articulated lorries
Hinged cargo haulers
Articulated lorries is the British term for what Americans call semi-trucks or tractor-trailers—large freight vehicles where a cab unit connects to a detachable trailer via a pivoting joint.
The articulation allows the vehicle to bend at the connection point, enabling tighter turns despite overall length: Articulated lorries jackknifed on the icy motorway.
- semi-trailerAxle-free towed cargo vessel
- HGVLarge freight truck
- truckingRoad-based freight shipping
- long haulProlonged difficult undertaking
- cabsVehicles for hire
air brakes · tractor-trailers · king pin · road train · rigs · sleeper cab · drayage · cargo · vehicles · eighteen-wheeler · cabover · big rigs · axles · payload capacity · tanker trucks · freights · loading bay · tractors
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Enclosed cargo vehicles
delivery vans · pickup trucks · panel vans · cargo bikes · microvans
articulated lorriesfreight trains
Rail vehicles carrying cargo
cargo ships · cargo aircraft · rail freight · container ships · barges
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