved by slanting the paths downwardly from the rear end toward the front end of the vehicle body. A diverting abutment at the front end of the inner pair of paths serves to channel drums moving forwardly on the paths laterally outwardly toward the unloading stations. A novel method of loading and unloading the drums from the vehicle body is also disclosed, whereby the driver of the vehicle does not have to get into the vehicle body during a loading or unloading operation.


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