Design of tractor produced by General Motors Co, capable of pulling single trailer at GCW of 61,000 lb; vehicle is powered by 6-71 GM 2-cycle diesel engine which could yield over 200 hp; when operating in lower gears, governed engine speed is 1800 rpm; in two highest ratios, max engine rpm is 1650; performance curves; frame construction; tests to determine stress and strain pattern; suspension and steering linkage.
New concept of light weight highway tractor design
SAE -- Paper
SAE Meeting ; 1959 Diesel
1959
21 pages
Conference paper
English
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