PS Magazine - JUNE 1979
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 319
JUNE 1979
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work with-a pusher axle.
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helps spread the load among
4
axles
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instead of 3.
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how it
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9³2320³270´10 (Oct 77) is not too clear on when or how to use the
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should
Pusher axle. Fµrinstance, the doPe on page 2´59 makes you believe you're
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look
suPPosed to use maximum air Pressure-H¶ ·SI¸every time you Put the
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puºher axle down.
Not so!
»¼ yoU Put it down too hard, or at the w½ong time, you can damaGe the shock
abºorbers or a¾r ba¿s.
You don't need the puºher axle to protect the truck. It's big enough to handle
anything
you can put on the trailer.
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Too much
air pressure
can ruin
air bags
and shock
absorbers
Some statesÀrestrict the load you can
carry per axle, Tho, so the Pusher axle
is used to help even out the load.
You use it only on paved highways
where axle load restrictions are in
force. You never use it off the roadÁ
loaded
or
unloaded.
Or
anyplace
without the trailer. Or with an empty
trailer.
And
you use_ only
the air
Pressure needed for a certain axle load.
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