A commercial vehicle configuration featuring a flat, open cargo area surrounded by a series of sockets along its perimeter. Removable wooden or metal stakes fit into these sockets, supporting horizontal slats to form a temporary wall. This design allows operators to easily load bulky items from any side with a forklift, then secure the perimeter for transport.
Heard on the job
We need the stakebed to haul those pallets of engine blocks over to the machine shop.
Also heard as
- stake body