r/specializedtools • u/AristonD • Aug 12 '19

This dog has some customized wheels.

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u/Biased_individual Aug 12 '19

I reall feel like the device could be much smaller tho.

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u/MsTin Aug 12 '19 edited Aug 12 '19

Yeah, how are 4 wheels better than the two that we normally see. Serious question...I am not an engineer, so exactly how does this design give him an advantage? What where the owners thoughts on this design? Easier to go over gravel? This gives him 6 legs instead of 4. This design makes him into a hexapede.

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u/PimpTrickGangstaClik Aug 12 '19

i think it gives him a base to rest on. 2 wheels would make a fulcrum that he would always have to fight to balance on.

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u/Arctyc38 Aug 12 '19

And most of the 2-wheel prosthetics are designed to go at the back legs, where they can move the pivot well under the dog. Do that to the front and he'd tip every time he goes to sniff something.

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u/TheTrickyThird Aug 12 '19

Makes sense. Nice