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Old 03-24-2008, 04:02 AM   #16 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Red View Post
We'd need the entire highway infrastructure rebuild if we went with road trains. Then again, it would be nice to drive on a nice heavy duty road for a change instead of the "5 yr rebuilds" we have out here
Why? The weight per trailer or per load bearing tire doesn't increase. You spread out the load over a larger number of tires. If anything, the wear on the roads would decrease because there would be fewer tractors pulling the same number of trailers.

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