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Re: Volvo FH16 with 3 axle Goldhofer step frame trailer, Scale 1:13
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lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic
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Tue, 24 May 2005 11:28:20 GMT
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In lugnet.modelteam, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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In lugnet.modelteam, Jean-Marc Détraz wrote:
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Another MASTERPIECE! No other way to describe it better!
Great attention to details! I’m actually a truck driver and I could see
myself driving this gem...Of course the lego version.
My truck has only 425HP with a
13 gears tranny for 50T GW... Painfull on NewFoundland’s hills...
Jean-Marc
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This prototype, if I read the info right, has like half that HP... Denmark is
not completely flat by any means, either. Lots of gear jamming there I bet.
One thing that I didn’t comment on before is the rather (to my view) bizarre
axle arrangement. Most US trucks have one steered axle and if they are 3
axles, 2 powered or one powered and one idler. The thought of having 2 out of
3 axles steered and only one powered is strange. It seems to not be needed
for US road clearances where wide turning circles are possible.
Is this a common european arrangement, to have two steered axles? Why even
HAVE 3 axles? For weight per axle limits?
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The weight limits vary greatly, EU standard is 40 tons I think, and I beleive
Switzerland (not in EU) has 28 tons, but this is what most trucks look like here
in Sweden:
http://imagebank.vtc.volvo.se/asset_server/get_asset_image.asp?idasset=8733&src=Lowres&filename=T2003_1668.jpg&dsnpart=vtc_photos
25,25 meters long (82,8 feet) and 60+ metric tons (138000 lbs) total weight.
After the Catalina is done I will build one of those :-)
Volvo has a large, searchable image database for inspiration, separated by
market, this is the Swedish one: (search language is English, though)
http://www.volvo.com/trucks/sweden-market/sv-se/newsmedia/image_bank/ Having
two major truck manufacturers in a small country can have its advantages! Olof
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