I finally remembered to ask this question about trucks or trailers that lift their axles
Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by TruckRunner, Apr 16, 2018.
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They have drop axles on class b dumps that turn when you turn the wheel now too. No more destroyed tires from negligent drivers.
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What's the question?
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When I pulled food grade out of a Northwest, our Volvo's were set up to have automatic lift axles. You can control them manually with a button in the cab, but they would automatically go down when you were loaded. If you're driving a single screw tractor, it's useful because you can increase downward pressure on your drive axle for when the road is slippery. Makes it easy getting under a trailer on a dirt lot too. You get almost 3 miles a gallon better lifting one or two axles when you're empty, so that was the primary motivation for it though
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