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Old 10-06-19, 05:02 AM
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Unca_Sam
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@Kimmo: the engineers involved here were concerned with how to 'cleverly' kill two birds with one stone. I'm sure they saved gobs of money simply because they didn't need to shut down a production line to retool for a longer axle.
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