Ground-clearance

All vital parts are protected

The people who have been testing the new truck with air suspension say it will be indispensable – in Russian forests, South African quarries or any construction site you come across.

The only things hanging down are the wheels

300 millimetres above ground

Previously, air suspension has been known for having too little ground clearance to have any widespread use in construction. But the new rear air suspension is about to change that. Its new design puts vulnerable parts such as spring members and air bellows higher up – above the drive axles – where they are less exposed.

“This results in at least 300 millimetres of ground clearance and the suspension is no longer in the line of fire for rocks and stones,” says product planner Bosse Franzon and continues. “The disc brakes are now protected by safety cages – but even these are 340 millimetres above the ground. Now the only things hanging down are the wheels.”