Doesn't semi mean half? So wouldn't it be half a truck, but there much larger than a regular truck?
2006-09-01 12:08:45 · 8 answers · asked by sgtgregg 3 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
Because part of it is a truck,the other part is to load cargo.
2006-09-01 12:14:12 · answer #1 · answered by Willnotlietoyou 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the semi comes from when trains moved most of the items by rail. The truck was a semi because the load was charged by how many semis it had to be broken into.
This was many years ago and the term has stuck
2006-09-01 19:15:59 · answer #2 · answered by ML 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because most big trucks use what is called a semi-diesel engine. A full diesel engine, as designed by Herr Diesel, works to compress the fuel until it ignites by compression ignition alone. A semi-diesel engine uses glow plugs to heat the air/fuel mixture to help the ignition along until the engine is up to temp.
For the precise definition, check out www.thefreedictionary.com/Semi-Diesel
2006-09-01 22:57:29 · answer #3 · answered by Boomer Wisdom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A truck is composed of a cab and an attached truck bed.
A semi is only the cab, to which the cargo is hitched.
2006-09-01 19:15:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A truck-tractor hooks up to and pulls a trailer.
A full trailer has a front axle. A semi-trailer has no front axle. Hence, semi-trailer.
A farm tractor may pull a full trailer, such as a hay wagon. It has a drawbar to hook up to. That bar has a steering axle on it. Semi trailers have no steering axle.
2006-09-01 19:34:14 · answer #5 · answered by suzy p 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the reason it is called semi called a semi because it has no bed
2006-09-01 20:29:51 · answer #6 · answered by carguy30021 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it has to do with the fact that it has a detachable trailer, and it doesn't need the trailer to drive on the streets,roads or highway.
2006-09-01 19:17:09 · answer #7 · answered by Daddy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i wonder the same thing..........
2006-09-01 19:14:13 · answer #8 · answered by justme 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋