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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 ...

3. Drawbar (haulage) - Wikipedia

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   Drawbar (haulage) Look up drawbar in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. 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 ...

4. Wing Enterprises - Wikipedia

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   Wing Enterprises is an American company headquartered in Springville, Utah company, the largest American manufacturer of ladders as of 2005. [1] The company produces the Little Giant Ladder System, a convertible aluminium ladder system. The founder of Wing Enterprises, Harold Ray "Hal" Wing, came across a prototype of the ladder in Germany in ...

5. Pouch Attachment Ladder System - Wikipedia

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   The PALS grid is easily visible in this image of the US Marine Corps' Interceptor Body Armor; note the pouches attached to the system in the background (2005). The Pouch Attachment Ladder System or PALS is a grid of webbing invented and patented by United States Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center used to attach smaller equipment onto load-bearing platforms, such ...

6. Corvus (boarding device) - Wikipedia

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   The marines on deck would then be forced to climb a 12 ft (3.7 m) ladder to access to the corvus. [5] The French scholar Émile de St. Denis suggested the corvus featured a 36 ft (11 m) bridge with the mast hole set 12 ft (3.7 m) from the near end. The design suggested by de St. Denis, however, did not include an oblong hole and forced the ...

7. Trailer (vehicle) - Wikipedia

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   A boat on a single-axle trailer. A trailer is an unpowered vehicle towed by a powered vehicle. It is commonly used for the transport of goods and materials. Sometimes recreational vehicles, travel trailers, or mobile homes with limited living facilities where people can camp or stay have been referred to as trailers.