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minus-squareclockworkrat(he/him)@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoMight be from shooting alongside something whilst on a truck?
minus-squareBCsven@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoWhen you have rails and a set of axles in holder I believe that is a “truck”. Like skateboard trucks, and train cars have two trucks
minus-squareclockworkrat(he/him)@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoAh! So would the name of the vehicle be a contraction in a similar manner to “car?”
minus-squareBCsven@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoLooks like it came from the rollers used on cannons on a ship, then later became synonymous with a cart for carrying heavy things
minus-squareEvacuateSoul@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoSimilarly, rail cars sit on trucks, which are the axle assemblies.
minus-squareMacchi_the_Slime@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoMost likely yeah. If I had to guess I’d say it probably started being used as the term around the time filmmakers were trying to get like side view shots of something like a horse running across a plain.
Might be from shooting alongside something whilst on a truck?
When you have rails and a set of axles in holder I believe that is a “truck”. Like skateboard trucks, and train cars have two trucks
Ah! So would the name of the vehicle be a contraction in a similar manner to “car?”
Looks like it came from the rollers used on cannons on a ship, then later became synonymous with a cart for carrying heavy things
Similarly, rail cars sit on trucks, which are the axle assemblies.
Most likely yeah. If I had to guess I’d say it probably started being used as the term around the time filmmakers were trying to get like side view shots of something like a horse running across a plain.