Ever noticed trucks cruising with some wheels floating above the pavement and wondered why not all tires are grounded? This intriguing phenomenon is due to lift axles—specialized truck components ...

Maryland, for example, allows dump trucks to carry 55,000 pounds if they have three axles and 70,000 pounds if they have three axles plus a lift axle. Snowy Doe, who works at the Mack Truck Museum ...

Heritage Trucking is counting on the new lightweight lift axles to reduce weight and boost payload on its 27 new Kenworth T800 dump trucks. The lift axles are offered in single, double or triple ...

“New steer axle technology was seen as a mechanism to not only avoid ... was linked to operators who kept the lift axles raised when they should have been deployed. A provincial grandfathering period ...