Liftable rear axle.

I know from my European travels that liftable tractor axles are very common, but that is not the case here. Over here most class 8 trucks come with tandem driven rear axles. Additional (third) axles may be driven, but non-liftable (very common here in the Canadian oil industry). More common are non-driven liftable axles in either tag (behind the driven axles) or pusher (ahead of the driven axles) configuration. Most tractor tag or pusher axles only have a single wheel.

Hendrickson (which does business all over the world, including Europe) does have liftable axles for tractors, but they are not driven.

Good luck on your search.

 

cost me 8,000 for the tag axle, heavy duty front axle as well. Thats DOT's newest pet peve in the USA now. If you dont have a mfr. data plate with the tag axle on it , its disallowed.

 

Are you wanting to put a fourth axle on the truck? Pusher or tag? Let me know and I'll get you the info.

 

Are you going to buy a tandem and pull a drive axle off and replace it with a liftable pusher or look for a single axle truck to add a pusher? In other words run the same axle configuration as most european tractors since your trailers are set up differently?

If you want a truck that had two drive axles and a liftable pusher there are ton of them available just that way. The T800 with a tandem and liftable pusher is about the most common intermodal/container truck I've seen.


http://www.truckpaper.com/list/list...=All&Cond=Both&Axle=Tri&SO=2&btnSearch=Search

 

So you want a steerable axle for the pusher? If so you can buy the truck new or used set up that way. The Northwestern states have hundreds of these for sale. If you want to buy just the axle installed on your truck I know two places that are top notch. I can call Monday and get you an estimate if you want.

 

Your not going to find that in the USA.