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Have you thought about dump trucks lately?

I mean they don't really carry dumps around do they? They just carry dirt and old rocks . Is it because they dump their contents and hence the name 'dump' came about? I don't know, I am terribly confused.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Actually, yes I have.

    I just purchased my nephew's son a Dump Truck Dudley for Christmas.

    He'll love it - he's such a "boy" boy.

    I imagine what you think about the origins of the term is correct, here's a bit of Wiki info:

    The dump truck was first conceived in Saint John, New Brunswick when Robert T. Mawhinney attached a dump box to a flat bed truck in 1920.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dump_truck

  • 1 decade ago

    They are called "dump trucks" because of the way they are constructed to tip the tray up and dump their load. In some places they are also called "tip trucks" for the same reason. I have even heard them called "tilt tray trucks"

  • Benji
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    Omg this morning I was trying to take the biggest deuce and I couldn't. I started thinking about dump trucks dumping their loads and *PFPPFPPFPPRFSPTSPSSTTTTT* the deuce came right out.

  • ?
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    It's because they dump their load just as you do.

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  • 1 decade ago

    Yes, that is exactly why and I'm not even being sarcastic.

    I really don't know why this is confusing, maybe you're high?

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Ha ha, this is funny. I actually saw one the other day at a construction sight and thought the same thing, ha ha.

    --Nick,

    Can you answer mine?

    http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=200911...

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    You would be confused,only you.

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