A trophy trucks suspension is designed for maximum suspension travel and most are able to travel as much as 36 to 40inches. If you however are building a one off rig, oh lets say with rockwell axles, nitro shocks, a 4link setup with 6 foot tall tractor tires, and all you wanted was basic suspension design, setup, so on and so forth, this book is not for you. The 79ar was designed for class 6 and 7 vocational trucks with single drive axles. Tuthill transport technologies has announced a new truck air ride suspension offering a gross axle weight rating gawr of 17,000 to 23,000lb per axle. Design and manufacture of an adaptive suspension system. The wheels are usually bigger, and the terrain offers nastier bumps. As a trucks suspension is lowered, the amount of travel within the shock absorber is also decreased.
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