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Continental tire. A continental tire or a continental kit is the common U.S. term for an upright externally-mounted spare tire behind an automobile's trunk. These were available as factory-installed or aftermarket "kits" with full-sized spare wheels. The term is also applied to a cosmetic accessory designed to give the impression of an exposed ...
A truck with a total of 18 tire/wheels. It can also be used for any truck usually with a fifth-wheel hitch and a semi-trailer even if the vehicle doesn't have dual wheels, or tandem axles. Aircraft carrier Tractor/trailer carrying a disassembled aircraft, helicopter or a small plane. Angry kangaroo A truck with one (or both) of its headlights out.
The following is a list of slang that is used or popularized by Generation Z (Gen Z), generally those born between the late 1990s and early 2010s in the Western world. Generation Z slang differs from slang of prior generations. [1] [2] Ease of communication with the Internet facilitated the rapid proliferation of Gen Z slang. [2] [3] [4]
Fifth wheel Trailer: 17 to 40 ft (5.2 to 12.2 m) ... In Australia, the slang term for a retired person who travels in a recreational vehicle is a "grey nomad".
Officially designated as the Chevrolet C70 (or GMC C7000), the Kodiak name followed the Chevrolet "frontier beast" naming tradition for its heavy conventionals (Chevrolet Bison and Chevrolet Bruin) while the GMC TopKick was a military slang term (following GMC Brigadier and GMC General). Following Chevrolet's retirement from the Class 8 truck ...
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 ...
Spare tire. A Stepney rim. An early approach to providing a car with a spare tire. A spare tire (or stepney in some countries [1]) is an additional tire (or tyre - see spelling differences) carried in a motor vehicle as a replacement for one that goes flat, has a blowout, or has another emergency. Spare tire is generally a misnomer, as almost ...
Release. September 17, 2001. (2001-09-17) –. May 21, 2004. (2004-05-21) The 5th Wheel was an American dating reality series that aired in syndication from 2001 to 2004. The show was initially hosted by comedian Aisha Tyler, [1] but when Tyler left after completing the first season, the remaining two seasons were hosted in narration by ...