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<p>[QUOTE="AModelCat, post: 12378078, member: 167097"]I've probably posted this at some point prior. Was on a job years ago, line locating on frozen muskeg for a highway expansion project. Had a 4x4 Unimog with big off road balloon tires and a tridrive water truck on the job. That Unimog would sink down to its axles in the matter of an hour or so. The tridrive just sat on top. Moving around the Unimog would rut up the ground, but you could hardly tell where the tridrive had driven.</p><p><br /></p><p>Needless to say I'm not a big believer that a single drive axle (or tandem with the weight on only one axle) is better in every situation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="AModelCat, post: 12378078, member: 167097"]I've probably posted this at some point prior. Was on a job years ago, line locating on frozen muskeg for a highway expansion project. Had a 4x4 Unimog with big off road balloon tires and a tridrive water truck on the job. That Unimog would sink down to its axles in the matter of an hour or so. The tridrive just sat on top. Moving around the Unimog would rut up the ground, but you could hardly tell where the tridrive had driven. Needless to say I'm not a big believer that a single drive axle (or tandem with the weight on only one axle) is better in every situation.[/QUOTE]
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