Tasmanian Heavy Vehicle Driver's Handbook - Transport

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10loads and vehicles, and to allow lashings toslide freely when being tensioned.Coupling – A mechanical assembly thatprovides connection between a drawingvehicle and trailer.Cradle – A frame shaped to support anobject or load.Daylight – Means the hours betweensunrise and sunset.Deck – The load carrying platform of avehicle.Dog – A chain tensioner incorporating anover-centre locking action with a fixed orpivoting lever.Dog trailer – A trailer with two axle groups,the front group being steered by a drawbarcoupled to a towing vehicle.Drawbar length – The distance fromthe centre line of the towing pivot to thecentreline of the leading axle group of thetrailer.Drawbar stand – A leg that permits atrailer drawbar to remain clear of theground when uncoupled usually at couplingheight to allow for easier hook-up.Drive shaft – See ‘Tail shaft’.Driveline – The motor, clutch, gearbox,drive shafts, diff(s) and axle(s).Drive Train – The vehicle components thattransmit engine power to the drive wheels.Dual wheels – A matched pair of wheelsattached to each end of an axle.Dunnage – Packing material (eg pieces oftimber, plywood, mats) placed between thecargo and the truck platform, or betweenitems of cargo to level the load and/orincrease friction so the load is less likelyto move during journey. It is also usedto leave a gap between a load and theload deck, or different parts of the load, toenable forklifts tynes to be placed under forlifting.Flat rack – A steel base used to supportloads, fitted with receptacles for twist locksand provision for forklift operation.Flat top – A truck, trailer or semi-trailer thathas flat goods carrying area without sides.Forward control vehicle – A motor vehiclewith the steering wheel in the forwardquarter of the vehicles total length.Freight container – Means a box likegoods receptacle, or load platform,provided with specified corner fittings.Gates – Permanent or removable verticalframes used at the front, side or rear of avehicle’s loading deck to contain its load.Gross combination mass (GCM) – For amotor vehicle, means the greatest possiblesum of the maximum loaded mass of themotor vehicle and of any vehicles thatmay be towed by it at the same time asspecified by the manufacturer of the motorvehicle.Gross trailer mass (GTM) – Means themass transmitted to the ground by theaxles of a trailer when the trailer is loadedto its GVM and connected to a towingvehicle.Gross vehicle mass (GVM) – For avehicle, means the maximum loadedmass of the vehicle as specified by themanufacturer of the vehicle.Lashings – Fastening devices, chains,cables, ropes or webbing used to restrainloads.110Tasmanian Heavy Vehicle Handbook
10Lashing capacity (LC) – The maximumforce (in kilograms) that a lashing system isdesigned to sustain in use.Load Binder – A device used fortensioning a lashing.Load capacity – The difference betweenthe GVM or GTM of a vehicle and its taremass.Load limit – The maximum load that maybe carried in, or on any motor vehicle uponthe road.Log book – Driver’s record of hours drivenand rest periods taken.Night – Means the hours between sunsetand sunrise.Pallet – A portable platform or tray ontowhich loads are placed for mechanicalhandling.Pawl – A lever or lock which protectsreverse rotation on a winch.Pole-type trailer – Means a trailer that isattached to a towing vehicle by a pole oran attachment fitted to a pole and is usuallyused for transporting loads such as logs,pipes or other long objects that can supportthemselves like beams between supports.Prime mover – A motor vehicle built andconstructed to tow a semi-trailer.Quad axle group - Means a group ofat least four axles with the extreme axlecentres at least 3.2 metres apart but notmore than 4.9 metres apart.Rear marker– Means a rear marking platedesigned and fitted in compliance with ADR45.Rear overhang – Means the distancebetween the rear overhang line and therear of the vehicle inclusive of any load.Rear overhang line – Of a vehicle means;for a vehicle with a single axle at the rear ofthe vehicle the centreline of that axle or, fora vehicle with an axle group at the rear ofthe vehicle the centreline of that group.Semi-trailer – Means a trailer (includinga pole-type trailer) that has one axlegroup towards the rear and a means ofattachment that would result in some of theload being imposed upon the prime mover.Speed limiter – A device that prevents avehicle from being driven on a level road atmore than 100 kilometres an hour.Shackle – A metal coupling link closedby a bolt which can be used for attachingchain fittings.Shackle – Also is a link attaching asuspension spring to the vehicle chassis.Single axle – Means an axle not part of anaxle group.Sling – A length of hemp-core rope,webbing or steel-wire rope with eyesformed at each end.Spreader – A transverse spar or frameused to support tarpaulins and side gates.Stanchion – A large upright fixed to theside of a vehicle for sideways restraint.Synchromesh transmission – Atransmission in which the speeds of thegears are matched or ‘synchronised’ bymeans of in-built synchronising clutchesbefore they are meshed.Tachograph – A trip recorder incorporatinga clock, speedometer and often a revcounter that inscribes a record of a journeyon circular paper graph.Tasmanian Heavy Vehicle Handbook 111
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