>> Here's three quick links I found:
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>> http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051222/AUTO01/
>> 512220368/1148
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>> http://www.fraunhofer.de/fhg/archiv/presseinfos/pflege.zv.fhg.de/
>> english/press/pi/pi2003/06/rn_t3.html
>>
>>
>> BIG RIGS, BIGGER TIRES
>>
>>
>> Source: JIM DAVENPORT, ASSOCIATED PRESS
>> Take a closer look at some of the 18-wheelers rolling down the
>> nation's roads lately and you might notice something missing: eight
>> wheels.. Some truckers are converting to wider tires that let them
>> replace dual tires with single tires, turning their rigs into
>> 10-wheelers to reap fuel and weight savings. The new tires are wide
>> enough to make a hot-rodder happy. And they're drawing stares on and
>> off the highway.. People ask Jim Smith questions about the expensive,
>>
>> Published on December 22, 2005, Page 4D, Charlotte Observer, The (NC)
>>
>> Apparently they have been around for some time. Michelin is a big
>> booster. Claims of better fuel mileage and lighter tire/wheel weight
>> with the wide aluminum wheels which means less unsprung weight are
>> the driving forces.
>>
>> Wes
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