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  2. Hundredweight - Wikipedia

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    The hundredweight has had many values. In England in around 1300, different hundreds (centum in Medieval Latin) were defined. The Weights and Measures Act 1835 formally established the present imperial hundredweight of 112 pounds (50.80 kg). The United States and Canada came to use the term "hundredweight" to refer to a unit of 100 pounds (45. ...

  3. Truck classification - Wikipedia

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    The "Three-quarter-tonner" appeared in the Ford truck lineup in 1939. [22] Over time, payload capacities for most domestic pickup trucks have increased while the ton titles have stayed the same. The 1948 Ford F-1 had a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) of 4700 pounds. [23] The truck was marketed with a "Nominal Tonnage Rating: Half-Ton."

  4. Twenty-foot equivalent unit - Wikipedia

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    The twenty-foot equivalent unit (abbreviated TEU or teu) is a general unit of cargo capacity, often used for container ships and container ports. [1] It is based on the volume of a 20-foot-long (6.1 m) intermodal container, a standard-sized metal box that can be easily transferred between different modes of transportation, such as ships, trains, and trucks.

  5. Units of measurement in transportation - Wikipedia

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    kilometre (km) or kilometer is a metric unit used, outside the US, to measure the length of a journey; the international statute mile (mi) is used in the US; 1 mi = 1.609344 km. nautical mile is rarely used to derive units of transportation quantity.

  6. Long ton - Wikipedia

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    1.12 short tons (exactly) The long ton, [ 1 ] also known as the imperial ton or displacement ton, [ 1 ][ 2 ] is a measurement unit equal to 2,240 pounds (1,016.0 kg). It is the name for the unit called the " ton " in the avoirdupois system of weights or Imperial system of measurements. It was standardised in the 13th century.

  7. Ford Transit - Wikipedia

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    Ford Transit Custom (for Ford Tourneo) The Ford Transit is a family of light commercial vehicles manufactured by the Ford Motor Company since 1965, primarily as a cargo van, but also available in other configurations including a large passenger van (marketed as the Ford Tourneo in some markets since 1995), cutaway van chassis, and a pickup truck.

  8. Toyota HiAce - Wikipedia

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    1,690 mm (66.5 in) Height. 1,890–2,220 mm (74.4–87.4 in) A new HiAce van was launched in 1982, with the HiAce pickup truck coming in August 1985. The truck's cab design was common to the bigger ToyoAce light truck, though it had different frontal styling. The truck was a completely different model than the van.

  9. Ford E-Series - Wikipedia

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    The Ford E-Series (also known as the Ford Econoline, Ford Econovan or Ford Club Wagon) is a range of full-size vans manufactured and marketed by the Ford Motor Company. Introduced for 1961 as the replacement of the Ford F-Series panel van, four generations of the model line have been produced. Marketed for both cargo and passenger transport ...