Hendrickson will reduce 75 pounds from its INTRAAX low-ride/liftable integrated trailer suspension system with the launch of the INTRAAX AANL 23K scheduled in the second quarter of this year.
It replaces the AAL 23K as Hendrickson’s lightest 23,000-lb. capacity low-ride/liftable suspension system, giving fleets and owner operators a savings of approximately 150 lbs. on tandem axle trailers, the company said.
Scheduled for introduction at the Mid-America Trucking Show, it provides all of the benefits of INTRAAX including a standard trailer Cam Tube System to reduce S-cam maintenance and a straight axle to help stretch fuel mileage and extend tire life, the company said. Standard Quik-Align delivers fast, easy, accurate axle alignment.
Offered in ride heights from 6.5 ins. to 17 ins., it brings tapered-beam and large-diameter axle (LDA) technologies to drop-decks, lowboys, platforms, tankers, bottom dumps and specialty trailers.
The system uses Hendrickson’s Advanced Axle/Beam Technology, which teams tapered-beam and LDA technologies, to enhance component system strength, while reducing weight compared to similar-capacity suspension systems, the company said. The lighter weight of the tapered-beam construction allows haulers to carry more cargo.
LDA increases the diameter of today’s traditional five-inch axle by about three-quarters of an inch while slightly reducing the wall thickness, which reduces weight while improving component and system strength, the company said. LDA delivers as much as a 22-percent increase in bending and torsional stiffness compared to the five-in. axle tube. This reduces tube deflection under loads to keep the axle straighter and help enhance fuel efficiency and tire wear.
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