DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHTS OF HIGHWAY TRAILER COMBINATIONS AND TRUCKS - 1959

A TOTAL OF 90,200 TRAILER COMBINATIONS AND 65,100 SINGLE- UNIT TRUCKS WERE WEIGHED AND MEASURED IN 1959. BOTH EMPTY AND LOADED CATEGORIES WERE INCLUDED IN THESE 155,300 VEHICLES. THE SAMPLE WAS BELIEVED TO GIVE A CROSS-SECTION OF THE HIGHWAY FREIGHT VEHICLES IN USE IN THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES. THE DISTRIBUTION OF HIGHWAY FREIGHT VEHICLES IN TERMS OF WEIGHTS AND DIMENSIONS WAS SHOWN.

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• Supplemental Notes:
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• Authors:
  • Kent, Malcolm F
  • Stevens, Hoy
• Publication Date: 1963

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 24-65
• Monograph Title: Motor vehicle use characteristics
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 26
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Commodities; Freight traffic; Freight transportation; Physical distribution; Size; Trailers; Trucks; Vehicle characteristics; Weight
• Old TRIS Terms: Combinations
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222513
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Mar 24 1994 12:00AM