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The U8144T tractor was used to tow semi-trailers with 10-ton or 25-ton ponton bridging equipment. Directly behind the cab was a large toolbox. [25] [26] 2,711 were built between 1941 and 1945, of which 42 went to the Soviet Union under the Lend Lease Act. [27] The U8144 had a similar chassis with van bodies built by York-Hoover.
This is a list of companies that formerly manufactured and / or sold tractors. Some tractor and / or agricultural machinery companies have discontinued manufacturing, or were bought out or merged with other companies, or their company names may have changed.
The M123 was used to tow semi-trailers carrying MBT's (in conjunction with the M15A1 and later the M747 semi-trailers) superseding the M26(A1) Pacific "Dragon Wagon" and the semi-trailers carrying engineering equipment (in conjunction with the M127 low bed semi-trailers). Variants: M123 had dual winches and high mounted fifth wheel, gasoline engine
Conventional style cab tractor A cab over semi-tractor Tractor with an end-dump trailer A FAW semi-trailer truck in China A semi-trailer truck (also known by a wide variety of other terms - see below) is the combination of a tractor unit and one or more semi-trailers to carry freight. A semi-trailer attaches to the tractor with a type of hitch called a fifth wheel. Other terms There are a wide ...
These tractors had varied success but the trend going into the mid-1910s was toward "small" and "cheap". A 1911 one-cylinder 25 hp (19 kW) Type C Mogul. The company's first important tractors were the 10-20 and 15-30 models. Introduced in 1915, they were primarily used as traction engines to pull plows and for belt work on threshing machines ...
Semi-tractor/trailers have to stay on relatively flat ground, and are not rated for full off-road use. On improved roads they could tow up to 55,000 lb (25,000 kg) with 25,000 lb (11,000 kg) on their fifth wheel. [7] [14] Tractor trucks normally towed a 12-ton, 2-axle trailer. There were stake and platform, van, low-bed, and tanker bodies.
Alexis Fire Equipment Company (fire trucks, 1947–present) Alkane; Allianz; AM General; American (1911–1913) American Austin (1929–1934) American Bantam (1935–1941) American Coleman; American LaFrance (fire trucks) American Truck Company (2003–2007) American & British Manufacturing Corporation (fire trucks, ?–1919) Athey; Atterbury ...
The British Army replaced the Crusader in the late 1990s by a Seddon Atkinson tractor unit with a 40–tonne plant trailer and a specialist tank bridge transporter. Many have seen use in the heavy haulage industry due to their incredibly strong chassis. The special heavy haulage tractor was the Crusader based Samson 8×4 with tridem axles.