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A couple of people mentioned that we could reduce rolling resistance with fewer wheels. Actually, tire drag is almost linear with load, so the advantage comes in from reduced wind resistance and the slightly lower weight made possible by not subdividing the load paths. In practise, use of available wheels, etc, will almost always affect the weight by more than might be saved by this technique.
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There is no excuse for a land vehicle to weigh more than its average payload.
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