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  • In towing applications, for example, the biggest consideration is stability and load-carrying capacity.

    F&S Guide to Truck Suspension and Lifts 2009

  • Porters of the variety that carried our bags appeared to be much higher up the load-carrying/social order than most of the hundreds of porters we would encounter.

    Lukla To Phakding » Dave Brosha Photography 2009

  • By “softening” the modern truck suspension to meet the requirements of new owners, manufacturers have compromised load-carrying capability for those of us who really need it.

    F&S Guide to Truck Suspension and Lifts 2009

  • Dussutour, whose earlier work showed that leafcutter ants organize themselves into separate and tightly-regulated streams of load-carrying and unburdened individuals when traveling in opposite directions on wide paths, was curious about their dynamics on narrow paths such as the tip of a treebranch — the ant equivalent of a one-lane road.

    everyone knows an ant can’t get stuck in traffic | clusterflock 2009

  • Be sure the tire has adequate load-carrying capacity at these lower pressures.

    Get The Most Out Of A New Set of Truck Tires 2009

  • “My frustration is that I picked a 3/4-ton Suburban so I would have extra load-carrying capability,” Doug told me.

    F&S Guide to Truck Suspension and Lifts 2009

  • As cars get heavier and consumer' expectations for handling, acceleration and load-carrying capacity increase, the life expectancy for tires decreases.

    Opting Out of a Navigation System Jonathan Welsh 2011

  • They went to the mines of West Virginia, because war needs coal; they went to the industries of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, because war needs ships and iron; they went to the automobiles of Detroit and the load-carrying of Chicago; and they went to East St. Louis.

    DARKWATER W.E.B. DU BOIS 2004

  • Dussutour, whose earlier work showed that leafcutter ants organize themselves into separate and tightly-regulated streams of load-carrying and unburdened individuals when traveling in opposite directions on wide paths, was curious about their dynamics on narrow paths such as the tip of a treebranch — the ant equivalent of a one-lane road.

    everyone knows an ant can’t get stuck in traffic | clusterflock 2009

  • Then the engineers began generating the drawings that graphically display the load-carrying stresses on a proposed structure, which in this bizarre building varied enormously from place to place — and became extreme at certain points, such as where the bottoms of the towers meet the base and where the tower tops bend over.

    From Mao to Wow! Andersen, Kurt 2008

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