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Conventional style cab tractor A cab over semi-tractor Tractor with an end-dump trailer A FAW semi-trailer truck in China A semi-trailer truck (also known by a wide variety of other terms - see below) is the combination of a tractor unit and one or more semi-trailers to carry freight. A semi-trailer attaches to the tractor with a type of hitch called a fifth wheel. Other terms There are a wide ...
English: Diagram showing a side view and underside of a conventional 18-wheeler semi-trailer truck with an enclosed cargo space. The underside view shows the arrangement of the 18 tires (wheels). Shown in blue in the underside view are the axles, drive shaft, and differentials.
The TranStar cab-over-engine models were heavy-duty over-the-road semi-tractors introduced in 1968. Daycab models were available but most had a sleeper compartment. In 1974 the improved raised cab CO4070B TranStar II was introduced and the low-cab version was discontinued. The TranStar II was replaced by the CO9670 in 1984. [40] [41] [42]
A truck can become the coolest on the road simply by outlasting the competition.But reliability is only one of the elements essential to the consummate "cool" truck. It should turn heads, or at ...
Medium trucks are larger than light but smaller than heavy trucks. In the US, they are defined as weighing between 14 001– 26 000 lb (6 351– 11 793 kg). In North America, a medium-duty truck is larger than a heavy-duty pickup truck or full-size van. Some trucks listed as medium also are made in heavy versions. Box truck; Van; Cutaway van ...
Classic-styled truck. Shares cab with T680 and T880. T800: 1987–present: 8: Kenworth's vocational and severe duty truck, available in both semi or rigid configurations. Shares cab with W900. T880: 2014–present: 8: Modernized variant of the T800 T680: 2013–present: 8: Replacement for both T660 and T700, Kenworth's main aerodynamic semi truck.
A road tractor coupled to a semi-trailer is often called a semi-trailer truck or "semi" in North America and Australia, and an articulated lorry or "artic" in the UK. Semi-trailers with two trailer units are called B-doubles (Australian English) or tandem tractor-trailers, [8] tandem rigs, or doubles (American English).
A road train, also known as a land train or long combination vehicle (LCV) is a semi-truck used to move road freight more efficiently than single-trailer semi-trucks. It consists of one semi-trailer or more connected together with or without a tractor. [1] It typically has to be at least three trailers and one tractor. Road trains are often ...