A semi-trailer is a trailer without a front axle. The combination of a semi-trailer and a tractor truck is called a semi-trailer truck (also known simply...

A semi-trailer truck (also known by a wide variety of other terms - see below) is the combination of a tractor unit and one or more semi-trailers to carry...

of a tractor vehicle pulling semi-trailers Semi-trailer, a trailer with wheels at the rear end only Tractor unit (semi truck engine), the motortruck...

The Tesla Semi is a battery electric semi-trailer truck built by Tesla, Inc. since 2022. The truck is powered by three motors, and according to Tesla...

vehicle (LCV) is a semi-truck used to move road freight more efficiently than single-trailer semi-trucks. It consists of one semi-trailer or more connected...

13-foot-6-inch-high (4.1 m), 53-foot-long (16.2 m) semi-trailers are commonplace. The latter, when towed as part of a tractor-trailer or "18-wheeler", carries a large percentage...

Semi-trailer aerodynamic devices are devices affixed to semi-trailers, for the purpose of reducing aerodynamic drag caused by air turbulence. The two...

livestock Semi-trailer, a trailer without a front axle Travel trailer, or caravan, a type of recreational trailer designed to provide sleeping space Semi-trailer...

steering axles A semi end dump is a tractor-trailer combination wherein the trailer itself contains the hydraulic hoist. In the US a typical semi end dump has...

typically comprise one of two forms: a semi-trailer pulled by a tractor unit (in the same way as a semi-trailer truck). The tractor unit may either be...

fifth-wheel coupling provides the link between a semi-trailer and the towing truck, tractor unit, leading trailer or dolly. The coupling consists of a kingpin...

A car carrier trailer, also known as a car-carrying trailer, car hauler, or auto transport trailer, is a type of trailer or semi-trailer designed to efficiently...

States, when a semi-trailer truck's brakes allegedly malfunctioned, causing the truck to crash into 12 cars and three other semi-trailer trucks, resulting...

tractor unit or a ballast tractor and a mating full trailer, hydraulic modular trailer or semi-trailer (typically of the "lowboy" type), used for transporting...

M1000 semi-trailer. The M1300 is a U.S. Army Europe-specific derivative designed to be road legal within Europe and operates with a different trailer. They...

truck, lorry, semi, big rig or rig, is a characteristically heavy-duty towing engine that provides motive power for hauling a towed or trailered load. These...

Large semi-trailer of truck size is designed for connection via the fifth wheel on the tractor unit or the semi-trailer truck. Small semi-trailer such...

Canada and South Africa or float in Australia and eastern Canada) is a semi-trailer with two drops in deck height: one right after the gooseneck and one...

DRS Technologies M1000 semi-trailer. This combination replaced the earlier Oshkosh-built M911 tractor unit and M747 semi-trailer. To meet a US Army requirement...

1932. Equipped as a tank transporter with a permanently coupled 18t semi-trailer, it was assigned to a training unit but did not initially catch on. Additional...

and/or shift gears. Many early versions of these transmissions that are semi-automatic in operation, such as Autostick, which automatically control only...

combination of a tractor and a trailer, abbreviated to "artic". In the US, it is called a semi-trailer truck, tractor-trailer or semi-truck and is not necessarily...

live bottom trailer is a semi-trailer used for hauling loose material such as asphalt, grain, potatoes, sand and gravel. A live bottom trailer is the alternative...

common configuration of larger LGV in the UK, where a tractor unit tows a semi-trailer through a fifth wheel coupling. The drawbar configuration is a less common...

ACMAT TPK 635 TSR tractor vehicle semi-trailer TPK 635 TSR 3 EC tractor vehicle with deep cabin SR 490 semi-trailer TCM 420 BL6 armored reconnaissance...

axle, which was unheard of for such a large trailer. It seems that each time one of these large semi-trailers went through a state weighing station, it...

Mary trailer is a British semi-trailer combination designed for the carriage and recovery of aircraft. The trailer was made by Tasker Trailers of Andover...

usually pulled by 1-ton dually-style pickups. There are also large semi-trailers that can haul a significant number of animals. In the UK, a horsebox...

refers to the legs which support the front end of a semi-trailer when it is not connected to a semi-truck. Some nicknames are obvious wordplay, such as...

uncovered linking him to any murders. Ray used soundproofing methods on a semi-trailer, which he called his "Toy Box", and equipped it with items used for sexual...