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- Dr_QuickExplorer III remember back in the mid 50's, this show with the Futureliner vehicles came to Milwaukee and it was held at the lake front. Went with my Dad. I remember all of the vehicles had the sides open and showed different experiments or products at the time. I also thought that dual front wheels was interesting. I remember one experiment was with a large "top" that the man spun on a pipe that was expelling compressed air to stop friction. He said that it would spin for hours, but don't try filling your car crank case with compassed air yet.
- valhalla360Navigator
NinerBikes wrote:
valhalla360 wrote:
cyntdon2010 wrote:
1940's There was no power steering back then..
the driver had to be strong
It's not as bad as you might think. They used larger diameter steering wheels to give better leverage and they geared it down.
Also, if you've ever driven truck without power steering, the trick is to get it rolling before starting to turn the wheel. As long as there is some movement, the force needed to turn the wheel is drastically less.
My first truck had manual steering and as long as I had room to get it rolling at all, I could easily palm the wheel.
Then again dual front tires doesn't change any of this.
If you want to see something cool, google dual steering axle truck. I came across them in brazil but I'm sure they are in other countries also. They have two front axles and each steers. My buddy who owns a gravel pit says they are less prone to getting stuck in soft conditions compared to standard dump trucks.
Common sense dictates that with or without power steering, you should always be rolling when attempting to turn the steering wheel. Americans have been dumbed down and become lazy with all the advancements that fail.
I'd hate to see younger people navigate if all the cell sites, and all the internet and GPS systems went down at once, in the event of a major catastrophe.
Not always possible in a tight parking parking spot.
I admit to getting lazy with power steering but hardly the downfall of society.
Not sure how internet and gps factors into the discussion. - BenKExplorer
fj12ryder wrote:
They'd figure it out just like you figured out how to use computers, GPS, radio, television, CB's, etc. Just because they're young doesn't mean they're stupid.
"Smarter" in some new areas..."dumber" in other areas
My 12 years in SunLabs had us 'old' guys reviewing that current crop
of summer interns on whether we wanted them back next year, or offer
them a job
Smart in that they would pass any written exam +100% but failed in
common sense. Actually dangerous in the lab with some pretty wacky
designs so out it
We coined them 'Green light, Red light designers'. If the simulation
came back with no vectors...Green light and done. Red light...they'd
fix all of the vectors, reran the simulatiuon and then say they were done
No clue on things out in the real world, or seemingly clueless.
Not all...the good ones we all liked/loved had spent time out in the
real world falling out of trees, playing with dangerous things. Another
term that fits..."we've gone too far from the farm"
Car pooled with one we hired. A cryptologist (math and language major)
Scared the heck out of me and was the last time I rode with her.
She dived into the braking space of a double trailer semi...the nailed
her brakes to make the off ramp. The semi blew his air horns
Asked her about that and she just said that is why they have brakes...not
understanding the laws of physics behind all of that - TystevensExplorerWow, pretty cool rig. Looks like something out of the animated movie "Despicable Me." Yes, I have small kids.
They have dual front axle buses in South America where they do a lot of bus travel. Big Mercedes and Volvo buses that cruise at very high speeds and risk very deadly front tire blowouts. Nice way to travel. - 2003silveradoExplorer IIAccording to wikipedia they were built in 1939 with a 4 cylinder diesel but when overhauled in 1953 they were converted to a 302ci gas engine and automatic transmission.
Interesting chain of events - old_guyExplorerdid you see the video where they had one going through the quarter mile in 41 secs and 28 mph top end. 140 horse power back then. can't figure out why it weights so much, the center is hollow
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