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This Staggered-Slat "Walking Floor" Can Magically Move Objects Across It

A brilliant invention by material handling company Keith Manufacturing

By Rain Noe - June 23

A material handling company named Keith Manufacturing has developed a Walking Floor®, a brilliant way to get cargo out of a truck without lifting a finger. When I first saw this GIF, I couldn't understand how it worked:

And I thought for sure it wouldn't work with finer material, like sawdust, until I saw this:

An explanation for how this works is needed. Thankfully the company has one:

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Staggering the heights is very clever!

I wish the bed of my pickup had one of these systems (and a swing-down tailgate).

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This Staggered-Slat "Walking Floor" Can Magically Move Objects Across It

Gilbert J

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These things are indeed a clever idea, and are amazing to watch. They aren't a recent invention, though, as they've been around for several decades.

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I’m a lapsed industrial designer. I was born in NYC and figured I’d die there, but a few years ago I abandoned New York to live on a farm in the countryside with my wife. We have six dogs.