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2. Tow hitch - Wikipedia

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   Tow hitch. A tow ball mounted on the rear of a vehicle. A screw-on tow hook mounted at the front of a vehicle. A tow hitch (or tow bar or trailer hitch in North America [ 1]) is a device attached to the chassis of a vehicle for towing, or a towbar to an aircraft nose gear. It can take the form of a tow ball to allow swiveling and articulation ...

3. Trailer (vehicle) - Wikipedia

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   Gooseneck mounts are often used for agricultural and industrial trailers. Fifth-wheel mounts are often used for recreational trailers. Standard bumper-hitch trailers typically allow a 10% or 15% hitch load while a fifth wheel and gooseneck can handle 20% or 25% weight transfer.

4. Fifth-wheel coupling - Wikipedia

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   The fifth-wheel coupling provides the link between a semi-trailer and the towing truck, tractor unit, leading trailer or dolly. The coupling consists of a kingpin, a 2-or- -inch-diameter (50.8 or 88.9 mm) vertical steel pin protruding from the bottom of the front of the semi-trailer, and a horseshoe-shaped coupling device called a fifth wheel ...

5. Lowboy (trailer) - Wikipedia

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   Lowboy (trailer) A typical lowboy load configuration. A lowboy ( low-loader in British English, low-bed in western Canada and South Africa or float in Australia and eastern Canada) is a semi-trailer with two drops in deck height: one right after the gooseneck and one right before the wheels. This allows the deck to be extremely low compared ...

6. Drawbar (haulage) - Wikipedia

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   Drawbar (haulage) Look up drawbar in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A large ballast tractor pulling a load using a drawbar. General duty tow hitch from VBG on a truck and a drawbar on a trailer, showing a connected drawbar eye. Rockinger drawbar coupling, in which the drawbar eye gets locked. A drawbar is a solid coupling between a hauling ...

7. Trailer connectors in North America - Wikipedia

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   7-pin round blade connector (SAE J2863) This is common for RVs and other large trailers which have additional loads beyond the basic for tail lights and brake/turn signals. The standard is defined by SAE J2863, Automotive Trailer Tow Connector . Reversing lamps, control current to block surge brakes when reversing.