Different Types of ATVs
ATVs: ATVs come in many different shapes and sizes. The different types of ATVs are designed and manufactured for different uses including racing, pit-vehicles, recreation, hunting, ranching, military, emergency services and industrial.
While the most common type of ATV is of the four-wheeled variety, there are also ATVs that come with three, six or even eight wheels. There are now environmentally friendly ATVs that run on batteries.
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Types of Sailboats
The most common type of small sailboat is the sloop. The rig is one mast and two sails. The mainsail is a tall, triangular sail mounted to the mast at its leading edge, with the foot of the sail along the boom extending aft. The sail in front, called the jib or sometimes the headsail, mounts on the forestay between the bow and the masthead, with its trailing corner controlled by the jib sheet.
These tall triangular sails exist on most sai
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My Time with a PT Cruiser
The PT Cruiser is an odd sort of bird, first conceived as a “retro” style vehicle, possibly to echo the old “Woody” wood-paneled van/truck thingamabob that once roamed the Pacific Coast Highway and still does from time to time as a favorite of surfers trying to look ultra cool. The strange thing is that the PT, standing for “Personal Transport,” was phased out in 2010, after only 10 years of production; m
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Types of Commercial Trucks
This one is for the commercial truck lovers. Like the Johnny Cash song goes, “I’ve Been Everywhere,” truck enthusiasts will appreciate this list which comprehensively rattles off every conceivable type of truck there is. Have fun singing along, and see how many you can say out loud before you stop:
Ambulance Trucks, Animal Services Trucks, Armored Trucks, Attenuator Trucks, Beverage - Trailer Trucks, Beverage
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Earthmoving and Mining Industrial Vehicles
We have compiled a list of equipment that has been designed primarily to move earth and minerals in large projects. One area of surface mining includes giant machines such as drills, electric shovels and giant draglines, some of which have buckets that are capable of moving 160 cubic yards of material in one scoop. Although somewhat smaller than the electric shovel or especially the giant dragline, the mass excavator also fits here, which is basically a large ver
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