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  2. Refrigerator truck - Wikipedia

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    A refrigerator truck or chiller lorry (also called a reefer), is a van or truck designed to carry perishable freight at low temperatures. Most long-distance refrigerated transport by truck is done in articulated trucks pulling refrigerated hardside (box) semi-trailers , although insulated curtainsiders are common in some countries.

  3. Refrigerator car - Wikipedia

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    Refrigerator cars differ from simple insulated boxcars and ventilated boxcars (commonly used for transporting fruit), neither of which are fitted with cooling apparatus. Reefers can be ice - cooled , come equipped with any one of a variety of mechanical refrigeration systems, or use carbon dioxide (as dry ice ) or liquid nitrogen as a cooling ...

  4. Hot stick - Wikipedia

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    A linesman working for Country Energy in Australia closing a circuit using a hot stick. In the electric power distribution industry, a hot stick is an insulated pole, usually made of fiberglass, used by electric utility workers when engaged on live-line working on energized high-voltage electric power lines, to protect them from electric shock.

  5. Tank truck - Wikipedia

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    Tank truck from 1926 Ampol Tank Truck in 1951 on Botany Road, Mascot, New South Wales.Photograph taken by Sam Hood for LJ Hooker, State Library of New South Wales, 14089 1960 Peterbilt 281 tanker truck from Steven Spielberg's 1971 film Duel Burning car wrecks of a van and a tank truck seen through the windshield in Southern Nigeria, 1970 - 1973.

  6. Glossary of the American trucking industry - Wikipedia

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    A truck with a bucket-like cargo area which the front can be raised, hinging on the rear, allowing the load to slide ("dump") out of the cargo area. Often a straight truck, semi-trailers are also common. Flatbeds and refuse container trucks can often "dump", but are rarely called that. [3] Eighteen-wheeler

  7. List of truck types - Wikipedia

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    Medium trucks are larger than light but smaller than heavy trucks. In the US, they are defined as weighing between 14 001– 26 000 lb (6 351– 11 793 kg). In North America, a medium-duty truck is larger than a heavy-duty pickup truck or full-size van. Some trucks listed as medium also are made in heavy versions. Box truck; Van; Cutaway van ...

  8. 25 Non-Traditional Thanksgiving Dinner Ideas That Aren't Meat ...

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    Tomato Spice Cake. Pumpkin, pecan, sweet potato, and apple pies might be the norm on Thanksgiving but if you're looking to switch things up a bit, consider making room for a Tomato Spice Cake, too.

  9. Haul truck - Wikipedia

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    The WABCO 3200 was a rare example of a tri-axle haul truck configuration A medium sized haul truck, the 214-short-ton (194 t; 191-long-ton) Caterpillar 789 [1]. Most haul trucks have a two-axle design, but two well-known models from the 1970s, the 350T Terex Titan and 235T WABCO 3200/B, had three axles.