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