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2. Trailer (vehicle) - Wikipedia

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   Full trailer with steered axle. A full trailer is a term used in the United States and New Zealand [4] for a freight trailer supported by front and rear axles and pulled by a drawbar. In Europe this is known as an A-frame drawbar trailer, and in Australia it is known as a dog trailer. Commercial freight trailers are produced to length and width ...

3. Two-wheel tractor - Wikipedia

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   Two-wheel tractor or walking tractor (French: motoculteur, Russian: мотоблок (motoblok), German: Einachsschlepper) are generic terms understood in the US and in parts of Europe to represent a single-axle tractor, which is a tractor with one axle, self-powered and self-propelled, which can pull and power various farm implements such as a ...

4. Scammell Mechanical Horse - Wikipedia

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   The frame was of a welded construction and had integral coupling ramps fitted with Scammell Mechanical Horse automatic coupling. The engine, gearbox and driving axle formed a rigid assembly pivoted at the front end in a large rubber bush. A vacuum operated release mechanism replaced the hand lever mechanism used in the Scarab.

5. Semi-trailer truck - Wikipedia

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   In Europe, usually only the driven tractor axle has dual wheels, while single wheels are used for every other axle on the tractor and the trailer. The most common combination used in Europe is a semi tractor with two axles and a cargo trailer with three axles, one of which is sometimes a lift axle, giving 5 axles and 12 wheels in total. This ...

6. Tractor unit - Wikipedia

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   Peterbilt 386 sleeper-cab–style commercial 6×4 tractor unit. A tractor unit, also known as a truck unit, lorry unit, power unit, prime mover, ten-wheeler, semi-tractor, semi-truck, semi-lorry, tractor cab, truck cab, lorry cab, big rig tractor, big rig truck or big rig lorry or simply a tractor, truck, lorry, semi, big rig or rig, is a characteristically heavy-duty towing engine that ...

7. Horse-drawn vehicle - Wikipedia

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   One-horse shay: a light, covered, two-wheeled carriage for two persons, drawn by a single horse. Outside car: another name for jaunting car; Phaeton: a light-weight horse-drawn open carriage (usually with two seats); or an early-nineteenth-century sports car; A mid-19th-century engraving of a Phaeton, from a carriage builder's catalog