Shaving off weight has become a central objective of truck component design, and nowhere is that “lightweighting” trend more apparent than on the front axle. Several suppliers have introduced ...

Air spring lift axle suspension components such as valves, fasteners and bushings are covered by 12-month/100,000-mi. parts only and 6-month/12,000-mi. labor warranty. About the Author ...

Mack’s proprietary drive axles are engineered with a double-reduction design and include the use of Durapoid bevel and helical gears, which provide a favorable gear tooth geometry that helps ...

We were also able to incorporate serious weight savings with this axle design.” The e-Drive axle shaves off 388 pounds when compared to a conventional EV drive system.

The Mack mRide spring-leaf over rubber-block suspension, designed for vocational customers needing improved stability and greater traction on jobsites, now offers additional weight savings for ...

The manufacturer’s newest advancements in weight-optimized steer axle technology now are available on International RH, LT, and MV series trucks.

DENTON, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Featuring an advanced, robust design that reduces weight by up to 150 pounds, the new PACCAR 40,000 pound tandem drive axle will be standard for Peterbilt’s Model ...

Hendrickson, which has trimmed the weight of a tandem axle air slider/suspension system by more 750 pounds since its first introduction in 1991, says it uses multiple approaches to reducing weight ...

Cuixia Zhang, Quande Dong, Liangxi Zhang, Qiang Li, Jianqing Chen, Xuehong Shen, Modeling analysis and lightweight design for an axle hub considering stress and fatigue life, Science Progress (1933-), ...

Thousands of websites offer physics lectures, videos, design tips and how-to books on Derby cars. And many of them focus on where the weight should be placed on a car that cannot exceed 5 ounces.

Most boxed/flatbed trailers equipped with a six-lug axle and a 15-inch wheel/tire combo are rated at between 3,500 and 6,000 pounds per axle, so that is 7,000 to 12,000 total pounds of load ...

But if you put the weight 40 inches aft of the axle, the rear wheel load goes up 100 x (110+40)/110 136 pounds. Of course, the front axle load goes down by 36 pounds, but that is less than 2 ...