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Old 04.02.2009
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Wheel You are SO RIGHT!!!

[quote=LandShark;714190]you might want to check your definition of a tandem....from my exepirence you have defined there the term of duel tires....I was taught and its possible i could be wrong but a tandem was the complete set of two axel with 8 tires and wheel. think of sliding tandems to get axel weights for your wagon.

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NAH! An 18 wheeler has to have 5 axles.Everything else is just a truck. I did see a 136 wheeler in Australia with 1500 HP, 3 500hp CATS in 3 tractors. hauling 230 tons of some piece of Nuclear powerplant up a Mountain. They were going 3 MPH too.
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NAH! An 18 wheeler has to have 5 axles.Everything else is just a truck. I did see a 136 wheeler in Australia with 1500 HP, 3 500hp CATS in 3 tractors. hauling 230 tons of some piece of Nuclear powerplant up a Mountain. They were going 3 MPH too. I was't sure how to address them like do u say "Hey 136 wheeler??" Or just "Hey, Ginormous truck with all the wheels and 3 tractors going 3 MPH?"
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Team truck?

me and my brother are buying a truck to team in...we are torn between a 2005 kw t600 and a 2006 pete 387...both 13 speeds with cats...i know the pete has more room but anymore info would be great...
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When is it time to retire a truck, after 1 million miles or when it just dies?
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thought I throw in some canadain weights we have
5 axle 5500kg steer 17000kg tandem 17000 tandem 39500kg total
6 axle 5500kg steer 17000kg tandem 24000 tridem 46500kg total
7 axle btrain 5500kg steer 17000kgtandem 17000kgtandem 17000kg tandem 56500
8 axle 5500kg steer 17000kg tandem 24000kg tridem 17000kg tandem 63500 kg total
there are other non permit combinations as well as tridrive truck set ups
but the above cover the prefered RTAC cross canada groupings
I much prefer the good old 18 wheeler idea though
to convert kg to pounds multiply by 2.2 IE 5500kg x2.2=12100#
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