100-TON LOADS!
GIANT ENGLISH TRUCK Further details are now available concerning the great 14-wheel Scammell vehicle intended for transporting such heavy pieces of machinery as turbine casing, locomotives, electrical transformers, etc., up to 100 tons. The motive unit has an 80 h.p. engine driving through an eight-speed gearbox, giving a low ratio of over 200 to 1. to the four driving wheels, which are arranged in line across the vehicle in pairs on two short axles, oscillating on longitudinal gudgeons so that all four wheels conform to the camber of the road. Special rubber suspension springs are provided having the unique feature that,- while they are not unduly flexible under full load, they yet have considerable resistance when the vehicle is running light. About 30 per cent, of the load is carried by the motive unit turntable, the remainder being taken by a group of eight wheels which support the rear ends of the carrier side frames. These wheels are arranged in two rows of four across the vehicle, subdivided into pairs on oscillating axles which, in turn, are mounted on balance beams so that the load is always evenly distributed.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 758, 3 September 1929, Page 6
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191100-TON LOADS! Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 758, 3 September 1929, Page 6
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