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Peterbilt 386 sleeper-cab–style commercial 6×4 tractor unit. A tractor unit, also known as a truck unit, lorry unit, power unit, prime mover, ten-wheeler, semi-tractor, semi-truck, semi-lorry, tractor cab, truck cab, lorry cab, big rig tractor, big rig truck or big rig lorry or simply a tractor, truck, lorry, semi, big rig or rig, is a characteristically heavy-duty towing engine that ...
In the making of the 1978 film Convoy, the loaded trailer of a white 1972 Brockway 361 semi truck toppled over when the convoy made a sharp turn at an intersection, toppling over also the semi.
CCC began as a firm that remanufactured World War II-era surplus vehicles for civilian crane-carrying use.In 1953 CCC presented their first own truck, and soon evolved into a company that manufactured over-the-road trucks for concrete mixing, logging, mining, and other construction industries, including a wheeled loader.
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In the 2009 book, Trucking country: The road to America's Walmart economy, author Shane Hamilton explores the history of trucking and how developments in the trucking industry helped the so-called big-box stores (such as Walmart or Target) dominate the retail sector of the U.S. economy. [26]
A Tesla big rig crashed in Northern California on Monday and ignited the vehicle's battery, starting a fire that filled the air with toxic fumes and forced the closure of Interstate 80 in both ...
Portions of Highway 47, including the Vincent Thomas Bridge, reopened Friday after a big rig containing lithium batteries crashed in San Pedro, sparking a fire.
Nikola Corporation was founded by Trevor Milton [15] in 2014 [16] in Salt Lake City, Utah. [17] [18]As of 2016, the first 5,000 Nikola One hydrogen-powered glider trucks (truck vehicle platforms without engines) were slated to be built by Fitzgerald Glider Kits in Tennessee. [16]