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2. Truck driver - Wikipedia

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   A truck driver driving a semi-truck in the Netherlands. A truck driver (commonly referred to as a trucker, teamster or driver in the United States and Canada; a truckie in Australia and New Zealand; [1] an HGV driver in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the European Union, a lorry driver, or driver in the United Kingdom, Ireland, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Malaysia and Singapore) is a person who ...

3. Trucking industry in the United States - Wikipedia

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   A common property-carrying commercial vehicle in the United States is the tractor-trailer, also known as an "18-wheeler" or "semi".. The trucking industry serves the American economy by transporting large quantities of raw materials, works in process, and finished goods over land—typically from manufacturing plants to retail distribution centers.

4. Flatbed truck - Wikipedia

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   A flatbed truck (or flatbed lorry in British English) is a type of truck the bodywork of which is just an entirely flat, level 'bed' with no sides or roof. This allows for quick and easy loading of goods, and consequently they are used to transport heavy loads that are not delicate or vulnerable to rain, and also for abnormal loads that require ...

5. Daseke - Wikipedia

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   Smokey Point also offers a significant asset light trucking brokerage service. [41] E. W. Wylie – Founded in 1938, specializing in high-value and over-dimensional freight with their fleet of flatbed and step-deck trailers. [41] J. Grady Randolph – Founded in 1935, specializing in carrying over-dimensional flatbed cargo. [4] [41]

6. Truckload shipping - Wikipedia

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   Truckload shipping is freight transport in which a semi-trailer or intermodal container is filled entirely with one type of cargo. It differs from less-than-truckload shipping (LTL) in which freight from multiple customers is combined in one trailer. A truckload carrier is a trucking company that contracts entire trailer-load to a single customer.

7. Glossary of the American trucking industry - Wikipedia

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   A flatbed with specially fitted side plates and curved ribs supporting a tarp covering, commonly referred to as a "side kit". Named for the resemblance to horse-drawn covered wagons. [41] [42] Curtainside Can be either a dry box with tarp sides, or a flatbed with a movable frame of squared ribs supporting a tarp. [43] A double dropdeck flatbed ...