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Baggermulde

English translation: excavator trough

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German term or phrase:Baggermulde
English translation:excavator trough
Entered by: Ventnai

10:19 Feb 21, 2007
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Automotive / Cars & Trucks / trailer
German term or phrase: Baggermulde
Pendelachstieflader mit Baggermulde

I can't find a correct term for Mulde. This a low-loader trailer with a "trough" to hold an excavator.

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Ventnai
Spain
Local time: 01:33
excavator trough
Explanation:
see link
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David Seycek
Austria
Local time: 01:33
Grading comment
Ok. Thanks. Couldn't see the wood for the trees.
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Summary of answers provided
3 +1excavator trough
David Seycek
4low-loader
David Moore (X)


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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
excavator trough


Explanation:
see link


    Reference: http://www.hse-nooteboom.com/U1119.htm
David Seycek
Austria
Local time: 01:33
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in CzechCzech
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Ok. Thanks. Couldn't see the wood for the trees.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Steffen Walter: See also http://www.contractjournal.com/Articles/2003/04/16/37388/sed... ("On stand 267 Nooteboom Trailers will show for the first time its four-axle rear loading plant step frame with excavator trough for the carriage of heavy machinery.")
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
low-loader


Explanation:
Which is a trailer with the loading surface dropped between the sets of wheels - nothing like a trough....See 'em on the A2 Poland - Ruhr almost every day.

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Note added at 1 hr (2007-02-21 11:25:06 GMT) Post-grading
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There a pic on the site below - BTW, the "troughs" are known as "wells", and the trucks as "well wagons" on the railways.



http://www.iwsteamrailway.co.uk/pages/latest news/Birch Grov...

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Note added at 1 hr (2007-02-21 11:25:38 GMT) Post-grading
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http://www.iwsteamrailway.co.uk/pages/latest news/Birch Grov...

David Moore (X)
Local time: 01:33
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 575
Notes to answerer
Asker: The other guys have actually found the company I'm translating for. Thanks anyway.

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