enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Tow hitch - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tow_hitch

   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. Fifth-wheel coupling - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth-wheel_coupling

   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.

4. Glossary of North American railway terms - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_North_American...

   An iron or steel plate used to spread the weight of rail over a larger area of sleeper (tie) and facilitate a secure, low maintenance, fastening with bolts or clips Toaster An Amtrak AEM-7, sometimes called a toaster due to its boxy shape EMD AEM-7 and ABB ALP-44 locomotives, due to their visual appearance and tendency to emit sparking and ...

5. R-clip - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R-clip

   An R-clip, also known as an R-pin, R-key, hairpin cotter pin, [1] hairpin cotter, [2] bridge pin, [2] hitch pin clip [3] [4] or spring cotter pin, [5] is a fastener made of a durable but flexible material, commonly hardened metal wire, resembling the shape of the letter "R".

6. AOL.com - News, Sports, Weather, Entertainment, Local & Lifestyle

   www.aol.com

   AOL latest headlines, entertainment, sports, articles for business, health and world news.

7. Ford Explorer - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Explorer

   If equipped with the trailer tow package the new 2011 Explorer will be able to tow up to 5,000 lb (2,268 kg) of braked trailer. That is 1,500 lb (680 kg) greater than the towing capacity stated for the Explorer America concept and 2,115 lb (959 kg) less than the outgoing Explorer's towing capacity, although that was only available with the 4.6 ...

8. Magnus hitch - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_hitch

   The magnus hitch is a knot similar to a rolling hitch or clove hitch, used to tie a rope or line to a pole, spar, or another line. It is tied similarly to a rolling ...

9. Adjustable grip hitch - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjustable_grip_hitch

   The adjustable grip hitch is a simple and useful friction hitch which may easily be shifted up and down the rope while slack. It will hold fast when loaded, but slip when shock loaded until tension is relieved enough for it to again hold fast. It serves the same purpose as the taut-line hitch, e.g. tensioning a tent's guy line.