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Flatbed truck

Bigger buildAges 5+17 tiles

Step 1 of 5 · add 4 tiles

Lay the flat bed

Put four squares flat in a row. This whole strip is the truck bed.

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The trick

Give the load no floor of its own. Stand the little cabin's four walls straight onto the flat bed tiles, so the deck you already laid becomes its floor and pins it down.

What you will need

  • 15 square tiles
  • 2 triangle tiles

Step by step

  1. 1. Lay the flat bed

    Put four squares flat in a row. This whole strip is the truck bed.

  2. 2. Build the cab

    Stand four walls at the front and cap them with a lid. That is the driver's cab.

  3. 3. Stand the load

    Two squares back, stand four walls straight up on the bed to make a little cabin. It uses the bed as its floor.

  4. 4. Pitch the roof

    Lean two squares together over the cabin so they meet in a ridge down the middle.

  5. 5. Close the ends

    Fill each open end of the roof with a triangle so the little cabin is shut tight.

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