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  2. Freeboard (nautical) - Wikipedia

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    In sailing and boating, a vessel's freeboard is the distance from the waterline to the upper deck level, measured at the lowest point of sheer where water can enter the boat or ship. [1] In commercial vessels, the latter criterion measured relative to the ship's load line , regardless of deck arrangements, is the mandated and regulated meaning.

  3. Bucket-wheel excavator - Wikipedia

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    Note the 40-ton CAT wheeled dozer at lower left for size comparison A bucket-wheel excavator (BWE) is a large heavy equipment machine used in surface mining . Their primary function is that of a continuous digging machine in large-scale open-pit mining operations, removing thousands of tons of overburden a day.

  4. Orthotropic deck - Wikipedia

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    Thousands of orthotropic deck bridges are in existence throughout the world. Despite the savings and advantages (up to 25% of total bridge mass can be saved by reducing deck weight, as the weight reductions extend to cables, towers, piers, anchorages, and so forth), the US has only about 60 such bridge decks in use as of late 2005.

  5. Oversize load - Wikipedia

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    125 feet (38 m) long oversize load "Superload" The legal dimensions and weights vary between countries and regions within a country. [2] A vehicle which exceeds the legal dimensions usually requires a special permit which requires extra fees to be paid in order for the oversize/overweight vehicle to legally travel on the roadways. [3]

  6. ASME Y14.5 - Wikipedia

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    ASME Y14.5 is a standard published by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) to establish rules, symbols, definitions, requirements, defaults, and recommended practices for stating and interpreting Geometric Dimensions and Tolerances (GD&T). [1]

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  8. Rules You Didn't Know the 'Below Deck' Cast Has to Follow

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    Any additional payment comes from tips. For a three-day charter on Below Deck, the crew members typically earn between $2,000 to $2,500 each in cash, former Below Deck chief stewardess Kate ...

  9. Loader (equipment) - Wikipedia

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    John Deere Front end loaders CAD model tracing of a tractor mounted loader mechanism CAD model tracing of a skid loader mechanism. A loader is a heavy equipment machine used in construction to move or load materials such as soil, rock, sand, demolition debris, etc. into or onto another type of machinery (such as a dump truck, conveyor belt, feed-hopper, or railroad car).