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• Fifth wheel coupling — The fifth wheel coupling provides the link between a semi trailer and the towing truck, tractor unit, leading trailer or dolly. Some recreational vehicles RVs are in a fifth wheel configuration, requiring the coupling to be installed in the bed… …   Wikipedia

• fifth wheel — noun a) A type of trailer hitch, which consists of a horseshoe shaped plate on a multi directional pivot, with a locking pin to couple with the kingpin of a truck trailer. As the third person along on their date, I felt like a fifth wheel. b) A… …   Wiktionary

• Kingpin — may refer to: * Kingpin (automotive part), the pivot in the steering mechanism * Kingpin (comics), archenemy of Daredevil, and one of the main enemies of Spider Man in the Marvel Universe * Kingpin Bowling, lounge bars in Australia * Kingpin… …   Wikipedia

• Kingpin (automotive part) — The kingpin is the main pivot in the steering mechanism of a car or other vehicle. Originally this was literally a steel pin on which the moveable, steerable wheel was mounted to the suspension. Free to rotate on a single axis, it limited the… …   Wikipedia

• Trucking industry in the United States — The trucking industry (also referred to as the transportation or logistics industry) is the transport and distribution of commercial and industrial goods using commercial motor vehicles (CMV). In this case, CMVs are most often trucks; usually a… …   Wikipedia

• Semi-trailer truck — A semi trailer truck, also known as tractor trailer or (in the United Kingdom and Ireland) articulated lorry, is an articulated truck or lorry consisting of a towing engine ( tractor in the United States, prime mover in Australia, and truck in… …   Wikipedia

• List of trucking industry terms in the United States — These are terms used within the U.S. trucking industry. Some of these terms may be used within other English speaking countries, or within the freight industry in general (air, rail, ship, and manufacturing). The terms are arranged by type, from… …   Wikipedia

• truck — truck1 truckable, adj. /truk/, n. 1. any of various forms of vehicle for carrying goods and materials, usually consisting of a single self propelled unit but also often composed of a trailer vehicle hauled by a tractor unit. 2. any of various… …   Universalium

• Dolly (trailer) — European type dolly trailer A dolly is a small trailer that can be coupled to a truck or trailer so as to support a semi trailer. The dolly is equipped with a fifth wheel to which the semi trailer is coupled. This dolly needs its own rear lights… …   Wikipedia

• M970 — Infobox Automobile name=M970 5,000 Gallon Semitrailer Refueler manufacturer=The Heil Company parent company= production= predecessor=M 131 Series successor=None class=Large Semi trailer truck body style=Tanker Semi trailer truck platform=… …   Wikipedia

• List of Spider-Man (1994 TV series) characters — This is a list of characters from Spider Man (1994 TV series). Contents 1 Heroes and allies 1.1 Spider Man/Peter Parker 1.2 Blade 1.3 The Black Cat/Felicia Hardy …   Wikipedia