Roadhauler
- Load Hauler is an Autobot from the Generation 1 continuity.
Back on Cybertron, Load Hauler worked at Crystal City, until its destruction at the hands of his former teammates, who had been turned into the Constructicons by the Robo-Smasher device. Losing his friends sent him to the Autobots' side, though as a worker, not a fighter. His primary function is in the discovery and procurement of energy sources, traveling Earth for long periods in his search. He does have incredible physical strength, plus the ability to launch both of his fists from their wrist-sockets, which he can then remote-control to perform tasks normally beyond his reach.
Load Hauler is subject to flights of fancy, especially when it comes to his appearance. As such, oftentimes he will return from one of his long sojourns a completely different color than he left in.
Fiction
Generation 1 cartoon
Load Hauler (called "Hauler" in his one appearance) joined Ratchet and Cliffjumper in recovering Hound from the bottom of a ravine. He never spoke or transformed to robot mode. Or did anything else ever.
(Note: Load Hauler's backstory was established only many years after-the-fact for an exclusive toy. In Japan, his cameo lacked a name and most fans assumed him to be Grapple.)
Toys
Generation 1
- Load Hauler (Autobot, 2003)
- Japanese ID number: 88
- One of the first original-deco toys released as part of the e-Hobby exclusive series, Load Hauler is a redeco of the Autobot Grapple, transforming into a hook-crane truck. He was sold only as part of a set with his fellow "More Than Meets the Eye, Part 1" cameo-character Sunstorm.
