Adding lift axles to spread reefer?

If you're just looking to get around easier in tight maneuvers it's alot cheaper and easier with dump valves like Hendrickson vs-24797

 

@Oldman83 is very knowledgeable about such things.

 

I have a spread, both axles are lift and I also have a blast and dump system. It is too much to post here. If your interested, send me a pm and I will give you my phone number.

 

Usually just an iso plug ran up to the nose/landing gear and back to the box, would recommend having a manual switch on the trailer as well Incase you wind up in a different truck without controls

if the shocks are in the air bags you cannot add a lift axle is what I learned from this new trailer, there is also a bolt on kit that goes through the front control arms,

just the dump valve would work but you are still dragging tires, and a 10-12’ spreads main job is to eat tires….

 

I wouldn’t know how to plumb that but our whole fleet had in cab dump switches. Very critical for 4 or 5 axle wagons

also had a brake light switch on dash in cab in case we lost our trailer lights

 

Are there spreads greater then the standard 10'4"?

 

Most sliding spreads/shorter wagons are standard 10’ 2”, a lot of those big 53-54’ fixed are 12-13’

 

Yes I have a 12' spread