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Container Chassis -
fjrigjwwe9r0logisticsglossary:definition Single-purpose semitrailer designed to carry a shipping container.
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Converter Dolly -
fjrigjwwe9r0logisticsglossary:definition Auxiliary axle assembly equipped with a fifth wheel (coupling device), towed by a semitrailer and supporting the front of, and towing, another semitrailer.
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Cube -
fjrigjwwe9r0logisticsglossary:definition Interior volume of a truck body, semitrailer or trailer, measured in cubic feet.
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Cubic Capacity -
fjrigjwwe9r0logisticsglossary:definition Interior volume of a truck body, semitrailer or trailer, measured in cubic feet.
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Dolly -
fjrigjwwe9r0logisticsglossary:definition Auxiliary axle assembly equipped with a fifth wheel (coupling device), towed by a semitrailer and supporting the front of, and towing, another semitrailer.
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Doubles -
fjrigjwwe9r0logisticsglossary:definition Combination of a tractor and two semitrailers connected in tandem by a converter dolly.
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pintle hook |
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Fifth Wheel -
fjrigjwwe9r0logisticsglossary:definition Coupling device attached to a tractor or dolly which supports the front of a semitrailer and locks it to the tractor or dolly. The fifth wheel's center is designed to accept a trailer's kingpin, around which the trailer and tractor or dolly pivot in turns.
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Gross Combination Weight -
fjrigjwwe9r0logisticsglossary:definition Total weight of a loaded combination vehicle, such as a tractor-semitrailer or truck and full trailer(s).
Acronym: GCW
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Kingpin Trailer -
fjrigjwwe9r0logisticsglossary:definition Anchor pin at the center of a semitrailer's upper coupler which is captured by the locking jaws of a tractor's fifth wheel to attach the tractor to the semitrailer.
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Kingpin Trailer -
kingpin axle |
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Landing Gear (1) -
fjrigjwwe9r0logisticsglossary:definition Retracting legs which support the front of a semitrailer when it is not coupled to a tractor.
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Long Combination Vehicle -
fjrigjwwe9r0logisticsglossary:definition In general, vehicles longer than a standard doubles rig (tractor and two 28-foot semitrailers). Examples of LCVs which are permitted in some U.S. western states and eastern toll roads: Twin 48-foot trailers; triple 28-foot trailers.
Acronym: LCV
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Piggyback -
fjrigjwwe9r0logisticsglossary:definition Semitrailer built with reinforcements to withstand transport by a railroad flatcar.
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Pup Trailer -
fjrigjwwe9r0logisticsglossary:definition Short semitrailer, usually between 26 and 32 feet long, with a single axle.
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RoadRailer -
fjrigjwwe9r0logisticsglossary:definition Semitrailer specially designed to travel both on highway and on rails. Manufactured by Wabash Corp.
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Semitrailer (1) -
fjrigjwwe9r0logisticsglossary:definition Truck trailer supported at the rear by its own wheels and at the front by a fifth wheel mounted to a tractor or dolly.
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Slider -
fjrigjwwe9r0logisticsglossary:definition Mechanism that allows a tandem axle suspension to be moved back and forth at the rear of a semitrailer, for the purpose of adjusting the distribution of weight between the axles and fifth wheel.
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Sliding Tandem -
fjrigjwwe9r0logisticsglossary:definition Mechanism that allows a tandem axle suspension to be moved back and forth at the rear of a semitrailer, for the purpose of adjusting the distribution of weight between the axles and fifth wheel.
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Tractor (1) -
fjrigjwwe9r0logisticsglossary:definition Truck designed primarily to pull a semitrailer by means of a fifth wheel mounted over the rear axle(s). Sometimes called a truck tractor or highway tractor to differentiate from it from a farm tractor.
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Tractor Trailer -
fjrigjwwe9r0logisticsglossary:definition Tractor and semitrailer combination.
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Trailer On Flat Car (1) -
fjrigjwwe9r0logisticsglossary:definition Method of moving cargo which involves transporting semitrailers on railroad flat cars.
Acronym: TOFC
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Tridem -
fjrigjwwe9r0logisticsglossary:definition Group of three axles on a truck, tractor or trailer. Tridems are most common on European semitrailers.
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Twin Trailers -
fjrigjwwe9r0logisticsglossary:definition Combination of a tractor and two semitrailers connected in tandem by a converter dolly.
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Twins -
fjrigjwwe9r0logisticsglossary:definition Combination of a tractor and two semitrailers connected in tandem by a converter dolly.
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Upper Coupler -
fjrigjwwe9r0logisticsglossary:definition Load bearing surface on the underside of the front of a semitrailer. It rests on the fifth wheel of a tractor or dolly and has a downward-protruding kingpin which is captured by the locking jaws of the fifth wheel.
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