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2. M970 - Wikipedia

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   The body of the refueler is a 5,000-U.S.-gallon, single compartment, stainless steel tank. The chassis is of welded steel construction and is equipped with full floating tandem axles and a manually operated landing gear. There has been talk of retiring the M970, but a suitable off-road replacement has not been found.

3. M939 series 5-ton 6×6 truck - Wikipedia

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   A ladder frame with three beam axles, the front on leaf springs, the rear tandem on leaf springs with locating arms, was used. The M939 series uses 11:00 R20 tires with two tires per side per axle in the rear (rear tandem duals). This allows a heavy load to be carried on improved roads and most US trucks in the past have used them.

4. Tow hitch - Wikipedia

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   It is a hitch setup mounted on the tow vehicle that uses spring bars and chains under tension to distribute part of the trailer's hitch weight from the towing vehicle's rear axle to the towing vehicle's front axle and to the trailer's axle(s). It can help reduce trailer sway and hop. Trailer hop can jerk the tow vehicle. Trailer sway is also ...

5. M35 series 2½-ton 6×6 cargo truck - Wikipedia

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   Variants with a C suffix (such as M35A2C or M36A2C) featured a straight drop-side cargo bed. M44, M45, and M46 simply designated the long single tandem, long double tandem, and extra long double tandem chassis for the M35 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-ton series of trucks; there was also a short tandem chassis without an M designation. These cab/chassis would ...

6. 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 wide ...

7. Tandem - Wikipedia

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   For trailers, the purpose is to bear heavier loads than a single axle provides. In heavy trucks, tandem refers to two closely spaced axles. Legally defined by the distance between the axles (up to 2.5 m (8 ft 2 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) in the European Union, 40–96 inches (1.02–2.44 m) in the United States), mechanically there are many configurations ...