Does anyone know the etymology of the term four-by-four or 4x4 in relation to an off-road vehicle?
On 17 Apr 2003 at 10:24, David Wilson wrote:
Does anyone know the etymology of the term four-by-four or 4x4 .. in relation to an off-road vehicle?
Four speed transmission and Four wheel drive. /Bernie\ -- Bernie Cosell Fantasy Farm Fibers mailto:bernie@fantasyfarm.com Pearisburg, VA --> Too many people, too few sheep <--
I thought it was (and I might be wrong) first 4 = total # of wheels with power second 4 = total # wheels when you don't count doubles on an axel So a vanilla car is a 2 x4 Some trucks are 4x6 or 6x6 For example http://www.ecars.com.au/Mil/Studebaker/6x6.html Thane Plambeck 650 321 4884 office 650 323 4928 fax http://www.qxmail.com/home.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bernie Cosell" <bernie@fantasyfarm.com> To: "math-fun" <math-fun@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2003 7:52 AM Subject: Re: [math-fun] four-by-four
On 17 Apr 2003 at 10:24, David Wilson wrote:
Does anyone know the etymology of the term four-by-four or 4x4 .. in relation to an off-road vehicle?
Four speed transmission and Four wheel drive.
/Bernie\
-- Bernie Cosell Fantasy Farm Fibers mailto:bernie@fantasyfarm.com Pearisburg, VA --> Too many people, too few sheep <--
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4x4 means 4 drive wheels, 4 total wheels. A passenger car would be 2x4. --- David Wilson <davidwwilson@attbi.com> wrote:
Does anyone know the etymology of the term four-by-four or 4x4 in relation to an off-road vehicle?
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4x4 means 4 drive wheels, 4 total wheels. A passenger car would be 2x4. --- David Wilson <davidwwilson@attbi.com> wrote:
Does anyone know the etymology of the term four-by-four or 4x4 in relation to an off-road vehicle?
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on or off, I recall 4 wheel drive + 4 (forward) gears. R. On Thu, 17 Apr 2003, David Wilson wrote:
Does anyone know the etymology of the term four-by-four or 4x4 in relation to an off-road vehicle?
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