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2. Loading dock - Wikipedia

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   Truck loading dock with overhead door, dock leveler, dock seals, canopy, indicator lights, and truck restraint system. In order to facilitate material handling, loading docks may be equipped with the following: [1] Bumpers – protect the dock from truck damage, may also be used as a guide by the truck driver when backing up.

3. Runaway truck ramp - Wikipedia

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   Gravity escape ramp: a long, upwardly inclined path parallel to the road. Substantial length is required. Control can be difficult for the driver; problems include rollback after the vehicle stops. Sand pile escape ramp: a short length of loosely piled sand. Problems include sudden, forceful deceleration; sand being affected by weather ...

4. Automated truck loading systems - Wikipedia

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   Automated truck loading systems (ATLS) is an automation system for trucking.They are used in the material handling industry to refer to the automation of loading or unloading trucks and trailers with product either on or without pallets, slip sheets, racks, containers, using several different types of automated guided vehicle systems (AGV) or engineered conveyor belt systems that are ...

5. Glossary of the American trucking industry - Wikipedia

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   The use of the term "semi" in the name comes from the semi-trailer, a vehicle whose load is carried partly by its own axles and partly by the pulling vehicle, which is commonly included in tractor-trailer rigs. Straight truck A single vehicle, with no articulation. Normally 2 or 3 axles, sometimes with lift axles. Tractor-trailer See semi-truck.

6. Terminal Railway Alabama State Docks - Wikipedia

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   The Terminal Railway Alabama State Docks (reporting mark TASD) is a terminal railroad, according to the AAR. It operates on about 75 miles (121 km) of track and is a subsidiary of the Alabama State Port Authority located at the Port of Mobile in Mobile, Alabama .

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8. History of the trucking industry in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Starting in 1910, the development of a number of technologies gave rise to the modern trucking industry. With the advent of the gasoline-powered internal combustion engine, improvements in transmissions, the move away from chain drives to gear drives, and the development of the tractor/semi-trailer combination, shipping by truck gained in popularity. [1]

9. Amazon delivery driver shoots dog at Alabama home - AOL

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   An Amazon delivery driver shot a dog while making a delivery in Alabama to a person who said she was not expecting a package. Hueytown police responded to a home in the 1000 block of 26th Avenue ...