loading truck
1loading gauge — noun 1. A suspended bar that marks how high a railway truck may be loaded 2. The maximum horizontal and vertical space that rolling stock may safely occupy above the track • • • Main Entry: ↑load …
2Loading gauge — The clearance between train and tunnel is often small. London Underground train at Hendon. A loading gauge defines the maximum height and width for railway vehicles and their loads to ensure safe passage through bridges, tunnels and other… …
3Truck driver — A truck driver (Commonly called a trucker, driver or teamster in the United States and Canada, a truckie or ute driver in Australia and New Zealand and a lorry driver or driver in Ireland and the United Kingdom) is a person who earns a living as… …
4Loading dock — A loading dock is an architectural fixture where trucks may be loaded and unloaded. They are commonly found on commercial and industrial buildings.Dock levelers can be operated via mechanical (spring), hydraulic or air powered systems.Warehouses… …
5Truck — Lorry redirects here. For other uses, see Lorry (disambiguation) or Truck (disambiguation). North American highway freight rig pulled by a Kenworth tractor. Note the refrigerated trailer and the Conventional ( American ) engine cab style …
6truck — truck1 truckable, adj. /truk/, n. 1. any of various forms of vehicle for carrying goods and materials, usually consisting of a single self propelled unit but also often composed of a trailer vehicle hauled by a tractor unit. 2. any of various… …
7loading and unloading clause — A familiar clause in liability insurance policies covering trucks and commercial vehicles, providing in substance that the use of the insured vehicle for the purposes stated in the policy includes the loading and unloading of the vehicle, or, to… …
8Loading bay (theatre) — A loading bay is a room in a theatre which is usually quite large. It generally has a bay door (a large metal door which rolls up, at least the size of the opening on a standard semi trailer) at opposite sides of the room, one for a truck and the …
9loading — The placing of goods on a ship, railroad car, or truck. Adding to the weight of something. The addition by an insurer, in calculating a premium rate, of a charge for operating expenses or for the contingency of increases in the risk or in the… …
10Garbage truck — Not to be confused with Dump truck. Scania front loader Garbage truck refers to a truck specially designed to collect small quantities of waste and haul the collected waste to a solid waste treatment facility. Other common names for this type of… …
