Superglide Suspension front axle kit: A bit more give

A tractor’s front axle suspension has to work over a very wide and extreme weight range. If a heavy implement is mounted on the rear linkage the load on the front beam becomes much lighter but the suspension still has to perform to enable the axle to remain safely in contact with the deck. The other extreme is when a heavy front implement is hitched onto the front linkage or a loader put to work shifting heavy payloads.

Different tractor manufacturers and axle makers have different ways of approaching these issues and some set-ups are better at dealing with varying loads than others.

CNH approach

Up until 2015 CNH tractors built at both Basildon in Essex and St Valentin in Austria were fitted with a fairly basic form of hydraulic