Question: ( 7 0 % ) A pickup truck and a trailer have the weights and dimensions shown below. a ) Fin the static axle loads

(70%) A pickup truck and a trailer have the weights and dimensions shown below.
a) Fin the static axle loads of the truck and trailer when hooked together.
b) Determine the three axle loads when the combination is accelerated by a force of 8200 N
developed at the rear wheels of the truck.
c) The truck is a rear wheel drive. Without the trailer connected, what horizontal pulling force
could it develop if the rear wheels are on a surface with a coefficient of friction, =0.6?
Hint: Treat the truck as if it has a horizontal restraint acting at the hitch and take moments.
Remember that Fxr=Wr
( 7 0 % ) A pickup truck and a trailer have the

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