A longer vehicle combination for road transport uses a prime mover 6 connected to a front trailer 12 and then a rear trailer 16 and the trailer 12,16 axles are arranged in three tandem sets 14,24,18. The leading tandem set 24 of the rear trailer is part of a dolly 22 which supports a fifth wheel 20 of the rear trailer 16 and the spacing of the tandem sets 14,24,18 is 1.5-2.5m. The rear axle of each tandem set 14,24,18 has a pair of self-steered wheels 14',24',18' which assist in the reduction of the turning circle over rough terrain when the combination is a bulk milk tanker combination. Fig. 1 co (NJ0


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    Title :

    Long Vehicle Combination with Steerable Wheels


    Contributors:
    BYFORD GARY (author)

    Publication date :

    2016-10-13


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B62D MOTOR VEHICLES , Motorfahrzeuge



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