Fifth wheel

/ˌfɪfθ ˈʍiːl/

Synonyms for "fifth wheel" (3 found)

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Translations

38 translations across 23 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • الصنيَة noun (anything superfluous or unnecessary)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 燈泡 /灯泡 noun (anything superfluous or unnecessary)
  • 燈泡兒 /灯泡儿 noun (anything superfluous or unnecessary)
  • 電燈泡 /电灯泡 noun (anything superfluous or unnecessary)
  • 電燈泡兒 /电灯泡儿 noun (anything superfluous or unnecessary)

Czech

2 entries
  • páté kolo u vozu noun (anything superfluous or unnecessary)
  • točna noun (anything superfluous or unnecessary)

Danish

2 entries
  • femte hjul noun (anything superfluous or unnecessary)
  • sættevognskobling noun (type of trailer hitch)

Dutch

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  • 't vijfde wiel (aan de wagen) noun (anything superfluous or unnecessary)

Finnish

1 entries
  • kolmas pyörä noun (anything superfluous or unnecessary)

French

2 entries
  • cinquième roue du carrosse noun (anything superfluous or unnecessary)
  • sellette noun (type of trailer hitch)

Georgian

1 entries
  • მეხუთე ბორბალი noun (anything superfluous or unnecessary)

German

3 entries
  • Sattelkupplung noun (type of trailer hitch)
  • fünftes Rad noun (anything superfluous or unnecessary)
  • fünftes Rad am Wagen noun (anything superfluous or unnecessary)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • felesleges noun (anything superfluous or unnecessary)
  • ötödik kerék noun (anything superfluous or unnecessary)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • aðskotadýr noun (anything superfluous or unnecessary)

Italian

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  • ultima ruota del carro noun (anything superfluous or unnecessary)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 無用の長物 noun (anything superfluous or unnecessary)
  • 長物 noun (anything superfluous or unnecessary)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • penkta koja noun (anything superfluous or unnecessary)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • svingskive noun (type of trailer hitch)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • svingskive noun (type of trailer hitch)

Polish

2 entries
  • piąte koło noun (type of trailer hitch)
  • piąte koło u wozu noun (anything superfluous or unnecessary)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • peso morto noun (anything superfluous or unnecessary)
  • quinta roda noun (anything superfluous or unnecessary)

Romanian

1 entries
  • a cincea roată la căruță noun (anything superfluous or unnecessary)

Russian

2 entries
  • пя́тая нога́ noun (anything superfluous or unnecessary)
  • пя́тое колесо́ noun (anything superfluous or unnecessary)

Slovak

1 entries
  • piate koleso u voza noun (anything superfluous or unnecessary)

Spanish

2 entries
  • quedarse tocando el violín noun (anything superfluous or unnecessary)
  • quinta rueda noun (type of trailer hitch)

Swedish

2 entries
  • femte hjulet noun (anything superfluous or unnecessary)
  • vändskiva noun (type of trailer hitch)

Sample sentences

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In most forms of semi-trailers a great deal of time is wasted in connecting the trailer to the tractor or pulling vehicle. Most of the connecting gears are some form of fifth wheel, consisting of two horizontal circular bands of iron, one fitting on top of the other, with grease between and with a bolt or king-pin dropped through holes in the hubs or center bosses of both parts of the fifth wheel.

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The semi-trailers are equipped with hydraulic brakes which operate through the king pin of the fifth wheel. The booster-controlled fifth wheel gives full and complete cab control of all braking and coupling operations.

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From the blow-back tank, the fluid is piped into a larger tank commonly known as a fracturing (frac) tank or wheely tank. This is a large, 21,000-gallon tank mounted on wheels and provided with a fifth wheel for towing from jobsite to jobsite by a semi-tractor.

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Fifth-wheel hitching is a simple affair compared to trailer coupling. Choose a quality hitch and don't overburden an inadequate pickup truck with a big fifth wheel and you're almost in business.

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