From ground to the top is 13 feet 6 inches
An articulated lorry is a truck and trailer - a combination involving a tractor unit and a semi-trailer, known in the United States as a semi-trailer truck.
semi truck, or semi tractor trailer, and 18 wheeler.
Trailer is way more bigger than a semi-trailer. Common misconception between a trailer and a semi-trailer. Technically, a trailer has wheels in front and rear and is hitched to a pulling vehicle (car,truck,etc.) A semi- trailer only has wheels in the rear and is hitched to a pulling vehicle (car,truck,etc.)
Semi or Tractor Trailer-semi.
Semi truck trailer
A vehicle with 18 wheels is commonly known as a "semi-truck" or "tractor-trailer."
You call it a semi because it pulls a semi trailer.A semi is a type of trailer. A semi-trailer, as opposed to a full trailer, means it only has axles at the rear of the trailer and a full trailer has axles at the front and rear of the trailer. We call these in the UK "drags", as in wagon and drag, where the wagon that pulls the drag can carry a load on its own, whereas the semi-trailer truck, or tractor unit cannot carry anything without a trailer.
The word semi means half, or part.The tractor and trailer are two parts, hence semi truck and or trailer.
A semi trailer costs over $100,000.
A semi tow truck trailer can get up to 8'5 ft tall from ground to head top. Yellow tow-trucks are 7'5 ft tall.
A Semi-Trailer Truck.