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    jec67 replied to the thread Calculate Normal Force.
    Agree - the point I am making: the diagram in the original post is misleading as there is no indication the rotational restraint exists.
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    jec67 replied to the thread Calculate Normal Force.
    So it can react moments through a couple of horizontal forces - one at each wheel? If so, this is quite a different diagram than the...
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    jec67 replied to the thread Calculate Normal Force.
    If one takes a free body diagram of the horizontal member and applies a vertical load it will reveal itself unstable. Summing moments...

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