Toyota - Ford comparison

What makes Unimog trucks outperform most others is the fact that their chassis has been designed to flex, as opposed to the more rigid onroad truck chassis. Also cab and tray/body connections to the chassis are designed to allow the chassis to flex unrestricted, to the point where you can have the cab and body at 30 degrees or so angles to eachother. I'd have thought that flexible chassis would ber considered an advantage. The US are not all flat, surely?

There is more to this than meets the eye.

Whether you like it or not, Land Rover is considered one of the most capable offroad vehicles in stock form.This is due among other things to a very rigid box section chassis.

Basically you can go two ways rigid and use wheel travel or flexible and less wheel travel. In many ways a lot of flexing in a chassis is not such a good thing as it creates other issues. Ideally you want as stable a platform, to fix a body to, as possible.

As for plane wings, well I can't see the relevance unless you've thought your Toynisswoo to fly :-)

Correct. 3db is a doubling of sound pressure

Maybe they are using US decibels :-)

3db may be twice as loud but not to the human ear.

Several millions of references using google.

e.g
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"RELATIVE SOUND LEVELS
The decibel follows a logarithmic scale, rather than a linear one. This is a complex subject, but for our purpose, it is sufficient to note:
1 dB is generally the smallest difference that can be perceived by human beings
A 3 dB difference is clearly audible for just about anyone with normal hearing
A 10 dB difference is generally perceived as being twice or half as loud."

Neville

Hmmm, oh for an edit button, try this link: Cummins vs Ford

*%* It's the second one

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Great chicken.
I didn't know they lay down to sleep.