Six-wheeler Turns
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ANEW addition to the Alfa-Romeo range of oil-engined goods vehicles is an 11-ton six-wheeler, known as the type 900. Powered by a six-cylindered 9.5-litre oil engine producing 130 b.h.p., the vehicle has front and rear-wheel steering enabling the 27-ft.-long machine to turn in 46 fr.
Steering and suspension follow conventional lines, the rear bogie having rocking-beam suspension. Transmission is through a four-speed gearbox. and a two-speed auxiliary box to a doublereduction spur and spiral-bevel rear axle. Maximum speed in direct drive is 25 m.p.h., or 33 m.p.h. in the overdrive top gear.
The steering of the trailing axle, which is fitted with single tyres, is simply effected by linkage based on OrIandi patents. An extra drag link passes back from the front axle to a