10 Facts About Trucks…Brought to You By A Queens Garbage Removal Team
Because why not?
1) The legal weight for an 18-wheel truck is 80,000 pounds (40 tons).*
2) The average 18-wheeler is 70 to 80 feet long.*
3) The length of time needed to stop an 18-wheeler is 40% greater than that of an automobile.*
4) Eighteen-wheelers only have 10 brakes, not 18.*
5) Eighteen-wheelers cost anywhere from $80,000 to $120,000.*
6) “Bobtailing” is a term used to describe a situation when an 18-wheeler is driving without the trailer attached.*
7) A man named Robert T. Mawhinney first conceived the dump truck in St. John, New Brunswick, in 1920, when he attached a dump box to a flat bed.**
8) A typical U.S. dump truck has one front axle and one or more rear axles, which usually have dual wheels on each side.**
9) If a truck is going 55 miles per hour, it must travel twice the length of a football field before it would be able to stop.***
10) The slang term for a tow truck is a “draggin’ wagon.”***
*thetruckersreport.com
**absoluteastronomy.com
***funtrivia.com
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