Meaning of semi-tractor | Babel Free

Definitions

The tractor component of a semi-trailer truck or articulated lorry.

Examples

“The fleet has 48 semi-tractors and 164 trailers that transport 110,000 tons of parts and supplies annually over 1 million miles of roads.”

“Some people think diesel fuel is only used in semi-tractors (Figure 9.3) or heavy equipment.”

“Security seal use applies when carrying merchandise in semi-truck trailers (highway trailers) pulled by semi-tractors and when railroad flatcars carry the trailers, the latter referred to as piggyback (piggybacking).”

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