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Re: a question for those with lots of technic
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lugnet.technic
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Wed, 7 Mar 2001 12:08:35 GMT
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Gaurav Thakur wrote:
> IYeah, they actually don't look too bad if several of them are used (as done
> in Dennis Bosman's mobile crane). The ones placed in the rear can also be
> stacked in front of each other pretty easily to make the model look a bit
> more realistioc (real trucks seem to have multiple tires placed on top of
> one another in the rear).
I've no idea what the situation is in the US, but in the UK there seems to be a
move away from the double wheel arrangement on trucks. The majority of trailers
nowadays, for example, have three axles, each of which has only single tyres,
albeit slighter wider than normal. I believe the law here states that driven
wheels must be double when bearing a heavy load, but other than that there is no
explicit requirement. This leads to a fairly common arrangement on 6x2 tractors,
where only one of the rear axles (the driven one) has double wheels. The
non-driven rear axle is often steered and can be retracted for travel with a
light or empty load.
> The 8428/8462 tires are another solution; they look much nicer than the
> others IMHO
Interesting opinion! I think they look great for, say, a sports car, but I
really do not like them at all on trucks or other more utilitarian vehicles.
Jennifer Clark
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 | | Re: a question for those with lots of technic
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| (...) The US has a HUGE fleet which makes it hard to spot trends sometimes. The vast majority of over the road trucks continue to be 18 wheelers (tractor with 1 steer axle, 2 tires, and two drive axles, 4 tires each, trailer with two axles, 4 tires (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) Yeah, they actually don't look too bad if several of them are used (as done in Dennis Bosman's mobile crane). The ones placed in the rear can also be stacked in front of each other pretty easily to make the model look a bit more realistioc (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)
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