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2. Fifth-wheel coupling - Wikipedia

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   The 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 2-or- 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 -inch-diameter (50.8 or 88.9 mm) vertical steel pin protruding from the bottom of the front of the semi-trailer, and a horseshoe-shaped coupling device called a ...

3. Adjustable grip hitch - Wikipedia

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   The adjustable grip hitch is a simple and useful friction hitch which may easily be shifted up and down the rope while slack. It will hold fast when loaded, but slip when shock loaded until tension is relieved enough for it to again hold fast. It serves the same purpose as the taut-line hitch, e.g. tensioning a tent's guy line.

4. List of friction hitch knots - Wikipedia

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   A friction hitch tied around a thicker rope that can slide while unloaded, but locks when loaded. [2] [3] Similar to the Prusik. Michoacan/Martin is a full equivalent to Gripping sailor's hitch: Pile hitch: The pile hitch is easier to tie than the icicle hitch, and can be tied in the bight without access to either end of the rope. Prusik or Prussik

5. Easy Rider - Wikipedia

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   Wyatt and Billy are freewheeling motorcyclists. After smuggling cocaine from Mexico to Los Angeles, they sell their haul and receive a large sum of money.With the cash stuffed into a plastic tube hidden inside the Stars & Stripes-painted fuel tank of Wyatt's California-style chopper, they ride eastward aiming to reach New Orleans, Louisiana, in time for the Mardi Gras festival.

6. EZ TAG - Wikipedia

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   EZ TAG is an electronic toll collection system in Houston, Texas, United States, that allows motorists to pay tolls without stopping at toll booths. Motorists with the tags are allowed to use lanes reserved exclusively for them on all Harris County Toll Road Authority (HCTRA) roads.

7. Ground-line hitch - Wikipedia

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   Worked-up and dressed properly, it is more secure than the simpler clove hitch and has less tendency to jam, but does not respond well to swinging. It can also be used as a simple binding knot and is classed among several knots known as the miller's knot. [1] The Ground-line hitch is also the start of a three-lead four-bight Turk's head. [2]