What is the purpose of the trailing wheels found behind cement trucks only when traveling. They retract to a?

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Has anyone ever owned a early model Ford Windstar from the mid 1990's?

They serve two purposes, They distribute the weight over a larger area and make the vehicle more stable as it goes down the highway (less likely to roll- over on turns because the turning mixer drum shifts more weight toward one side of the vehicle than the other.). If you noticed the mixer drum is placed over the rear tandem axles so they also assist in preventing "over loading" the rear axles.

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they need the extra wheels to suport the weight to make them road legal.the extra set allows almost 10000 more pounds

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The extra wheels spread the heavy weight out over a wider are to avoid breaking the pavement

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