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  2. These GM pickups, SUVs are being recalled over problem that ...

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    DETROIT (AP) — General Motors is recalling nearly 462,000 pickup trucks and big SUVs with diesel engines because the rear wheels can lock up, increasing the risk of a crash.. The recall in the U ...

  3. GM recalls nearly 500,000 pickup trucks and SUVs. Here's what ...

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    While towing 8,000-lb trailer going up a small grade, the truck shuddered then immediately downshifted violently, causing the truck to skid and almost jack-knifing the truck and trailer," read one ...

  4. Vehicle rollover - Wikipedia

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    A rollover can also occur as a vehicle crosses a ditch or slope. Slopes steeper than 33% (one vertical unit rise or fall per three horizontal units) are called "critical slopes" because they can cause most vehicles to overturn. [5] A vehicle may roll over when hitting a large obstacle with one of its wheels or when maneuvering over uneven terrain.

  5. Dumper - Wikipedia

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    A dumper has a body which tilts or opens at the back for unloading and is usually an open 4-wheeled vehicle with the load skip in front of the driver. The skip can tip to dump the load; this is where the name "dumper" comes from. They are normally diesel powered. A towing eye is fitted for secondary use as a site tractor.

  6. Wheel chock - Wikipedia

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    The mining industry uses wheel chocks to protect lubrication trucks and heavy maintenance vehicles from slipping on off-road terrain when placed in Park. The huge haul trucks, which can weigh up to 450 tonnes (440 long tons; 500 short tons), require a much larger wheel chock that itself will weigh almost 40 kilograms (88 pounds).

  7. GM adds over 132,000 heavy duty pickups to recall for ... - AOL

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    General Motors is adding over 132,000 heavy-duty pickups in the U.S. to a previous recall for tailgate release switches that can short circuit and open the gates while the trucks are in park. The ...

  8. Euclid Trucks - Wikipedia

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    Euclid produced its first specially-designed, 7-yard (6.4 m)-long, off-road dump truck, the Model 1Z, in January 1934. It was powered by a 100 horsepower (75 kW) Waukesha gasoline engine , and used an extremely heavy-duty, Euclid rear axle , fitted with a new 17.5 x 24 tire, which had just been released by the tire industry.

  9. Greece teacher killed when dump truck overturned on her car ...

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    A 10-wheel dump truck hauling gravel overturned atop a passenger car, killing the lone person within the car - Branciforte, a 29-year-old Greece resident, he said. ... 2018 and had been working as ...