Posted by Bret4207 on June 17, 2014 at 16:03:31 from (64.19.90.196):
In Reply to: I gots to know? posted by gwstang on June 17, 2014 at 15:43:55:
Well, I can't quote it from memory, but the FMCSA defines it like this- A full trailer has a steering axle in the front and none of the weight rests on the power unit. A semi-trailer has the front end resting on a 5th wheel on the power unit. That handles the "semi" part as far as the trailer. Why people call a tractor and trailer, a tractor being a power unit on which none of the actual load is carried but which serves as just the power unit vs a truck which carries at least part of the actual load, a "semi" I don't really know. Slang I guess, short for tractor ad semi-trailer...which IS quite a mouthful when you come down to it.
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