big rigs
Long-haul trucks
Big rigs are large commercial trucks, especially tractor-trailers with eighteen wheels.
The term emphasizes size and power: Big rigs dominated the highway.
Truckers who drive big rigs occupy a romanticized place in American road culture, associated with CB radios, long hauls, and truck stops.
Large articulated trucks
- eighteen-wheelersHeavy freight transport vehicles
- tractor-trailersArticulated freight trucks
- MacksSurname or truck brand
- VolvosSwedish automotive brand
long-haulers · articulated lorries · road trains · sleeper cabs · bobtails · flatbeds · reefers · tankers
Between political regions
- freewayHighway without tolls
- turnpikeFee-charging highway
- truck stopsHighway facilities for haulers
- weigh stationsRoadside truck inspection points
rest areas · convoys · routes · corridors · bypasses · overpasses · truck lanes · roadside
Goods being transported
- cargoTransported goods
- shipmentGoods being transported
- loadCarried weight or burden
- palletsFlat freight platforms
containers · goods · merchandise · consignment · bulk · oversize loads · hazmat · livestock
Road-based freight shipping
- logisticsCoordination of complex activities
- shippingTransporting goods to destinations
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- long-haulCovering great distances
owner-operators · fleet · CDL · teamsters · dispatch · deadhead · backhaul · drayage
Extremely large and heavy
- hulkingMassive and unwieldy
- toweringOf imposing height
- behemothCreature of immense size
- heavy-dutyBuilt for hard use
wide loads · air horns · mud flaps · grilles · fifth wheel · jake brake
semis
Large articulated trucks
- eighteen-wheelersHeavy freight transport vehicles
- tractor-trailersArticulated freight trucks
- MacksSurname or truck brand
Volvos · long-haulers · articulated lorries · road trains · sleeper cabs · bobtails · flatbeds · reefers · tankers · lowboys
interstate
Between political regions
- freewayHighway without tolls
- turnpikeFee-charging highway
- truck stopsHighway facilities for haulers
weigh stations · rest areas · convoys · routes · corridors · bypasses · overpasses · truck lanes · roadside · mile markers
freight
Goods being transported
pallets · containers · goods · merchandise · consignment · bulk · oversize loads · hazmat · livestock · automobiles
trucking
Road-based freight shipping
- logisticsCoordination of complex activities
- shippingTransporting goods to destinations
- distributionAllocation across recipients
long-haul · owner-operators · fleet · CDL · teamsters · dispatch · deadhead · backhaul · drayage · intermodal
massive
Extremely large and heavy
heavy-duty · wide loads · air horns · mud flaps · grilles · fifth wheel · jake brake
- motorsportsracing, race, race tracks, Daytona 500, racing teams
- truckingsemi, 18-wheeler, trucks, truckers, semi-truck
- wheeled vehiclesbicycle, car, truck, bus, motorcycle
- gas-guzzlersmonster trucks, semi-trucks, lifted trucks, muscle cars, motorhomes
- juvenile truckstoy trucks, push toys, sound trucks
big rigsmicrocars
Smallest class of automobiles
minicars · motorcycles · scooters · Fiat 500 · subcompacts
big rigspassenger cars
Vehicles for transporting people
family cars · commuter cars · passenger vehicles · private cars · station wagons
big rigscargo bikes
Bikes designed for loads
messenger bags · backpacks · handcarts · briefcases · hand trucks
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