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2. Scammell Mechanical Horse - Wikipedia

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   The Mechanical Horse came in two sizes, capable of pulling loads of three tons and six tons, each of the two sizes had a corresponding coupling size, which became known as the 3-ton and the 6-ton coupling. The tractor units were powered by Scammell's own side valve petrol engine of 1125cc in the 3 ton version and 2043cc in the larger 6 tonner.

3. Horse trailer - Wikipedia

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   A bumper-pull horse trailer A state-of-the-art semi-trailer used to haul horses. Large trailers are attached with a fifth-wheel coupling.. A horse trailer or horse van (also called a horse float in Australia and New Zealand or horsebox in the British Isles) is used to transport horses.

4. Semi-trailer truck - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

5. Glossary of the American trucking industry - Wikipedia

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   A specialized trailer or truck/trailer combination used for transporting passenger vehicles. [38] [39] Belly dump See bottom dump. A bottom dump trailer Beverage trailer A trailer between 26 feet (7.9 m) and 29 feet (8.8 m) used primarily for the transport of beverages. Colloquially known as a sidebanger, sideloader, or route trailer. Bottom dump

6. Float (horse-drawn) - Wikipedia

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   Horse-drawn milk float in the Milestones Museum. A float is a form of two-wheeled horse-drawn cart, often with a dropped axle to give an especially low load-bed. They were intended for use by deliverymen and the carrying of heavy or unstable items such as milk churns. [1] [2]: 123 [3]: 124 [4]: 79

7. Lowboy (trailer) - Wikipedia

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   A typical lowboy load configuration. A lowboy (low-loader in British English, low-bed in western 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 right before the wheels. This allows the deck to be extremely low compared with other trailers.