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2. Tow hitch - Wikipedia

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   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 a trailer , or a tow pin, or a tow hook with a trailer loop, often used for large or agricultural vehicles ...

3. Curtiss Aerocar - Wikipedia

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   A similar hitch was used in The Brighton Trailer and may have been the hitch referred to (but not patented) in the Curtiss Camp Car patent of 1921. It consisted of a pneumatic aircraft wheel mounted horizontally within a square wooden (later aluminum) frame that was bolted to the rear of the tow vehicle (usually a modified coupe to accommodate ...

4. Trailer (vehicle) - Wikipedia

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   Gooseneck mounts are often used for agricultural and industrial trailers. Fifth-wheel mounts are often used for recreational trailers. Standard bumper-hitch trailers typically allow a 10% or 15% hitch load while a fifth wheel and gooseneck can handle 20% or 25% weight transfer.

5. Fifth-wheel coupling - Wikipedia

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   The automatic semi-trailer coupling patented by Fruehauf dominated the semi-trailer market until the Fruehauf Trailer Corporation's assets were sold in bankruptcy to Wabash National in 1997. Another fifth wheel patent U.S. 2,053,812 [ 9 ] was issued to Charles E. Bradshaw of Wellville, Virginia , filed March 18, 1936 and granted September 8, 1936.

6. Caravan (trailer) - Wikipedia

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   A fifth-wheel is a travel trailer supported by a hitch in the centre of the bed of a pickup truck instead of a hitch at the back of a vehicle. The special hitch used for fifth-wheels is a smaller version of the one used on 18-wheeler trucks and can be connected by simply driving (backing) the tow vehicle under the trailer. Fifth-wheel trailers ...

7. 11 features that make the 2025 Ford Maverick pickup a 'gotta ...

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   The 2025 Maverick also adds a pair of advanced features to make backing up while towing a trailer and hooking up to a tow hitch easier. The base Maverick can tow 2,000 pounds, the AWD hybrid 4,000.