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Re: Four wheels good, two wheels bad
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lugnet.technic
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Thu, 8 Mar 2001 12:17:38 GMT
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Ross Crawford wrote:
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> 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.
They are common as muck here; as well as the type of vehicle you mention above,
they are frequently used as heavy duty tippers, skip trucks and cement mixers.
Jennifer Clark
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| (...) In a European context they are sometimes referred to as a "lazy axle" and are retracted when the load in the vehicle is empty or light. The idea is to reduce tyre wear and improve fuel economy by reducing friction etc. I would imagine that (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)
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