dually

n. a utility vehicle or pickup truck with two sets of rear wheels on one axle. Also dualy, dualie. Subjects: English, Automobiles & Transportation

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Citations: 1973 San Mateo Times (California) (Jan. 22) “913 Trucks, Tractors” p. 30: ’73 Chevy “Big Dualy”…Here is the camper truck equipped to do the job.…dual wheels. 1985 Nelson Antosh Houston Chronicle (Texas) (Feb. 28) “Junior grand championship goes to Pottsboro man, 18” p. 23: Not just any pickup. “I’m going to get me a dually (with dual rear wheels).” 1986 Pete Bellas Usenet: net.auto (Feb. 5) “Re: List of Drivers to Avoid (WARNING - long)”: Pickup Trucks—Here there are two kinds, which are very different. Full size (also dually and 4X4). 1992 Paul Duchene Oregonian (Portland) (Aug. 15) “Dodge’s Diesel Pickup A Worker” p. C13: It’s rated at 10,000-pounds towing capacity—a small house or a big trailer—and that goes up to 11,900 if you buy the dually. 1996 Steve Sturgess Construction Equipment (Aug. 1) “Exclusive: We drive the tough-duty pickup” vol. 94, no. 2, p. 42: The ability to see over other traffic is a big plus, and the width of the cab assures the driver doesn’t snag the rear tires or even the bodywork in a close maneuver—commonly a problem with big dually pickups. 2002 Paul Mclaughlin Ford 4x4s 1935-1990 Photo History (Dec. 9) p. 86: St. Louis Regional Airport in Bethalto, Illinois is the home for this 1978 Ford F Series “dualie” pickup. 2003 Rick Mitchell New Theatre Quarterly (Cambridge, United Kingdom) (Feb.) “Simple Pleasures: the Ten-Minute Play, Overnight Theatre, and the Decline of the Art of Storytelling” vol. XIX, no. 73, p. 73: Purchase a “dualie,” a large, four-door, luxury pick-up truck which features a set of dual wheels on the rear axle. 2003 Lisa Aichlmayr, Dave Zielasko @ Las Vegas Tire Business (Nov. 24) “Big tires and wheels keep gettin’ bigger” vol. 21, no. 18, p. 16: Michelin also debuted its BFGoodrich Commercial T/Aall season tire, size LT235/65R18, as a plus-two fitment size to replace the LT225/75R16 LRD or LRE and the LT215/85R16 LRD or LRE currently offered for dually pick-up trucks.

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