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Alley_Fox
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Jun 11, 2013

Why don't 5th wheel mfgrs place more heavy items in rear?

OK, maybe a naive question but why don't 5th wheel manufacturers place some of the heavier items in the rear to help relieve the heavy pin weights? I'm thinking about things like gensets, water tanks...
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DSteiner51
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Jun 11, 2013
jaycocamprs wrote:
Lantley wrote:
Wow are we confused. Why does a locomotive pull the train and not push it? The weight holds the train on the tracks.


The locomotive pulls the train because the cars are not strong enough in compression. They would crush the rear cars.


Trains have absolutely nothing to do with pulling 5th wheels. The locomotive carries no weight from anything it pulls and is planted on rails.

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