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Re: Tractor Trailers -Wheels falling off

Bob Cole (rpcole@ican.ca)
Wed, 21 Jan 1998 10:21:01 -0500 (EST)

NTSB did a study in 1992. An abridged version of the report is in the Jan 1993 ARJ.
Bob Cole
rpcole@ican.ca

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