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  2. Articulated hauler - Wikipedia

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    An articulated hauler, articulated dump truck (ADT), or sometimes a dump hauler, is a very large heavy-duty type of dump truck used to transport loads over rough terrain, and occasionally on public roads. The vehicle usually has all-wheel drive and consists of two basic units: the front section, generally called the tractor, and the rear ...

  3. Dump truck - Wikipedia

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    Articulated dump truck or dumper. An articulated dumper is an all-wheel-drive, off-road dump truck. It has a hinge between the cab and the dump box but is distinct from a semi-trailer truck in that the power unit is a permanent fixture, not a separable vehicle.

  4. Articulated vehicle - Wikipedia

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    In the UK, tractor unit and trailer combinations are referred to as articulated lorries, or "artics". [1]A semi-trailer truck, also known as a semitruck, [1] (or semi, [2] eighteen-wheeler, [3] big rig, [4] tractor-trailer [5] or, by synecdoche, a semitrailer) [6] [a] is the combination of a tractor unit and one or more semi-trailers to carry freight.

  5. Glossary of the American trucking industry - Wikipedia

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    A bottom dump trailer Beverage trailer A trailer between 26 feet (7.9 m) and 29 feet (8.8 m) used primarily for the transport of beverages. Colloquially known as a sidebanger, sideloader, or route trailer. Bottom dump A dump with a funnel-shaped floor for unloading through the bottom. [40] Bull wagon See livestock. An intermodal container ...

  6. Caterpillar 740 Ejector - Wikipedia

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    The ejector uses a 4-cylinder hydraulic ram and blade to dump the material out, a similar system to Cat's wheel tractor-scrapers. The 740 Ejector is sold as separate model from the usual 740. Total power is 436 hp (325 kW), total operating weight is 162,280 lb (73,610 kg), with the load being 42 short tons (38 tonnes ), 37.3 yd 3 (28.5 m 3 ) at ...

  7. Intermodal freight transport - Wikipedia

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    Mini land bridge – An intermodal container shipped by ocean vessel from country A to country B passes across a large portion of land in either country A or B. For example, a container shipment from China to New York is loaded onto a ship in China, unloads at a Los Angeles port and travels via rail transport to New York, the final destination.

  8. Roll-on/roll-off - Wikipedia

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    Roll-on/Roll-off car carrying ship being boarded by articulated haulers at the Port of Baltimore RoRo ports and inland waterways of the United States. Roll-on/roll-off (RORO or ro-ro) ships are cargo ships designed to carry wheeled cargo, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, semi-trailer trucks, buses, trailers, and railroad cars, that are driven on and off the ship on their own wheels or using ...

  9. Roll-off (dumpster) - Wikipedia

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    The container is designed to be transported by special roll-off trucks. There are two types of delivery trucks for the bins based on bin size, and they are: Hook lift bins and Roll-off bins. [ 1 ] Roll-offs are commonly used to contain loads of construction and demolition waste or other waste types .