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Q: Why engineers have preferred to use Six or eight wheels for heavy vehicles?
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There are presently no vehicles that have seventeen wheels. Semi trucks come in different sizes, but typically have ten, sixteen, or eighteen wheels. The most common configuration of wheels on large trucks are eighteen wheels, with eight wheels on the cab of the truck, and ten wheel on the trailer.


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Why a heavy truck is fitted with eight wheels?

I don't know of a heavy truck with eight wheels. It would have six, 10, 12 or 14 and 18 if it was a tractor and trailer.


Why might heavy lorries need eight rear wheels?

In a heavy truck, each wheel has to support large road and the pressure on the road due to each wheel is large. Since, pressure = force/area Using of extra wheels reduces the pressure on road due to each wheel. This prevents the wheel from causing damage to the road as well as sinking into soft ground. This is why, extra wheels are used in heavy vehicles.


Why tractors have large tyres bulldozers have caterpillar tracks and heavy lorries have eight rear wheels?

Larger and multiple tires and tracks keep the vehicles from sinking into the mud by reducing the pressure on the ground by spreading the weight of the vehicle over a larger area.


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How many wheels in bus?

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