# What exactly is a semi-truck? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [September 20, 2021, 7:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-exactly-is-a-semi-truck/179489 "2021-09-20T19:46:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2021, 10:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-exactly-is-a-semi-truck/179489/21 "2021-09-21T10:22:23Z")
I imagine when anyone drives a Bobcat for the first time, they drive it badly. ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2021, 12:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-exactly-is-a-semi-truck/179489/22 "2021-09-21T12:09:06Z")
> [@Renegade](#): > > cordless scew driver as I don’t ever remember seeing one with a cord They exist: [https://www.amazon.com/Electric-Screwdriver-Adjustable-Handheld-Practical/dp/B08682KG3P/ref=sr\_1\_11?dchild=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwhaaKBhBcEiwA8acsHJQ-G8AvUbQ9uMOneNWKXb8na1ZzUY7O6XKX1Xkczz\_nP-Tj7GhrJBoClL4QAvD\_BwE&hvadid=446523952515&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9019687&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=9840140756544874899&hvtargid=kwd-313294105174&hydadcr=16941\_9851314&keywords=electric+corded+screwdriver&qid=1632225829&sr=8-11](https://www.amazon.com/Electric-Screwdriver-Adjustable-Handheld-Practical/dp/B08682KG3P/ref=sr_1_11?dchild=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwhaaKBhBcEiwA8acsHJQ-G8AvUbQ9uMOneNWKXb8na1ZzUY7O6XKX1Xkczz_nP-Tj7GhrJBoClL4QAvD_BwE&hvadid=446523952515&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9019687&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=9840140756544874899&hvtargid=kwd-313294105174&hydadcr=16941_9851314&keywords=electric+corded+screwdriver&qid=1632225829&sr=8-11) Though I’m somewhat baffled as to why someone would pay 55 bucks for one, given that you could get a passable full-blown drill for that. > [@Renegade](#): > > the other one is Bobcat which is a brand only of a skid steer loader. Yeah, guaranteed it irritates them too. Ask Thermos or Kleenex why. 😉 Once a brand name gets into common use, you can lose your trademark. Fun fact: “Kerosene” was once a trademarked brand name. ---
**Author:** ![circuitsmith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/circuitsmith/32/40376_2.png) [@circuitsmith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/circuitsmith)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2021, 1:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-exactly-is-a-semi-truck/179489/23 "2021-09-21T13:58:40Z")
> [@shadowfax](#): > > Though I’m somewhat baffled as to why someone would pay 55 bucks for one, given that you could get a passable full-blown drill for that. On an assembly line that cordless screwdriver would be lighter and less fatiguing to use than a drill, over an 8 hour shift. > [@Renegade](#): > > other one is Bobcat Remember when some called a refrigerator a Frigidaire? It’s in a line of the old blues tune [“Gonna move to the outskirts of town”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWgD2lyVyQ0) ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2021, 2:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-exactly-is-a-semi-truck/179489/24 "2021-09-21T14:30:01Z")
> [@circuitsmith](#): > > Remember when some called a refrigerator a Frigidaire? And vacuums in some parts of the world are called Hoovers. Many parts of the country all cola’s are called Coke. ---
**Author:** ![oldtimer-11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e79b87/32.png) [@oldtimer-11](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldtimer-11)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2021, 10:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-exactly-is-a-semi-truck/179489/25 "2021-09-21T22:14:31Z")
When I worked on the loading dock in the early 60s ,every forklift was a “tpwmotor”, no matter who made it. People ask for a “Kleenex” rather than a tissue and the one that puzzles me is that down south I hear people refer to any soft drink as a “Coke” ---
**Author:** ![weekend-warrior](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/weekend-warrior/32/26122_2.png) [@weekend-warrior](https://community.cartalk.com/u/weekend-warrior)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2021, 10:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-exactly-is-a-semi-truck/179489/26 "2021-09-21T22:18:50Z")
it was originally called coca-cola which sounds like coke. in the beginning it had cocaine in it. in the form of an extract of the coca leaf ---
**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2021, 10:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-exactly-is-a-semi-truck/179489/27 "2021-09-21T22:44:24Z")
> [@oldtimer-11](#): > > down south I hear people refer to any soft drink as a “Coke” I might be wrong but I think that the fact that Coke-Cola was invented in the south shortly after the civil war and quickly became one of the most poplar drinks around is the reason we do that ---
**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2021, 10:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-exactly-is-a-semi-truck/179489/28 "2021-09-21T22:46:45Z")
Do you know the history of why it was invented and named Coke-Cola? ---
**Author:** ![weekend-warrior](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/weekend-warrior/32/26122_2.png) [@weekend-warrior](https://community.cartalk.com/u/weekend-warrior)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2021, 10:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-exactly-is-a-semi-truck/179489/29 "2021-09-21T22:49:05Z")
[Coca-Cola - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola) ---
**Author:** ![weekend-warrior](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/weekend-warrior/32/26122_2.png) [@weekend-warrior](https://community.cartalk.com/u/weekend-warrior)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2021, 10:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-exactly-is-a-semi-truck/179489/30 "2021-09-21T22:50:09Z")
[The History of Coca-Cola and John Pemberton (thoughtco.com)](https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-coca-cola-1991477#:~:text=In%20May%201886%2C%20Coca-Cola%20was%20invented%20by%20Doctor,local%20Jacob%27s%20Pharmacy%20and%20deemed%20to%20be%20%22excellent.%22) ---
**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2021, 11:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-exactly-is-a-semi-truck/179489/31 "2021-09-21T23:08:13Z")
> [@weekend-warrior](#): > > Coca-Cola - Wikipedia They got one thing wrong it was not a drug store i Columbus Georgia but a Drug store in Villa Rica Georgia. ---
**Author:** ![RandomTroll](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/randomtroll/32/12184_2.png) [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2021, 1:40am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-exactly-is-a-semi-truck/179489/32 "2021-09-22T01:40:14Z")
_Here I sit, - all alone with a broken heart - took 3 bennies and my semi-truck won’t start’_ Aspirin was trademarked but Bayer didn’t work hard enough to protect it. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2021, 2:14am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-exactly-is-a-semi-truck/179489/33 "2021-09-22T02:14:19Z")
> [@wolyrobb](#): > > for reasons Dad and I can’t quite understand my Mom has wanted to drive one badly. Not to change the subject but they are a lot of fun. I’ve rented them. A real Bob Cat and a John Deere I think it was but yellow. Not as much fun as a DC7 though. ---
**Author:** ![wolyrobb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wolyrobb/32/45497_2.png) [@wolyrobb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wolyrobb)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2021, 3:30am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-exactly-is-a-semi-truck/179489/34 "2021-09-22T03:30:22Z")
My parents had a professional come out to the property with one of these recently. Appears to be a Caterpillar of some sort. They let a few areas get so overgrown you almost could have made some sort of maze in the pasture grass. Cost almost $2,000 but worth it to have a pro job. ![landclr (2)](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/1/b/1bcbe164568ff206644a5b98362f25339675e9d3.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2021, 3:46am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-exactly-is-a-semi-truck/179489/35 "2021-09-22T03:46:57Z")
They are not that hard to drive, our forklift broke, put fork skids on a skid steer, shooting solo, got a phone breifing, how you start and what the pedals do, did not know the forks had to get locked in, so there they were stuck under the load I had tried to lift. Got em locked in, but using skid steer for my first try as a fork lift was touch and go but got her done. Next year rented one to move 18 cy of sand to refill the beach. All ended well. Yes I got good enough on the skid steer to unload trucks as needed, But I was just a guy who would do anything needed, fix anything, my title GIS Specialist, database, backup, AV tech support directing underlings for updates etc. was my official job. [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-exactly-is-a-semi-truck/179489.md?page=1)