Lift Axle????

bernieh48 · Nov 7, 2008

Does anyone know where to get a decent used lift axle for a straight truck at a reasonable price?

Thanks

x06col · Nov 7, 2008

I wouldn't mess with a "used" lift axle. You just don't know how they have been used (abused). Saving a couple hundred bucks me tink, might cost dearly in installation and safety costs.

FREE TO FAIL · Nov 7, 2008

bought mine on ebay you really do need to know what your looking at though as lift axles generally come off dumps and their usually beat to crap. Steerable or non ? air up/down? controls? currently 4 on ebay motors right now......

TeamCaffee · Nov 7, 2008

We bought ours at a Utility Trailer place in Saint Louis where they also installed it. We thought the price was reasonable. Might be an area you can check to see if any of the Utility Trailer locations near you will install one.

bernieh48 · Nov 7, 2008

Thank you Team Caffee. We do know what we are looking for and a used one is not a bad choice as long s you look it over good. Had a used steering axle one on another owner's truck one time and it worked great for what little it was used.

Team Caffee do you remember off hand the cost? Roughly?

TeamCaffee · Nov 7, 2008

Bob is thinking we paid $4500.00. That price was installed with wheels and tires. Later we added shocks to the axle which we wish we would have done at the beginning.

bernieh48 · Nov 7, 2008

Thanks Linda!

bernieh48 · Nov 7, 2008

Linda was that with recap tires or new tires?

ATeam · Nov 7, 2008

There is a truck frame and axle place next to Fyda Freightliner in Columbus, Ohio that does a fair amount of lift-axle work on trucks of all kinds, including expediters. I don't recall the company name. Fyda people can tell you. They may have or know where to find used lift axles.

bernieh48 · Nov 7, 2008

Thanks Phil have to get under there and measure some things tomorrow too.

davekc · Nov 7, 2008

We did one several years with Rush in southern Indiana. It was about the same price as Linders and it had new tires.
Installation was one day.
Hpe that helps.

bernieh48 · Nov 7, 2008

Thanks Dave hubby had forgot about that place.

jaminjim · Nov 8, 2008

Was that new or used price?

layoutshooter · Nov 8, 2008

Hey Bob and Linda, where did you get the shocks put on your lift axle? Cost? How long did it take? Hope you guys are doin ok. Layoutshooter

cliffn · Nov 12, 2008

Jones Truck and Spring Repair, Inc in Columbus, Ohio installed a lift axle for us. They do a lot of them as they put them on their own trucks ( a fleet of sand and gravel trucks). They had many units in stock and I would not be surprised if they might have some used equipment.

They later added shocks to mine and solved the "bouncing" problem I was having.

The number in Columbus is 1-800-828-6769. The person I dealt with was JD.

Good Luck.