Check in at an airport industry can help you pass the time while waiting for a flight. If you look at the orchestra of people and vehicles preparing an airplane for its flight, a luggage puller will definitely take part in the effort.
Bearskin Airlines at Thunder Bay International Airport in Ontario, Canada, has a very strange way of carrying luggage around: it connects luggage carts to hacked neons, an e-box sold with Chrysler, Dodge and Plymouth badges – though same car. It seems to be from the 1996-99 generation.
These photos come from us epic Twitter thread of the airline’s passengers. If you have a good laugh today, I highly recommend it. I’m used to seeing hacked Dodge Neons stupid tricks on a Double 500, which does not carry out serious operations at an international airport. Yet we are here.
I love it! Apart from the Neon which clearly lacks its roof and doors, the airline apparently grafted two others with golf cart files on the back. Woah. After I stopped laughing, I realized it made sense. Finish listening to me.
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A proper luggage puller like this TUG MA-50 costs a lot of money. These are heavy duty machines designed to withstand heavy loads, heavy abuses and years of service.
A neon – especially a successful one – costs a small fraction of the price of a luggage rack. These are cars for which an airline can buy $ 500. Accidents are probably even cheaper. Take a jigsaw to the roof and place a tow hook on the back: Tree! You have a luggage puller.
This is saving the airline to the extreme. A cut Neon is not nearly as strong or as robust as a real luggage tractor, but airline passengers have seen a small fleet over the years. So, apparently they are doing the job.
I like to see regular passenger vehicles adapted for aviation use, but this is definitely a first for me to see a Neon ride around luggage. It reminds me of the 4×4 pickups that were cut in half and adapted for the propellants.