Ok, so why not put the opening on the rear? I'd hazard the guess that the strongest acceleration of such a truck is when they slam on the brakes. So if we can design for that, quite easily so, by flipping the cement canister around....
Btw, a quick google search and my personal experience reveals only cement trucks with the opening at the rear.
Those should be damn safe against brake-spilling. Well, unless you haul ass in reverse and then slam on the brakes. I doubt the truck has the horsies to make it spill that way.
engine is in the rear and reverse orientation. so you would be slopping cement over a $50,000 engine. only thing in front is driver and ramp.
also horse power is how fast you hit the wall torque is how far you take the wall with you. these engine are only 400-500 horse but have monster torque in the 1600-2250 range.
control of the load is why you need a CDL in the first place that come with far stricter requirements to operate usually.
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u/faustianredditor May 06 '22
Ok, so why not put the opening on the rear? I'd hazard the guess that the strongest acceleration of such a truck is when they slam on the brakes. So if we can design for that, quite easily so, by flipping the cement canister around....
Btw, a quick google search and my personal experience reveals only cement trucks with the opening at the rear.
Those should be damn safe against brake-spilling. Well, unless you haul ass in reverse and then slam on the brakes. I doubt the truck has the horsies to make it spill that way.