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A flatcar (US) (also flat car, [1] or flatbed) is a piece of rolling stock that consists of an open, flat deck mounted on trucks (US) or bogies (UK) at each end. Occasionally, flat cars designed to carry extra heavy or extra large loads are mounted on a pair (or rarely, more) of bogies under each end.
Flatbed trailer. In North America, the length is commonly 48 or 53 feet (14.63 or 16.15 m), and the width is either 96 or 192 inches (2.44 or 4.88 m) (including rub rails and stake pockets on the sides, which generally placed every 2 feet or 61 cm). Some older trailers still in service are only 45 feet (13.72 m) or shorter if used in sets of ...
The founder who launched the ‘Amazon of Latin America’ from a parking garage has transformed retail in the region—and earned himself $7 billion Leo Schwartz February 1, 2024 at 12:45 PM
Flat wagons for carrying timber: the Class Snps 719 (front) and the Class Roos-t 642 (behind). Flat wagons (sometimes flat beds, flats or rail flats, US: flatcars), as classified by the International Union of Railways (UIC), are railway goods wagons that have a flat, usually full-length, deck (or 2 decks on car transporters) and little or no superstructure.
Flatbed scanner, an image scanner used for scanning paper or transparency originals into digital form; Flatbed seat, airline seat that reclines to a full-horizontal flat position to form a bed; Flatbed trolley, a rolling platform; Flatbed semi-trailers; Flatbed truck, a type of truck which has an entirely flat, level body with absolutely no ...
A tractor unit pulling a semi-trailer A truck pulling a semitrailer using a trailer dolly. 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 as a "semi-trailer", "tractor trailer", or "semi" in the United States).
An aluminium tent peg. A tent peg (or tent stake) is a spike, usually with a hook or hole on the top end, typically made from wood, metal, plastic, or composite material, pushed or driven into the ground for holding a tent to the ground, either directly by attaching to the tent's material, or by connecting to ropes attached to the tent.
The rollers on a Steenbeck flatbed editor. A flatbed editor is a type of machine used to edit film for a motion picture. [1]Picture and sound rolls are placed onto separate motorized disks, called "plates," and then threaded through picture and sound transports, each of which has sprocket rollers that transport the film or magnetic stock forwards or backwards at variable or fixed speeds while ...