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Old 09-02-2017, 06:01 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Growing up it was always 18 wheeler around here. Side note, do you know what makes a real tractor a tractor? The engine/transmission is the majority of the frame. So for me it's not just tractor-semi trailer, but semi tractor, semi trailer. Some semis pull a real trailer although usually in combination with a semi trailer, then what?
So many different names for the same kind of vehicle, that it turns out quite confusing for a non-native English speaker.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-trailer_truck
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