Straight talk: Holland’s CB400 makes alignment a snap

Holland
When you make your living going from Point A to Point B in as straight a line as possible, it only makes sense that vehicle alignment is a priority. A truck that’s sidling down the highway will handle poorly and suffer in fuel economy and tire mileage. Yet you see them all the time.

The problem would be a lot less common if axles were easier to align, says Pat McGurk, director of Holland’s Trailer Suspension Systems product group.

To that end, Holland announced a new 40,000-pound tandem trailer air suspension and slider, the CB400, with a feature called Swing Align, which lets you bring your axles into parallel with the turn of an adjustment nut. The nut turns a screw that’s threaded through a bushing connected to each trailing arm, gently and directly shifting the arm fore or aft using the same roll-thread screw technology found on Holland’s landing gear products. Swing Align requires no special tools or disassembly during realignment, just 250 foot-pounds of torque on your impact wrench (and a spot-on measurement so you know when your axles are properly aligned).

Available to van and reefer trailer OEMs starting this spring, the CB400 is an on-highway suspension with two axles at a 49-inch spread. Ride heights range from 15.5 to 18 inches and the beam centres are 36 or 42 inches. It incorporates casting technology adopted from Holland’s fifth wheel business to take weight out of the trailing arm without compromising strength. It also has Holland’s Qwik Release pin pull, which allows a single person to easily reposition the slider.

Details are available at www.thehollandgroupinc.com, toll-free at 1-888/396-6501, or at Holland Hitch of Canada, 519/537-3494.