New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 20 - ENFORCEMENT SERVICE
Subchapter 38 - DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS FOR AUTOMOBILE TRANSPORTERS
Section 13:20-38.2 - Definitions

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 13:20-38.2
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024

The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

"Automobile transporter" means any vehicle combination designed and used specifically for the transport of assembled (capable of being driven) highway vehicles.

"Fullmount" means a smaller vehicle mounted completely on the frame of either the first or last vehicle in a saddlemount combination.

"Saddlemount combination" means a combination of vehicles in which a truck or truck tractor tows one or more trucks or truck tractors, each connected by a saddle to the frame or fifth wheel of the vehicle in front of it. The saddle is a mechanism that connects the front axle of the towed vehicle to the frame or fifth wheel of the vehicle in front and functions like a fifth wheel kingpin connection. When two vehicles are towed in this manner the combination is called a double saddlemount combination. When three vehicles are towed in this manner, the combination is called a triple saddlemount combination.

"Stinger-steered combination" means an automobile transporter consisting of a truck tractor semitrailer wherein the fifth wheel is located on a drop frame located behind and below the rearmost axle of the power unit.

"Traditional automobile transporter" means an automobile transporter wherein the fifth wheel is located on the frame of the truck tractor over the rear axle(s) of said truck tractor.

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