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The wedge plow or Bucker plow was first developed by railroad companies to clear snow in the American West. The wedge plow forces snow to the sides of the tracks and therefore requires a large amount of force due to the compression of snow. The wedge plow is still in use today in combination with the high-maintenance rotary snowplow.
Cross-section of a connecting rod, showing strap (S), gib (G), and cotter pin (C) Another view, with scale, of bicycle crank cotter A cotter is a pin or wedge with a flat bearing surface passing through a hole to fix parts tightly together.
Wedge snowplows were the traditional mechanized method of clearing snow from railroad tracks. These pushed snow off the tracks, deflecting it to the side. Deeper drifts cannot easily be cleared by this method; there is simply too much snow to be moved. For this purpose, the rotary snowplow was devised.
Americans are obsessed with a white Christmas and all the trimmings – snow, icicles, sleigh rides, frost on windowpanes, cuddling up by the fire, mittens, the North Pole.
The coworker of a newly married woman says she used their recent company holiday party to swindle wedding gifts. After sharing a "sob story" about how she wasn't given enough money from her guests ...
Obama's first commerce secretary nominee, then-New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, dropped out on Jan. 4, 2009. Gaetz withdrew on Nov. 21, 2024. Gaetz withdrew on Nov. 21, 2024.
4-way or Fourway can refer to: an acoustic system containing four loudspeakers; a formation skydiving event, "4-way sequential", that has four members in each team; a Symmetric multiprocessing system with 4 processors; Fourway Athletics, a Hong Kong football team; Four-slide; Four-way switch; 4-way stop; Fourway, Virginia (disambiguation)
Each set consists of a metal wedge (the plug), and two metal shims (the feathers). The feathers are wide at the bottom, and tapered and curved at the top. When the two feathers are placed on either side of the plug, the combined width of the set is the same at both ends.