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Tech/Engineering - Transport / Transportation / Shipping
Spanish term or phrase: pisón
Equipo de clasificación, clasifica los vehículos
Doble pisón corto
Pisones largos

I am not sure how to translate pisón in this context. It is from a non-technical (Mexican) document relating to toll gates
Lorraine Bathurst
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:28


Summary of answers provided
5 +1rammer, tamper ram
Lamarche
3 +1¿Doble "pistón"? / "pistón" largo?
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¿Doble "pistón"? / "pistón" largo?


Explanation:
Creo que se refiere a los pistones, que son émbolos que se ajustan a un cilindro.

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agree  neilmac: Probablemente, el unico "Pison" que conozco es Calpurnio, el del Cutlass;)
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  -> ::))) Mil gracias...
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rammer, tamper ram


Explanation:
Depending on text:
Rammer, tamper ram, stamp,
PISÓN SALTARÍN: heavy tamper operated by power.
Source:Felicitas Kennedy: Dictionary of Civil Engineering and Construction.

Lamarche
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agree  Ayana: agree
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  -> Gracias Ayana.
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axle


Explanation:
Tolls are determined by the number of axles, double-axle, long axle, etc.

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