Drawbar (haulage)

As a pedestrian is defined as the traction device on towed vehicles. It is connected trailers with one or more centrally located axle (s ) is fixed to the vehicle and secured with multi-axle trailers with turntable steering works to the steering gear of the front axle.

For trailers, it is usually made of metal and forms the connection to the trailer hitch of the towing vehicle. In carriages or carts they can also consist of wood. When there is a horse-drawn wagon drawbar glasses, where the so-called Aufhalter be fixed for the draft animals.

Carts

Drawbars on carts not serve the draft animals to pull, but for stopping ( braking) and pressing the fifth wheel ( steering). The wagon is pulled on lines that are attached to the carriage.

A drawbar is used when two animals are to stop the car. They are symmetrically clamped right and left of the pole and can then slow down with the help of Aufhalter the wagon, put the vehicle ascends from behind. Depending on the type of vehicle, trades and draft animals brakes are additionally required.

On vehicles with an odd number of rod horses, or scissors horses, or other draft animals, which go in the front row in front of the wagon, a pair of scissors is used so that the symmetry is preserved instead of a tiller. A pair of scissors is made ​​of two poles of wood or metal, also Anzen or trees, depending on the strain, either on the car ( poppet tension ) or are attached to the explosive scale. The scissors can be folded up to make the draft animal in front of the car. Then the Anzen be folded down and secured to the harness.

Most of scissors and tow bars are removable so that the cars take up less space in the coach house. Fork or Anze are dialectal expressions for scissors. The term carrier frame is listed in Meyers Lexicon of 1885-1892 as a term for scissors.

Light Rennsulkys be dragged directly with the scissors, there are in tension for trotting races neither strings nor Ortscheite.

Electronic Drawbar

Under an electronic drawbar is defined as the non- tactile coupling of vehicles ( mostly trucks) with the aid of electronics and computer technology. The rear vehicles follow the guide this vehicle automatic, as if they were coupled with a real drawbar to the lead vehicle. This requires comprehensive sensors (eg for distance measurement and Bild-/Mustererkennung ) and special computer software. Electronic drawbars are currently still in development. You should make it possible to control a convoy of vehicles with low clearance and only one driver, while using less fuel because of the lower air resistance.

Curiosities

• The drawbar law referred to an earlier servitude, in which the drawbar of a parked car on your own property could extend to the neighboring property.