CROSSWORD (Dad Edition)

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Across
  1. 1. Axle converter linking trailers in an A double setup (5)
  2. 3. WHEEL Horseshoe shaped hitch connecting a tractor to a trailer (10)
  3. 4. 1971 Steven Spielberg thriller featuring a menacing 1955 Peterbilt 281 (4)
  4. 5. DUCK Kris Kristofferson’s handle in the 1978 movie Convoy (10)
  5. 8. Multi axle rear assembly engineered to spread out a heavy load (5)
  6. 11. Trucker’s CB alias (6)
  7. 17. Victorian suburb where Australian built Kenworths have rolled off the assembly line (9)
  8. 19. Autobot leader (7)
  9. 20. Dual rear axle setup (6)
  10. 21. COG Extra low crawler gear used when stuck in thick mud or on steep climbs (6)
  11. 22. Flat nosed truck design (7)
  12. 26. Mack’s flagship heavy hauler (9)
  13. 27. Harvester rooted brand (13)
  14. 28. Weatherproof covering stretched over a flatbed or grain load (4)
  15. 29. Hauling an empty trailer on a return trip (8)
  16. 31. Portland founded semi maker (11)
Down
  1. 2. Record of driving and rest hours (7)
  2. 3. FOR CASH Sudden roadside photo opportunity that results in a fine (12)
  3. 6. "No trees" stretch of the Eyre Highway where truckies cross the Great Australian Bight (9)
  4. 7. Model line named for a Tacoma lumberman who just wanted a better log hauler in 1939 (9)
  5. 9. Major independent diesel engine manufacturer (7)
  6. 10. Driving a tractor without a trailer attached (7)
  7. 12. Slang for an aerodynamic Kenworth T604 (8)
  8. 13. Shredded tyre tread lying on the highway (5)
  9. 14. World’s best (8)
  10. 15. Parent company behind both Kenworth and Peterbilt (6)
  11. 16. Swedish giant (5)
  12. 18. Design focus that replaced classic square hoods to save diesel (4)
  13. 23. CB term for a police officer ("___ in the air") (4)
  14. 24. Common service station (2)
  15. 25. BRAKE Compression brake (9)
  16. 30. Rachael thinks this is the world’s best (3)