fifth wheels

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Across
  1. 2. plates bolt to the frame and to the 5th wheel brkt
  2. 3. support trailer when unattached from tractor
  3. 5. maximum legal weight limit
  4. 7. weight supported by ball hitch
  5. 11. front-to-rear & side-to-side movement
  6. 14. coupler, plate with kingpin attached to trailer
  7. 15. tractor design with engine forward of cab
  8. 16. 2" standard. fits into throat and jaws on plate
  9. 17. dolly that converts a semi into a full trailer
  10. 18. type of 5th wheel lock using lock bar and wedge
  11. 22. used to connect trailers to tractor of trailer
  12. 23. downward force supported by hitching device
  13. 24. most common on highway 5th wheel plate
Down
  1. 1. 2 fifth wheel lock jaws
  2. 4. a single swinging lock jaw and plunger
  3. 6. combination trailer set using a draw bar
  4. 8. laws that limit weight-to-length on bridges
  5. 9. mechanism a plate that allows the 5th wheel to slide
  6. 10. combination trailer set using a fifth wheel
  7. 12. safety latch added step unlatch or release pin
  8. 13. vehicle partially supported and pulled
  9. 19. tractor design with the cab over the engine
  10. 20. maximum horizontal pulling force on 5th wheel
  11. 21. max. design weight of vehicle incl. fuel, load, pass.
  12. 25. clearance is space between tlr & tractor when turning
  13. 26. max. design rating specified by OEM incl. fuel, load