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2. Wheel chock - Wikipedia

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   The huge haul trucks, which can weigh up to 450 tonnes (440 long tons; 500 short tons), require a much larger wheel chock that itself will weigh almost 40 kilograms (88 pounds). These circumstances will benefit from urethane wheel chocks that are lightweight enough to be maneuvered, yet can withstand the responsibility of holding a truck if a ...

3. Catch points - Wikipedia

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   A cheap and simple alternative to catch points or a derail is a chock block, which is a piece of timber that can be positioned and locked over one of the rails at the end of a siding to protect the main line from runaways. In order for the siding to be used the chock block must be removed.

4. M39 series 5-ton 6×6 truck - Wikipedia

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   Although the truck was not meant to carry a load, the boom could support 7,000 lb (3,200 kg) when towing. They had 20,000 lb (9,100 kg) front and 45,000 lb (20,000 kg) rear winches, outriggers, boom braces, chocks, block and tackle, oxygen-acetylene torches, and other automotive tools. [7] [18]

5. M939 series 5-ton 6×6 truck - Wikipedia

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   The safety of the M939 series of trucks has been criticized, especially braking performance and stability when loaded. In 1999 the U.S. Army began retrofitting anti-lock brake systems to the M939 trucks. [24] Until the trucks were modified, they were limited to a 40 mph (65 km/h) top speed by an Army-wide safety order. [citation needed]

6. Ken Block's Hoonitruck Sells at Auction for Nearly $1 Million

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   Built as an homage to the very truck that Block learned to drive in, this sixth-gen F-150 shares very few parts with an original. The chassis was entirely custom-built for high-speed slides, while ...

7. Ground support equipment - Wikipedia

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   Chocks Chocks being fitted to a British Airways Airbus A321. Chocks are used to prevent an aircraft from moving while parked at the gate or in a hangar. Chocks are placed in the front ('fore') and back ('aft') of the wheels of landing gear. They are made out of hard wood or hard rubber. Corporate safety guidelines in the US almost always ...