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English: Diagram showing a side view and underside of a conventional 18-wheeler semi-trailer truck with an enclosed cargo space. The underside view shows the arrangement of the 18 tires (wheels). Shown in blue in the underside view are the axles, drive shaft, and differentials.
Cidomo: a form of horse-drawn carriage popular in the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia. Clarence: A closed, four-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle with a projecting glass front and seats for four passengers inside. Coach: A large, usually closed, four-wheeled carriage with two or more horses harnessed as a team, controlled by a coachman.
A three-trailer livestock road train in Australia An early road train at Alice Springs on the way to Tennant Creek, c. 1938–1948 A diesel road train in Alice Springs, c. 1938–1939. A road train, also known as a land train or long combination vehicle (LCV) is a semi-trailer used to move road freight more efficiently than single-trailer semi ...
Horse Tramways in Fiji: 1884– 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) 610 mm (2 ft) Fiji: Some assisted by manpower. Cane tramways. Spiekeroog tramways: 1885-1949 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm) East Frisian Islands, Germany The last horse-drawn railway in Germany. Horses were replaced by diesel locomotives on 31 May 1949 McKenzie Creek Tramway: 1887–1925 ...
A horse trailer or horse van (also called a horse float in Australia and New Zealand or horsebox in the British Isles) is used to transport horses. There are many different designs, ranging in size from small units capable of holding two or three horses, able to be pulled by a pickup truck or SUV ; to gooseneck designs that carry six to eight ...
A modern gig Skeleton gig being driven tandem. A gig is a light, two-wheeled open carriage with large wheels, a forward facing seat, and shafts for a single horse. The gig's body is constructed above the shafts, and it is entered from step-irons hanging from the shaft in front of the wheels.
Draw reins in the western riding disciplines are always attached to the rings of the cinch (a western-style girth), usually on each side of a western saddle, run through the bit rings (either inside to outside or vice versa, there is no firm rule, though the rein moves more smoothly if the inside goes to the girth and the outside to the hand), and then to the hands of the rider.
The average seasonal snowfall is 31.5 inches (80 cm), though variations in weather patterns may bring sparse snowfall in some years and several major nor'easters in others, with the heaviest 24-hour fall of 25.9 inches (66 cm) occurring on December 26, 1947. [70] Spring and autumn in the area are generally unstable yet mild.