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Re: MOCs: 6-wide New York City busses
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lugnet.town
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Mon, 10 Jun 2002 10:37:23 GMT
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In lugnet.town, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> If the truck has 'duallies' in back, what is often done is that only one
> wheel type is used. The wheel is dished so that when two wheels are put back
> to back, the wheel centers are adjacent (and the plane between the two
> tyres). Then that's bolted to the rear hub. So when you look at the rear,
> they are dished in.
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> The same wheel, turned the other way so it's dished OUT, is bolted to the
> front hub. (this means that the hubs are set a lot farther apart than the
> rear hubs.
That's interesting. After reading this post I was looking at busses all
weekend. 3 different bus lines all had the wheel arrangement you describe.
Funny how I never noticed that before, but now after this thread I couldn't
stop seeing it.
Bruce
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| (...) If the truck has 'duallies' in back, what is often done is that only one wheel type is used. The wheel is dished so that when two wheels are put back to back, the wheel centers are adjacent (and the plane between the two tyres). Then that's (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.town)
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