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Big Rig Bounty Hunters is an American reality TV program, which aired from February 14, 2013, to June 30, 2014, on the History Channel.The series followed bounty hunters who search for and retrieve lost, stolen, or otherwise missing tractor-trailer rigs, and, in some cases, towed vehicles and cargo on trailers.
The third season of the reality television show Ice Road Truckers premiered on the History Channel in 2009, documenting the lives of truck drivers working the Dalton Highway in Alaska. The show follows drivers as they compete to see who can haul the most loads before the end of the season, while avoiding the pitfalls of dangerous icy roads and ...
Conventional style cab tractor A cab-over semi-tractor Tractor with an end-dump trailer A FAW semi-trailer truck in China 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 freight. A semi-trailer attaches to the tractor with a type of hitch called a fifth wheel. Other terms There are a ...
By 2006 there were over 26 million trucks on America's roads, hauling over 10 billion short tons (9.1 billion long tons), representing nearly 70% of the total volume of freight. [23] Many automobile drivers are largely unfamiliar with large trucks and many accidents are the result of these drivers being unaware of an 18-wheeler's numerous and ...
The TranStar cab-over-engine models were heavy-duty over-the-road semi-tractors introduced in 1968. Daycab models were available but most had a sleeper compartment. In 1974 the improved raised cab CO4070B TranStar II was introduced and the low-cab version was discontinued. The TranStar II was replaced by the CO9670 in 1984. [40] [41] [42]
The April 20, 1966 episode of The Danny Thomas Show, titled "The Road to Lebanon," featured Bing Crosby scouting locations in Beirut for a new Road picture without Bob Hope. [11] In the 1981 Mel Brooks film History of the World, Part I, on escaping from the Romans, Brooks and co-star Gregory Hines parody the series' "We're off on the road to ...
18 Wheels Across America [a] is a Polish-language travel documentary produced by Discovery Channel Poland and distributed by Discovery Channel Poland and TVN, with Dawid Andres as the progremme host. It focuses on Andres's travels across the United States in his semi-trailer truck. [1] The series premiered on January 1, 2017.
Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back is an American reality television series that aired on Fox from June 13, 2018 to May 12, 2020.. Starring chef Gordon Ramsay, the show features his travels across the United States, visiting failing restaurants in his 70-foot-long "Hell On Wheels" semi-truck that unfolds into a high-tech mobile kitchen, where the chefs are retrained.