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LESTER EXTOLS THE VIRTUE OF OLEOS – AND WHAT ARE THEY AGAIN? WORDS LESTER MORRIS

If you look closely at heavy trucks, semi-trailers and buses, you might notice that nearly all of them are using various forms of ‘air-bag’ suspension on all wheels these days, and are doing this for a large variety of reasons; mostly in the interests of a more pliable, more comfortable ride no doubt, but also to give the cargo – some of which may be fragile – an easier time as well.

But the vendors of these ‘new age’ suspension systems, who are trumpeting their worth as something out of the ordinary might be interested to note that there is nothing new about using air – or other gases like nitrogen – as a highly effective suspension medium.