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2. Car carrier trailer - Wikipedia

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   2015 Peterbilt 388 with car hauler trailer. A car carrier trailer, also known as a car-carrying trailer, car hauler, or auto transport trailer, is a type of trailer or semi-trailer designed to efficiently transport passenger vehicles via truck. Modern car carrier trailers can be open or enclosed.

3. Auto transport broker - Wikipedia

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   The individual or business that needs to move a car or other vehicle is the shipper; the shipper contacts a broker to have their vehicle shipped or transported. Once a broker is booked, the broker's job is to find a carrier, which is the individual or company that actually employs drivers and operates the car transport equipment.

4. Autorack - Wikipedia

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   In 1959, when 85 ft (25.91 m) flat cars capable of carrying two 40-foot (12.19 m) highway trailers in trailer-on-flatcar (TOFC), or "piggyback" service were introduced, new automobiles began to be shipped by rail loaded on highway auto-carrier trailers. Eight to ten autos could be carried per flat car in this manner.

5. Towing - Wikipedia

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   Travel trailers are a familiar type of recreational vehicle Lowboys carry very heavy loads Many powerboats fit on a trailer. This section refers to the towing of a cargo-carrying device behind a truck or car. Most trailers fit into one of three categories: Small trailers that attach to cars and small trucks (SUVs, minivans, etc.):

6. Auto carrier - Wikipedia

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   Car carrier trailer, a trailer or semi-trailer designed to transport passenger vehicles via truck; Roll-on/roll-off, a ship designed to transport wheeled cargo, including new cars and other motor vehicles; Auto Carriers Ltd., now AC Cars, a British automobile manufacturer; SS Autocarrier, launched 1931, the first container ship

7. Glossary of the American trucking industry - Wikipedia

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   A simple, enclosed box of standardized sizes, used for intermodal transport. [10] Container skeletal carrier A skeletal trailer composed of a simple chassis for the mounting of an intermodal container. [38] Covered wagon A flatbed with specially fitted side plates and curved ribs supporting a tarp covering, commonly referred to as a "side kit".