This story appears in the January/February 2011 issue of Equipment & Maintenance Update, a supplement to the Jan. 17 print edition of Transport Topics. Click here to subscribe today. Air suspensions ...

The trucks sold in today’s consumer market are tougher than commercial trucks just a decade back, with the strongest pickups comfortably hauling nearly 8,000 pounds. The key downside to those new ...

An air spring suspension provides a better ride quality than their steel spring counterparts, but isn’t quite as bulletproof when it comes to wear and tear. Air springs, which should be inspected at ...

Air springs have only been part of the mainstream rodding scene for about a decade, yet they're already almost as common as dropped axles and whitewall tires. This is not too surprising, considering ...

One of the biggest, most significant shifts in automotive suspension systems over the past several decades has been the explosion in popularity of high-tech active suspensions. From air springs to ...

The outside of the air spring can suffer from abrasion if it rubs against any other suspension part because of misalignment or other parts out of their normal positions, like a broken shock. Too ...

Every once in a while a new product crops up that significantly impacts the classic truck hobby. Certainly the availability of fiberglass bodies, reproduction bed assemblies, and reproduction frames ...

Air suspensions cushion the ride for drivers, vehicles and loads. Among their components are the springs themselves and shock absorbers, which help control the movement of the bags and the rest of the ...

Tunability: Air suspensions have a wide tuning range for spring rate and load capacity. Weeks of conventional spring and shock tuning can be painlessly compressed into a few minutes via in-car ...

Pneumatic suspension, more commonly called air suspension, has been around since its first patented design the early 1900s. There are many questions about its existence and how it relates to towing.