Dump Truck Build

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(01-20-2021 )Rawze Wrote:  One concern I see with that build is those rear axles.

I did not see anything indicating that the rear axles were upgraded to handle all the weight on the back end with the dump bed up and all the weight sitting back there. - Most dump-trucks with larger dump beds like that I have seen, have really stiff and extra big thick leaf suspension springs, cross-members, larger than normal torsion bars, extra heavy duty axles and housings to handle this so that the back-end does not get distorted over time and so that the back-end is not soft under the immense weight shifting onto the very back axle alone once it is all the way up.

The pivot point looks like it is a fair bit behind the back axle too... Seems it would make it more unstable than normal and possibly a bit dangerous under really heave loads?.

Not trying to burst anyone's bubble there, it is just what comes to mind when looking at the pics, etc. - I am just speculating, I have never owned a dump-truck, but these things would be my concern.

https://www.worktruckonline.com/287843/f...suspension
This is what is on my 2020 freightliner 108sd dump