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Old 09-20-2021, 07:19 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Autobahnschleicher View Post
At our airfield I sometimes have to drive a few heavier vehicles (5-7 ton roughly) without power steering and with pneumatic brakes.
Pneumatic brakes are interesting, yet my experience with them is much limited.


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That's not hard either, however the steering wheel is massive and the steering is geared different.
Just look at something like this:

Power steering was not so common back then, so their steering wheels are quite massive compared to most modern trucks with a more car-like steering wheel.
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