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    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...
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    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...
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    A dump truck, known also as a dumping truck, dump trailer, dumper trailer, dump lorry or dumper lorry or a dumper for short, is used for transporting materials...
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    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 has...
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  • a tractor vehicle pulling semi-trailers Semi-trailer, a trailer with wheels at the rear end only Tractor unit (semi truck engine), the motortruck engine...
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  • Thumbnail for 2019 Lakewood semi-truck crash
    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...
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    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...
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    Tractor unit (redirect from Semi tractor)
    also known as a truck unit, lorry unit, power unit, prime mover, ten-wheeler, semi-tractor, semi-truck, semi-lorry, tractor cab, truck cab, lorry cab,...
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    car carrier trailer A truck pulling a semi-trailer using a trailer Dolly Indian auto-rickshaw adapted with trailer A full trailer is a term used in the...
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    loads (often by means of internal divisions in their tank). Some are semi-trailer trucks. They are difficult to drive and highly susceptible to rollover due...
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  • designed to provide sleeping space Semi-trailer truck, the combination of a tractor unit and one or more semi-trailers Mobile home, a relocatable housing unit...
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    fifth wheel on the tractor unit or the semi-trailer truck. Small semi-trailer such as travel trailer and boat trailer is designed for connection via a tow...
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    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 a purpose-built...
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  • On April 12, 2024, a man crashed a stolen semi-trailer truck into a Texas Department of Public Safety office in Brenham, Texas, killing two people and...
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    Articulated vehicle (category Trucks)
    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...
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  • sometimes also the gross trailer weight rating (GTWR), and can vary among jurisdictions. In the United States, commercial truck classification is determined...
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    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...
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    Fifth-wheel coupling (category Trucks)
    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...
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  • manufacturers List of dump truck manufacturers List of truck manufacturers List of electric truck makers Semi-trailer and semi-trailer truck Tractor unit "4 Guys...
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    Mack semi-trucks. Renault Optidriver: an automated manual transmission; introduced in 2004, and used in Renault heavy-duty commercial semi-trucks. Daimler...
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    long-distance refrigerated transport by truck is done in articulated trucks pulling refrigerated hardside (box) semi-trailers, although insulated curtainsiders...
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    (1963–1989), was an American company engaged in the manufacture and sale of truck trailers, and other machinery and equipment, with headquarters located in Detroit...
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  • bus struck a westbound semi-trailer truck that blew through a stop sign near Armley, Saskatchewan, Canada. The driver of the truck had failed to yield at...
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    semi-trailer truck loads, the cab requires one semi-trailer load, the six tires require two semi-trailer loads and the dump body requires four semi-trailer...
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  • FM12 Schmitz Cargobull Seri Zenith Voltrailer Wielton Dump truck Tractor unit Semi-trailer and semi-trailer truck List of American truck manufacturers...
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  • The 1999 Loomis truck robbery was a daring currency heist of a Loomis, Fargo & Co. semi-trailer truck on March 24, 1999, still unsolved. At some point...
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  • Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company is an American semi-trailer truck dry van, flatbed, and refrigerated van trailer manufacturing company, with its...
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  • 2008 as a red semi-trailer truck, able to be fitted with many "trailer" attachments, most notably one that effectively makes him a fire truck. Unlike the...
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    formally a "straight truck" while one designed specifically to pull a trailer is not a truck but a "tractor". The majority of trucks currently in use are...
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    A truck sleeper or sleeper cab is a compartment attached behind the cabin of a tractor unit used for rest or sleeping. In many countries, drivers are...
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