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Is It A Rear Engine Or Rear Drive That Makes It A Pusher?

PastorCharlie
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All vehicles except those that are front wheel drive propel the vehicle from the rear. Front engines with rear wheel drive are pushers.

Why the big effort to segarate vehicle drives by engine choices?

Isn't it just another way to post engine preference? :h :R
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valhalla360
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It's just a description of where the engine is mounted. As the wheel base gets longer, there are design advantages to putting the engine in the back closer to the drive axle.

It does often get used as a hint that it's a more expensive unit as your more expensive units tend to be DPs and a lot of your less expensive units tend to be front engine.
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rv2go
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This reminds me of a old debate as to whether a horse hitched to a plow is Pushing or Pulling the plow. :B
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RLS7201
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PastorCharlie wrote:
All vehicles except those that are front wheel drive propel the vehicle from the rear. Front engines with rear wheel drive are pushers.

Why the big effort to segarate vehicle drives by engine choices?

Isn't it just another way to post engine preference? :h :R



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msmith1199
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The term "pusher" just refers to where the engine is located since it is an important feature to many people. I think we all know that the vast majority of motorhomes are powered at the rear wheels whether the engine is in front or back. It doesn't literally mean pushing versus pulling, just front engine or rear engine.

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DrewE
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It is more a description of the chassis configuration than the driven wheels. If the engine is in the back, it's a pusher. I may well be wrong, but I think the term comes to RVs from transit bus descriptions (and may well have been influenced by aircraft configurations with pusher vs. tractor propellers).

I suppose it would be possible, though not particularly sensible, to have a front wheel drive pusher chassis.

BB_TX
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I think it is just a matter of people wanting to attach catchy names. Diesel pusher somehow sounds a little more exotic than rear engine diesel.

MrWizard
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Except for GMC and Revcon
Almost everything is rear drive, even FRED.. FRONT ENGINE DIESEL
Have rear drive
A pusher AKA DP.. Is engine in the rear
The are even gas pushers that have been built
I can explain it to you.
But I Can Not understand it for you !

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mike_brez
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Engine in front pulling,engine in rear pushing
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K_Charles
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With the engine in the back it is usually much quieter.