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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. Jackknifing - Wikipedia

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   Jackknifing is the folding of an articulated vehicle so that it resembles the acute angle of a folding pocket knife. If a vehicle towing a trailer skids, the trailer can push the towing vehicle from behind until it spins the vehicle around and faces backwards. This may be caused by equipment failure, improper braking, or adverse road conditions ...

4. Trucker's hitch - Wikipedia

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   The portion of the trucker's hitch which differs in the following variations is the method used to form the loop which the working end slides through to produce the mechanical advantage. The different methods of forming the loop affect the ease and speed of tying and releasing, and the stability of the final product.

5. Drawbar (haulage) - Wikipedia

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   Drawbar eye. A drawbar eye, also called tow eye, is a mechanical part to connect an independent trailer / dolly via a drawbar coupling to a tractor. [2] the eye is connected to the front end of a drawbar with bolt, flange-mounting or welding. [3] Most are made from high tension material to bear heavy loads while being pulled by the tractor.

6. Kingpin (automotive part) - Wikipedia

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   Kingpin (automotive part) The steering kingpin is held in place by the forked ends of a beam axle on a Ford Model T. The kingpin (also king-pin, king pin and k pin) [1] [2] is the main pivot in the steering mechanism of a car or other vehicle . The term is also used to refer to part of a fifth wheel coupling apparatus for a semi and its trailer ...

7. Towing - Wikipedia

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   Large ballast tractor pulling a heavy load (a transformer) on a hydraulic modular trailer using a drawbar. A British Airways Concorde being towed in New York City. Towing is coupling two or more objects together so that they may be pulled by a designated power source or sources. The towing source may be a motorized land vehicle, vessel, animal ...

8. Clevis fastener - Wikipedia

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   Threaded clevis pins have a partially threaded shank on one end and a formed head on the other. The formed head has a lip, which acts as a stop when threading the pin into the shackle, and a flattened tab with a cross-hole. The flattened tab allows for easy installation of the pin and the cross-hole allows the pin to be moused. [3]

9. 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 ...