- fifth wheel tractor
- rare <comvhcl> (short truck with a driver's cab but no body; for semitrailers) ■ Sattelzugmaschine f (SZM) DIN ; Zugmaschine f ; Sattelschlepper m ugs
English-german technical dictionary. 2013.
fifth wheel tractor
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