Meaning of yardhorse | Babel Free

Definitions

A heavy-duty tractor designed for moving shipping containers on chassis around a shipping terminal.

Examples

“Plaintiffs contended that on the night of the subject accident the decedent unhooked the yardhorse from a trailer and had parked it 10 feet in front of the trailer to drop a nosepin on the trailer; that after the decedent left the yardgoat- and while he was attempting to lower the nosepin, the yardgoat, which apparently had been in neutral, silently engaged into reverse, moved back and crushed the decedent under the trailer.”

“A yardhorse is used to move the air-truck container to the 747 containership.”

“For example, containers are constantly being loaded and unloaded, yardhorses are moving containers throughout the terminal, cranes and stackers are at work, and so forth.”

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