 | | Re: a question for those with lots of technic —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | (...) That and the center of weight is closer to the center of the vehicle due to reduced length.. the US can afford to blow length on essentially unused space (...) This is cool, but what I meant by "centipede trailer" is one with 8 to 10 axles and (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | Re: a question for those with lots of technic —James Brown
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| | | | (...) Here's one, although it's a heavy equipment mover, and has lots more than 10 axles. Lower left pic on this link: (URL) other types of heavy-duty movers on that link, too. :) James (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | | Re: a question for those with lots of technic —Ronald Vallenduuk
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| | | | | Sorry, it's 6 legs on the forest walker. Pics and info here: (URL) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | | Re: a question for those with lots of technic —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | (...) centipede is a steel hauling trailer. That is, it hauls structural steel (or coil steel) It's the same form factor as a regular 48' or 54' dual axle trailer except it has more axles. Way way more, like 8 or 10. Same width, same length. Does (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | | Re: a question for those with lots of technic —James Brown
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| | | | | (...) Ah, OK. Mild misunderstanding on my part... I thought the interest was more in the funky wheel thing, which IIRC these also use. I get to see these (relatively) frequently, with about 5 major industrial plants along the stretch of highway I (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | | Re: a question for those with lots of technic —Ross Crawford
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| | | | (...) I'm currently working for Tenix, who are building ANZAC frigates for the Aus & NZ navies. They have these really neat vehicles for loading modules off barges[1]. They have 12 individually steerable axles, which can also be individually (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)
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