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Re: a question for those with lots of technic
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lugnet.technic
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Thu, 8 Mar 2001 03:27:16 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, James Brown writes:
> In lugnet.technic, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > This is cool, but what I meant by "centipede trailer" is one with 8 to 10
> > axles and each axle is air sprung and can actually remove itself from
> > contact from the road independently. So in going around a tight corner, the
> > driver makes the axles go up and down in waves (the way a centipede walks)
> > so as to be able to round the corner without tearing the tires off the rims.
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> > Didn't find a pic of one yet. Just think lots of axles all in a row.
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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:
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> http://www.bordersecurity.com/heavytran.htm
No.
Those are very, very, cool but they are not what I am referring to. A steel
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 not require an escort, flag car, police roadblocks etc.
These are specialised trailers to move super heavy high/wide loads. Not the
same thing at all. But still cool.
++Lar
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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)
| | | Re: a question for those with lots of technic
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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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