What effect does the position of the wheels have on rolling resistance?
< Back to the overviewThe heaviest work for many employees is getting a stationary waste container in motion. So, it’s important to reduce the starting and rolling resistance. Top tip: 'push' is better than 'pull'. The position of the wheels is also important. If the castor wheels are positioned at right angles to the direction of travel, pushing or pulling a roll container takes about 25% more force on average.
Check this video which shows this in action. In the first demonstration, a rolling container with the wheels in the desired direction of travel, is slowly started. The accompanying graph shows the power that is supplied. In the second demonstration, the swivel wheels are transverse to the direction of travel. It can be concluded that this requires considerably more force.
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