Custom Designed To Meet Your Needs
Dexter’s Auxiliary Truck Suspensions can be custom designed to meet your needs ranging in capacities from 8,000 - 20,000 lbs. The short mounting envelope allows for tighter axle spacing with multiple air brakes, frame width, profiles, and tire application options available.
You can depend on our high-quality Auxiliary Truck Suspensions, which have urethane bushings at pivot points for unmatched durability. With Over 60 years of suspension manufacturing experience, our integrated axle and suspension system reduces installation time.
Dexter’s Steer Auxiliary Truck Suspensions coil spring steering dampers provide unsurpassed stability and driver control. The high-strength fabricated steering axle is built for single-tire applications.
The Non-Steer Auxiliary Truck Suspensions is designed for use with Dexter’s trusted 5” round heavy duty axle with 6” or 8” drop center axle options. There are also custom solutions and standard 71.5” and 77.5” track axles available.
The Maxle® Trailered Axle suspension system adds up to 12,000 lbs. payload per trip for increased revenue. The hydraulic cylinders engage, creating a rigid truck frame extension. Each system comes ready to install and pre-wired for truck lighting hookups, which can raise and lower using the same PTO as the truck body. Steer axle provides better maneuverability, stability, and reduced tire wear. The Maxle® is designed so loading or dumping not affected when in the stowed position. There are dump body, crane truck, and cement mixer applications.
THE SYSTEM ALSO INCLUDES:
- Modular unitized construction for reduced installation time and cost
- 2,100 psi pre-charged accumulator
- Additional air tank, lines, cylinder, valve, and control
- Trailer lights, fenders, and mud-flaps
- Hydraulic cylinders, solenoids, and valve block
PRE-PLUMB KIT
- Air tank
- R-12 relay, brake protection, and quick-release valves
- Brackets & Hoses Installed
- Pre-Installation available
AIR CONTROL
- Multiple outside cab regulator panel options
- Options for both in-cab and outside-operation switches
- Auto-reverse lift option
INSTALLATION KITS
- Airlines and fittings for SD-812 or AC-2000 controller
- R-12 relay valve kit with airlines and fittings included
- Mounting bolts and lock nuts
- Air tank