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29-06-2004, 02:41 AM #1
News
http://www.letchworthcomet.co.uk/arc...sp/explode.asp
Article from the Letchworth Comet. 1 Fridgie killed
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30-06-2004, 07:11 PM #2
Re: News
Originally Posted by Charnwood
What is a "lorry"Essayons
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30-06-2004, 08:44 PM #3
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hi benncool, I think you would call it a big rig. A lorry is slang for a large vehicle say over 7 tons. an articulated lorry is what you would call a rig and trailer and on british roads can be over 40 tons and have 18 wheels.I think they can be even bigger on the continent but I am not sure. Can any one else help? cheers dill.
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30-06-2004, 09:19 PM #4
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Dill,
Provided that the artic (Articulated lorry (Semi trailer)) has "road freindly" air suspension we can run at upto 44 metric tonnes. The rest of the EU states run at 40 Metric tonnes, unless you are Irish, in which case weight limits, speed limits ADR and Tachograph laws just dont applyKarl
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30-06-2004, 09:46 PM #5
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thanks karl, I always thought they were bigger abroad than at home. As for Ireland I went working there once and I could'nt believe how empty the place was. It was a lorry drivers dream, few cars and only carts to slow them down. What a wonderful country that is. cheers mate dill.
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02-07-2004, 02:44 AM #6
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Thanks guys. I kind of guessed that it was a big mother truck. But from what you are talking about most Americans would call it an "18 wheeler".
Chemi emailed me a great site for a dictionary for British-American terms. It is really great. Let me see if I can post a link. And you got to remember that Chemi is in Israel and English is his second language. So he must really get confused when he emails me.
Yes. Let's try this.
http://www.davidappleyard.com/vt.htmLast edited by benncool; 02-07-2004 at 02:50 AM.
Essayons
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02-07-2004, 03:07 AM #7
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18 wheelers - toys! It is not unusual to see 44 wheelers on the roads outside Perth, and that does not include the triple trailer road trains that operate in our North.
I was reading an article on a German firm that was designing a mobile crane that could be used throughout the world (350 ton from memory). It had 7 axles but to be legal in some American states, 2 of the axles would retract so that it became a 5 axle vehicle.Mark Baker
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