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Re: a question for those with lots of technic
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Thu, 8 Mar 2001 02:52:17 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Gaurav Thakur writes:

Same here; I also have only seen a 4-wheel steering verhicle in action once
(an unusually large back-hoe unit). Are these more common in European cities?

Dunno about Europe, but here in australia they're reasonably common - often
used for flat-trays carting building materials (brick pallets, etc). They
generally have the 4 front wheels & 2 axles with 4 wheels each on the back.

Many also have a small hydraulic lifting arm mounted either half-way down the
tray, or at the back, for loading.

ROSCO



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  Re: a question for those with lots of technic
 
(...) Yeah...I'm in the US too and mostly see the usual 18 wheelers. I have seen quite a few trash trucks though which seem to have 3 drive axles in the back, each housing 4 wheels (making total number of wheels 14). The interesting thing is that (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)

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