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2. Mudflap - Wikipedia

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   Truck with bright blue mud flaps on the rear wheel wells and bumper. A mudflap or mud guard is used in combination with the vehicle fender to protect the vehicle, passengers, other vehicles, and pedestrians from mud and other flying debris thrown into the air by a rotating tire on a wheeled vehicle.

3. Semi-trailer aerodynamic device - Wikipedia

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   Semi-trailer aerodynamic devices are devices affixed to semi-trailers, for the purpose of reducing aerodynamic drag caused by air turbulence. The two major types of device in use are trailer skirts (or side skirts ), affixed to the underside of trailers, and trailer tails (or boat tails , or rear fairings ), affixed to the rear.

4. Mudflap girl - Wikipedia

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   This six-month effort featured a silhouette of a nude woman reading a book—a more subdued version of the iconic image often seen on truck mudflaps. With a budget of under $3,000, the campaign distributed Mudflap Girl stickers and posters to mechanic shops, auto parts stores, and libraries, according to Tina Lackey, the library's marketing ...

5. US-1 Trucks - Wikipedia

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   Each vehicle carries two weights - a flat plate at the front and a block at the rear with a tunnel to clear the worm gear. On the Truck Cab, Semi-trailer truck (or Tractor unit) the rear weight was black and cast in the form of a Fifth-wheel coupling where the trailer was attached. These give the vehicle more traction and help it to pass ...

6. 2½-ton 6×6 truck - Wikipedia

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   A Red Ball Express truck gets stuck in the mud during World War II, 1944. 1971 AM General M35A2 with winch and camouflage cargo cover. The 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-ton, 6×6 truck was a standard class of medium duty trucks, designed at the beginning of World War II for the US Armed Forces, in service for over half a century, from 1940 into the 1990s.

7. Roof flap - Wikipedia

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   These flaps are designed to deploy as the truck goes around, venting the air through the bed cover, which often acted as a parachute before. However, upon introduction at Talladega Superspeedway that fall, it was found that the center flap would often deploy on track as the trucks qualified or raced. This was likely due to the positioning of ...