Post what you are thinking at this very moment

[fricnjay]

Sook ma baws ya fud

My point exactly

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Why are trucks called a 'semi'? Is it only half a truck?

[DemonGeminiX]

It has to do with the trailer, which is technically a "semi-trailer": It only has wheels on the rear part of the trailer.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Hmmm

[DemonGeminiX]

Hmmm

Hmmm?

[Teh One Who Knocks]

You can't fool me, just because there are no wheels on the front end doesn't make it half a trailer

[fricnjay]

Aren't they technically "tractors" and not :trucks:

[DemonGeminiX]

You can't fool me, just because there are no wheels on the front end doesn't make it half a trailer

I didn't say it was half a trailer.

Aren't they technically "tractors" and not :trucks:

The official term is tractor-trailer, the front end driven being the tractor and the rear end attached to the tractor being the trailer. Trailers come as full trailers, with wheels on both the front and rear parts of the trailer, or as semi-trailers, with wheels only on the rear part of the trailers.

One of my Mom's uncles was a truck driver.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I didn't say it was half a trailer.

Semi denotes half

[fricnjay]

So let me guess, you have a trucking license too.

[fricnjay]

Semi denotes half

And he would know....a "semi" is all he can get up.

[DemonGeminiX]

Semi denotes half

In proper diction, sure, but we're talking industry terminology.

So let me guess, you have a trucking license too.

Nope. I rode in a cab once when I was a little kid, and my Mom's uncle told me all about them, most of which I've forgotten, but that's about the extent of my direct experience with tractor trailers.

[Goofy]

Lot of daft truckers in here

[fricnjay]

Is that like Daft Punk?

[DemonGeminiX]

Always one more
You're never satisfied
It's never "one for all" with you
It's only "one for me"
So why draw the line
and meet you half the way?
When you don't know what that means.