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WhiteWolf McBride	Nov 5 2006, 11:08 PM
Making Trax! Posts: 196 Group: Moderator Member #15 Joined: December 15, 2005	Guys... The classis model is just 4 arms that rotate and let the accumulating salt or sand slip off the side of the scatter-pan as the arms rotate. Better ones on Municipal vehicles have enough speed to the spin that the arm literally throws the salt/sand. Its usually integrated into the gearbox so that when the truck stops for a light, the spreader stops too. Now... to examine one, hit the local hardware store, as they make human-portable models that you carry in a harness, like a backpack, but on your front. You crank a nandle, and it spreads. As to build, blades glued to a 4-arm head of a servo rigged for continuous spin would be just the ticket. I may take a shot at this tweak myself, seeing as I've got a few damaged servos about.
	*WhiteWolf McBride* CEO, TaskForce Technologies Inc. Ottawa, Canada

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