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Old 09-19-2010, 09:22 AM   #29 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by euromodder View Post
Loads are regularly carried above large super-single wheels on many European trucks and trailers.

In a conventional truck the engine would be in the "tunnel", lowering the CoG.
But there's usually no such low-positioned mass on the trailer.

In a hybrid Tunnel-truck, the generators, fuel, batteries and electric engines could be in the tunnel walls, also lowering the CoG.
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