Sentences with phrase «truck tractor»

Also, it may not cover all types of vehicles, such as recreational motor vehicles, truck tractor trailers, farm tractors or trailers, or more generally, vehicles exceeding a certain weight limit, such as 12,000 pounds.

(a) An automobile, motorcycle, truck, trailer, semitrailer, truck tractor and semitrailer combination, or any other vehicle operated on the roads of this state, used to transport persons or property, and propelled by power other than muscular power...; and

For a truck tractor, the agency would conduct the SWD test with the truck tractor coupled to an unbraked control trailer and loaded with ballast directly over the kingpin.

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As shown in Figure 13, two strips of sheeting or conspicuity reflex reflectors, each not less than 600 mm long, located as close as practicable to the edges of the rear fenders, mudflaps, or the mudflap support brackets, must be applied to mark the width of the truck tractor.

Typically defined as specialized equipment designed and used for the transport of cars, automobile transporters under existing guidance must be capable of carrying the cars as cargo on the truck tractor itself.

Now there are indeed stunts in the movie that involve a lot of cars and a semi truck tractor trailer, but that's not until the finale.

After a careful technical review of the petition and the issues raised by the petitioner, the agency has decided to grant the petition because there is sufficient evidence to indicate that a larger lane width is needed for testing of long wheelbase truck tractors.

The petitioner, Truck and Engine Manufacturers Association (EMA), requested that NHTSA amend the test conditions for the agency's performance test by allowing a larger lane width for long wheelbase truck tractors.

The requirement, starting in March 1997 for truck tractors and a year later for buses, trailers and single - unit trucks with air brakes, will add between $ 500 and $ 850 to the cost of a vehicle.

The effectiveness of ABS in heavy truck tractors and trailers.

NHTSA also notes that stability control systems are more widely available for air - braked vehicles, including truck tractors, than for hydraulic - braked single - unit trucks.

«We commend the agency for moving ahead with an ESC mandate for new truck tractors and large buses independent of its ongoing research on single - unit trucks,» McCartt says.

Electronic stability control (ESC), a crash avoidance feature required on 2012 and newer model passenger vehicles, could become standard on new large truck tractors and certain large buses if the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) adopts a proposed rule announced in May.

All new truck tractors were required to have antilocks after March 1, 1997, and they were mandatory on new air - braked trailers and single - unit trucks and buses after March 1, 1998.

There are two kinds of stability control systems available for truck tractors: ESC and roll stability control.

Most new truck tractors are required to have ESC as of Aug. 1, 2017.

NHTSA has been conducting extensive research on stability control systems for truck tractors and large buses since 2006.

Compared with truck tractors, the single - unit truck fleet varies by model in terms of weight, wheelbase, axles, cargo type and other factors that affect the calibration and performance of stability control systems.

About 26 percent of 2012 model truck tractors and 80 percent of new buses have ESC, NHTSA estimates.

The agency isn't requiring in - service truck tractors and buses to be retrofitted but seeks comments on a future ESC retrofit mandate.

Effectiveness of stability control systems for truck tractors.

Electronic stability control, already standard on all passenger vehicles since the 2012 model year, could be required for new large truck tractors and certain large buses under a proposal being considered by federal regulators.

A requirement for electronic stability control took effect for most new truck tractors in 2017 and is expected to reduce crashes.

The agency's research initially focused on a variety of maneuvers that we could use to evaluate the roll stability performance and the yaw stability performance of truck tractors and large buses.

[69] The study looked at the incremental costs of equipping vehicles with ESC and RSC systems over a baseline of ABS by looking at one truck equipped only with ABS, two truck tractors equipped with RSC, one truck tractor equipped with ESC, and one large bus equipped with ESC.

The NPRM proposed using an automated steering machine be used for the test maneuvers on the truck tractors and large buses in an effort to achieve highly repeatable and reproducible compliance test results.

RSC systems are available for truck tractors and for trailers.

Based on the agency's own testing and the results from industry - provided test data, two stability performance tests were proposed to evaluate ESC systems on truck tractors and large buses — the SIS test and the SWD test.

This document establishes a new Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 136 to require electronic stability control (ESC) systems on truck tractors and certain buses with a gross vehicle weight rating of greater than 11,793 kilograms (26,000 pounds).

The agency proposed to require that truck tractors and large buses be equipped with ESC systems rather than RSC systems.

IIHS, for example, cited its own research suggesting that having ESC systems on all truck tractors could prevent as many as 295 fatal crashes each year.

Several commenters questioned the need for a stability control mandate on truck tractors and certain large buses and recommended against adopting a final rule requiring any type of stability control system.

ESC systems in truck tractors and large buses are designed to reduce untripped rollovers and mitigate severe understeer or oversteer conditions that lead to loss of control by using automatic computer - controlled braking and reducing engine torque output.

Without the new regulation, NHTSA estimates that 34 percent of truck tractors and 80 percent of large buses would have had ESC by 2018, while an additional 21 percent of truck tractors would have had roll stability control.

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Capital Expenditures: In Ryder's business, capital expenditures are generally used to purchase revenue earning equipment (trucks, tractors, and trailers) primarily to support the ChoiceLease product line and secondarily to support the commercial rental product line within Ryder's FMS business segment.

When he couldn't pull them out with his truck, he went home and came back with his tractor, which did the job.

The truck's driver, 60 - year - old James Bradley, told federal authorities he had been unaware the tractor - trailer was filled with people.

There are also self - driving trucks on our highways and self - driving tractors on farms.

In 2016, CareerBuilder and Economic Modeling Specialists Intl. found that some of the most in - demand jobs included sales managers, insurance sales agents, heavy and tractor - trailer truck drivers, bus and truck mechanics, and diesel engine specialists.

BARTONSVILLE, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE / WYOU)-- We've all shared the road with tractor trailers, but truck drivers have a very different view from behind the wheel than we do.

A different law limits the maximum interstate highway weight to 80,000 lbs., but it only applies to tractor trailer trucks with dual axles on both the tractor and the trailer located at least 36 feet apart.

Two months ago, in the middle - of - nowhere, Fla., a person placed a tractor in drive, brought it up to speed and centered the truck in its lane.

Of New Mexico's total industry jobs in 2013, truck drivers alone — whether heavy, tractor - trailer, or delivery — make up nearly 14,610 jobs.

Out of New Hampshire's total industry jobs in 2013, truck drivers alone — whether heavy, tractor - trailer or delivery — make up 10,640 jobs.

What got me thinking about those trucks that are our lifeline to most everything we need was a Feb. 19 tractor - trailer crash on the Capital Beltway.

So next time a tractor - trailer passes by, or you're at the local grocery store as a truck docks in the delivery bay, you're not just looking at an impressive 18 - wheeler traveling the road with your holiday meal that will stock the shelves, or toys for the children in your family, you're looking at a vital machine for New Hampshire's economic growth, prosperity and future.

It also includes Daimler, which has launched FleetBoard in every Mercedes Benz tractor truck sold in the country.

The church recreation center and basement have become a clearinghouse for supplies brought in from nearby Louisville, Kentucky, and trucked in by tractor - trailers from Convoys of Hope, a relief agency from Springfield, Missouri.

I haul bobcat, and tractors, and sod with International dump trucks and 28 foot trailer.