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2. Tow hitch - Wikipedia

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   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 a ...

3. Drawbar (haulage) - Wikipedia

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   A large ballast tractor pulling a load using a drawbar. General duty tow hitch from VBG on a truck and a drawbar on a trailer, showing a connected drawbar eye. Rockinger drawbar coupling, in which the drawbar eye gets locked. A drawbar is a solid coupling between a hauling vehicle and its hauled load. Drawbars are in common use with rail ...

4. Trucker's hitch - Wikipedia

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   Making a rope very tight, such as to secure an object to a vehicle. Caveat. Can produce excessive wear on rope, especially if tied repeatedly in the same spot [6] ABoK. #1514, #2124, #2125, #2126. Instructions. [1] The trucker's hitch is a compound knot commonly used for securing loads on trucks [7] or trailers.

5. 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 ...

6. Hitch (knot) - Wikipedia

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   Any hitch that is made on an eye loop, i.e., on a becket. Blackwall hitch: A temporary means of attaching a rope to a hook. Blake's hitch: A friction hitch commonly used by arborists and tree climbers as an ascending knot. Boom hitch: A rather robust and secure method of attaching a line, or rope to a fixed object like a pipe, post, or sail boom

7. Bowline - Wikipedia

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   Instructions. [1] The bowline (/ ˈboʊlɪn / or / ˈboʊlaɪn /) [2] is an ancient and simple knot used to form a fixed loop at the end of a rope. It has the virtues of being both easy to tie and untie; most notably, it is easy to untie after being subjected to a load. The bowline is sometimes referred to as king of the knots because of its ...