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2. Roadrailer - Wikipedia

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   The connector plate slid into a female receptacle on the rear of the trailer in front and was secured with a steel pin. At the head of a Road Railer train there was an adaptor truck equipped with one fifth wheel and one regular AAR Type "E" or Type "F" automatic coupler. Each semi-trailer had one king pin at each end.

3. Chevrolet Kodiak - Wikipedia

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   Chevrolet Kodiak C4500 with a fifth-wheel trailer-towing rear utility/pickup body. A special Kodiak C4500 was introduced at the 2006 Chicago Auto Show. Aimed at the International RXT (also introduced there), pricing was set at $70,000.

4. US-1 Trucks - Wikipedia

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   The plain rear weights gained one too, but this time it was added onto the front edge so that it protruded towards the motor bearing when inserted. The other prominent feature of the plain rear weights is the mold number. The black fifth wheel mounts have one too, but this is out of sight on the underside between the mud flaps.

5. Fifth-wheel coupling - Wikipedia

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   After all, the purpose of the fifth wheel is to link the tractor and the trailer; indeed, trailers existed before Charles H. Martin introduced the Martin Rocking Fifth Wheel in 1915. At the time, the fifth wheel literally was a wheel that moved with the trailer—unlike today’s technology that secures a kingpin.

6. Wheelset (rail transport) - Wikipedia

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   The rails generally slant inwards at 1 in 40, a lesser angle than the wheel cone. Without the conical shape, a wheel would tend to continue in a straight path due to the inertia of the rail vehicle, causing the wheelset to move towards the outer rail on the curve. The cone increases the effective diameter of the wheel as it moves towards the ...

7. Flange-bearing frog - Wikipedia

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   A flange-bearing frog, often abbreviated FBF, is a type of frog in which the flange of the wheel on a railway vehicle supports the weight of the vehicle. In conventional practice, the tread of the wheel rests on the head of the rail and bears the weight of the vehicle, while the flange is used to keep the vehicle in the gauge of the track.