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2. Tow hitch - Wikipedia

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   Tow hitch. A tow ball mounted on the rear of a vehicle. A screw-on tow hook mounted at the front of a vehicle. A tow hitch (or tow bar or trailer hitch in North America [1]) is a device attached to the chassis of a vehicle for towing, or a towbar to an aircraft nose gear. It can take the form of a tow ball to allow swiveling and articulation of ...

3. Fifth-wheel coupling - Wikipedia

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   The fifth-wheel coupling provides the link between a semi-trailer and the towing truck, tractor unit, leading trailer or dolly. The coupling consists of a kingpin, a 2-or- -inch-diameter (50.8 or 88.9 mm) vertical steel pin protruding from the bottom of the front of the semi-trailer, and a horseshoe-shaped coupling device called a fifth wheel ...

4. Trailer (vehicle) - Wikipedia

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   A fifth-wheel coupling is also referred to as a kingpin hitch and is a smaller version of the semi-trailer "fifth wheel". Though a fifth wheel and a gooseneck trailer look much the same, their method for coupling is different. A fifth wheel uses a large horseshoe-shaped coupling device mounted 1 foot (0.30 m) or more above the bed of the tow ...

5. Ballast tractor - Wikipedia

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   The ballast box is a metal box installed on the rear chassis of the tractor instead of the fifth wheel coupling. Earlier heavy haulers unmounted the fifth wheel and used merely a piece or two of heavy rocks, stones or concrete blocks which weighted enough to avoid wheel spin, [4] later builders and heavy haulers developed metal boxes of different designs to match the tractor layout.

6. Fifth wheel (Brooks Walker) - Wikipedia

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   Fifth wheel (Brooks Walker) Brooks Walker was an American inventor who was born in Minneapolis. His inventions included Venetian blinds. At the time of his death in 1984, he owned over 250 patents. Walker also owned the Shasta Forest lumber company. He had a degree in mechanical engineering from U.C. Berkeley, which he earned in 1925.

7. Pee Wee Reese - Wikipedia

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   Pee Wee Reese. Harold Peter Henry " Pee Wee " Reese (July 23, 1918 – August 14, 1999) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a shortstop for the Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers from 1940 to 1958. [1] A ten-time All-Star, Reese contributed to seven National League championships for the Dodgers and ...