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  1. macetransit

    Free Electricity?

    Hay guy's, what do you think, I saw a generator that produces 20amps at 110volts. It takes a 5hp. Gas engine running at 3600rpm to produce this amperage. Now I see for sale a 5hp. Electric motor (no capacitors) that runs at 3600rpm. Using 18.5amps. to start, and 15amps. to run. Shouldn't the...
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    I beam thickness

    I would like to know, what the [b]thickness[b] of the webs (vertical Part) of [b]4[b] I beams would have to be to support 200,000lbs. (near center-50ft. foot print) if the span is 150ft. long and the web is 30in. high with 10in. sole plates. thank you.
  3. macetransit

    live axels vs wheels

    I need to know which would be better in handling heavy loads at high speeds, a live axle or free turning wheels? I'm looking at 20 axles 2 inches in diameter. Forty steel wheels, 24-28 inches in diameter and 2 inches wide, and being somewhat aerodynamically shaped and a traveling speed of...

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