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  2. Falling weight deflectometer - Wikipedia

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    A falling weight deflectometer, towed by a truck. A falling weight deflectometer (FWD) is a testing device used by civil engineers to evaluate the physical properties of pavement in highways, local roads, airport pavements, harbor areas, railway tracks and elsewhere. The data acquired from FWDs is primarily used to estimate pavement structural ...

  3. Mercedes-Benz Actros - Wikipedia

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    The Mercedes-Benz Actros is a heavy-duty truck introduced by Mercedes-Benz at the 1996 Commercial Vehicle IAA in Hannover, Germany, as the replacement for the SK. It is normally used for long-distance haulage, heavy-duty distribution haulage, and construction haulage. It is powered by an inline-6 diesel engine with a turbocharger and ...

  4. IdleAir - Wikipedia

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    IdleAir, a division of Convoy Solutions LLC, is a company that provides in-cab services to truckers via centralized systems at truck stops around the United States.IdleAir's service, the patented [3] Advanced Travel Center electrification (ATE), was more complex and more expensive than traditional truck stop electrification (TSE) systems which are aimed at idle reduction reducing the amount of ...

  5. 2019 Lakewood semi-truck crash - Wikipedia

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    Just after 4:00 p.m. MDT on April 25, 2019, an unrelated semi-trailer truck crashed into a Jefferson County Public Schools school bus on Interstate 70 at the Ward Road exit, resulting in ten injuries, [1] and causing Interstate 70 to be closed eastbound from Ward Road (Exit 266) to Kipling Street (Exit 267). [2]

  6. Brake fade - Wikipedia

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    Maladjustment with wear is still a factor in trucks with drum air brakes. [5] A Canadian survey of randomly stopped heavy trucks found over 10% of trucks using self-adjusting brakes had at least one brake out of adjustment, due either to failure of the self-adjust mechanism or wear beyond the capacity of the self adjuster.

  7. Bedford TJ - Wikipedia

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    The Bedford TJ is a truck that was produced by Bedford and its successors from 1958 to 1998, as a replacement for the earlier Bedford A series of medium-duty trucks that were built between 1953 and 1958. The TJ was the last bonneted truck produced by the company, and the last vehicle to be produced to have a relation with Bedford.

  8. Diesel Brothers - Wikipedia

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    Diesel Brothers is an American reality television series. The series premiered on January 4, 2016, on Discovery Channel. [1] [2] The program follows a group of friends in Utah who repair and customize pickup trucks.

  9. Bedford Vehicles - Wikipedia

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    From 1961 to 1968, General Motors Argentina manufactured Bedford trucks [10] and truck-based buses [11] in a plant at San Martín, Buenos Aires. 1967 Bedford SB mobile cinema In 1967, a Bedford SB3 chassis with Plaxton 's Panorama cab was used in the construction of seven custom mobile cinema units that toured British factories for the Ministry ...