Four ways to cut weight of 30-ft tandem axle semitrailer to save approximately 24% in running gear weight and 14% in total trailer weight; use magnesium for brake shoes, hubs and brake spiders, replace conventional wheels with forged aluminum disks, use coaxial rubber springs, and substitute corrugated wrought aluminum sheet for extruded aluminum plank floors.
Modern truck trailer
Soc Automotive Engrs -- J
Society of Automotive Engineers -- Journal ; 61 , n 3
1953
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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