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Old 11-15-2018, 07:14 PM   #18
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Re: Can anyone tell me what these are for

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Originally Posted by Gippetto View Post
Reminds me of the sand dispencer systems they used to have on the trackless trolleys when I was a kid in the Boston area. That would be the valving part, the sand resevoirs were maybe 100 pounds worth and were up top somewhere. One on each side.

this would be my guess too, road gritter for the rear tires, larger trucks of the same era used a gravity system just like this, I cant find the pictures but I remember them from an accessory catalog.
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