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Mobile Culture Studies. The Journal 3 2o17 Agata Stanisz | Tractor unit acoustemology 65 Moreover, there are the sounds of accelerating and slowing down depending on the type of load, the sound of parking, opening and closing the ramps and gantries. Many of them are generated with the work of muscles: moving the tarpaulin, securing the load, with belts creaking when pulled with carabiners. These are also the sounds produced by the carried loads: gurgling, creaking, squeaking, me- tallic tapping, knocking, rumbling. Additionally, there are the sounds connected with fueling up, passing through the gates on motorways, humming of the traffic (also during traffic jams), the noises generated by roadworks and repairs on the way, e.g. wheels being changed or tarpau- lins being patched. Audio file 12: Noise of fruit processing plant, Neuenkirchen, Germany, 2011-08-02. http://transportodrone.tumblr.com/post/11574815847 Audio file 11: Pile driver in a river port. Randers, Germany, 2011-08-17. https://app.box.com/embed/preview/xsih0mkfokeuc03v3buo?theme=dark Audio file 13: Tires swap. Pagborg, Denmark, 2011-08-10. https://app.box.com/embed/preview/gdy51zj9qz4prmixb96n?theme=dark Audio file 10: Waiting for cargo. A turn-signal sound. Hilden, Germany, 2011-08-16. https://app.box.com/embed/preview/4pgpxiak00om1p7j9j6a?theme=dark