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Re: This doesn't look right
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lugnet.technic
Date: 
Fri, 3 Aug 2001 22:45:44 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
In lugnet.technic, Steve Lane writes:
Surely this trailers to big?

http://www.mujweb.cz/Zabava/trucker/

  Nah, it looks like a pretty standard tank transporter
  to me.  The bed needs to be that meaty, first of all
  because the tank is that wide, but also because tanks
  are hideously heavy and need a very structurally sound
  trailer.

My point was that compared with European/US equipment I've never seen a tank
transporter where the trailer is twice as long as the tank. It also seems to
dwarf the tractor unit. Surely this size would impede off-road ability?

Steve



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  Re: This doesn't look right
 
(...) It doesn't dwarf the tractor unit. Look in the photo gallery-- there's one of the vehicle with tank and trailer, in profile. The trailer is indeed twice the length of the tank, but the cab isn't THAT much smaller than the tank itself. The (...) (23 years ago, 3-Aug-01, to lugnet.technic)

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  Re: This doesn't look right
 
(...) to me. The bed needs to be that meaty, first of all because the tank is that wide, but also because tanks are hideously heavy and need a very structurally sound trailer. (Why don't they drive the tanks? Because the tanks eat fuel way too (...) (23 years ago, 3-Aug-01, to lugnet.technic)

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