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Why does bus and lorries have rear wheel drives instead of front wheel drive?
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∙ 11y ago
Buses and lorries are so heavy that it's starting to become difficult and expensive to have the steering wheels also work as drive wheels, so they usually settle for only having the simpler rear axle as drive wheels.
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