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FOUR-POINT-CONTACT INDUSTRIAL TRACTOR [1 record]

Record 1 2010-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trucks and Dollies (Materials Handling)
  • Ground Equipment (Airports)
DEF

A self-propelled trackless vehicle with four-point road contact, which can be propelled by either gasoline, storage-battery, or motor-generator power plants, for drawing or pushing load-carrying units. It carries no load itself.

OBS

Industrial tractors ... are classified as three- or four-point contact, according to the number of supporting wheels.

OBS

Contact is sometimes figured by the number of wheels; but since dual wheels are now being applied, four-point-contact tractors can have six or more wheels ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chariots de manutention
  • Matériel de piste (Aéroports)
OBS

Tracteur et remorques. [...] Tracteur à conducteur porté. C'est le plus familier au grand public parce qu'on le rencontre sur les quais des gares de chemin de fer pour la manutention des bagages. Il est à 3 roues ou à 4 roues.

OBS

Commande automatique et télécommande des tracteurs de manutention.

Key term(s)
  • tracteur à quatre roues

Spanish

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