road clearance

- built like a barrel, with only about half the road clearance of the dead dog.

There are an abundance of signs giving road clearance height.

Their "Voodoo" road clearance system for secondary roads is often called a class of its own.

Many huge trees have collapsed under the weight of the snow, further complicating road clearances.

It encountered little resistance, but was delayed by road clearance demolitions, mines and mud.

The chassis was entirely new: a double-drop frame allowed a lower floor without reducing road clearance.

I've got more road clearance.

The 2003 bridge is of similar construction to the 1937 bridge, but built for heavier loads with a wider deck and more road clearance.

The vehicle was tall as a Blazer, with high road clearance, standing on grotesquely rugged all-terrain tires.

The car was a special-order heavy-duty tropical model with extra-high road clearance, strengthened cooling system and suspension.

The connecting pipe between the exhausts was removed and the exhausts redesigned to improve road clearance.

The wagon's got a little more road clearance than a sedan to start with, and the springs are beefed-up for hauling a trailer; it'll go practically anywhere."

Heavy and troubled by poor road clearance, it usually only saw service on the West End - Ascot line and was withdrawn from service in 1935.

Cornering clearance: The amount of lean angle a bicycle can have without digging a pedal; also called pedal clearance or road clearance.

The new bridges, rationalized in width to current Conrail trackage, will provide much greater road clearance by virtue of being relocated away from underneath the I-95 viaduct.

The current deployment in Afghanistan required considerable use of Engineers for road clearance, Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Heavy Equipment, and Combat Support.

Concerns arise during the winter about adequate road clearance after big snowfalls, particularly for weekenders who live on country properties and need to leave early to take the train or bus back to work in Manhattan.

And telephone conversations with his brother, an ice road clearance and maintenance worker, confirmed the good news - the Commanders had been given the go-ahead to drive up-river to Tuk and back again the same day.

The air springs were designed to provide a luxurious ride quality and provide the ability to raise the body of the vehicle for off road clearance and lower the vehicle when driving at higher speeds on highways.

There has been some progress in snow removal and road clearance over the last few years, as previously people of tehsil haveli were sometimes cut off from capital Muzaffarabad and Rawalpindi at times for 8-10 days.

She appreciates the road clearance of a good gas-guzzler: "The vehicle was bouncing over the dirt road, but it was an S.U.V. and it rode high so Sarah knew they would be all right."

He has 30 inches of road clearance on his Hummer, and he drove all day Monday for Montgomery General Hospital in Olney, Md., delighted to exercise the rugged capabilities of his warrior wheels.

This came to Max's attention from watching the instruments; when she first quivered and raised, the dial marked ROAD CLEARANCE showed nine inches, but as they gathered speed down the acceleration strip it decreased to six.