On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 18:58:24 +0000 (UTC),
(Geoff Cashman) wrote:

Those 'rollers' don't look too insubstantial to me. Note the size of
them in comparison to nearby people. I count at least 24 of them.

I'd be surprised if the wheels themselves are any more than 24" in
diameter. There's no reason to have big wheels if you're carrying a
heavy load slowly.

I've got a much closer view of a similar system under DDG 90:
http://www.hazegray.org/features/ddg...g90keel13b.jpg

I don't know how similar BIW's system is to EB's, but I'm sure they're
somewhat close.

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