From the word semi, it sounds like it would be a smaller truck, but what is it really?
2006-11-02 01:57:09 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
A semi, also known as a tractor, can not haul a load on it, must have something attached to it to haul the load, hence a trailer. A truck can carry a load on it, by itself.
2006-11-02 07:46:19 · answer #1 · answered by Iam!! 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A semi-trailer truck (colloquially known as an 18-wheeler, semi, tractor trailer or big-rig in the US, as a semi in Australia, US, and Canada, and as an articulated lorry or artic in the UK and Ireland) is an articulated truck consisting of a towing engine (tractor in the US, prime mover in Australia), and a trailer that carries the freight. See the following for a more in depth explaination. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-truck
2006-11-02 10:08:56 · answer #2 · answered by trytohelp 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Semi refers to a trailer that attaches to the towing vehicle with a pin on the trailer that is locked into the "fifth wheel" or platform on the towing vehicle.A "full" trailer attaches to a "ball" or pintle hook attached to the bumper or rear frame.I.E. farm wagons that have wheels front and back with the front wheels steering the wagon via the "toung".
2006-11-02 10:27:01 · answer #3 · answered by thetdw 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
semi meaning 2
truck/cab, and trailer
2006-11-02 10:04:26 · answer #4 · answered by timestamps 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋