Brazil is not only a country known for its football, tropical forests and carnivals. Sambacilary with a different transport culture also known. Brazilian truckers add another dimension to the tuning world with their different modification styles.

But the Brazilians do Not just because the car looks good., there are other reasons. What are these reasons, what are their pros and cons? Let’s take a closer look at that.

The Brazilians, who lift the rear suspension of the trucks to 2 meters and press the front, call this style ‘kangaroo truck’ or ‘belted truck’.

Drivers say they chose this method to minimize bad road conditions or accidents. But the fact that they modified the trucks in this way The main reason is “safety”.

Although everything looks rosy on the outside, Brazil is not quite what it seems on the inside. Crime rates in the country are quite high. One of these crimes is theft. Especially on highways trucks are regularly looted.

Therefore, truck drivers started preferring to use kangaroo trucks for the safety of life and property.

In addition, according to the drivers, pressing the front of the vehicle and lifting the rear increases the load capacity of the trucks and better driving performance makes it possible.

This style, which is good for some and bad for some, is comfortable for the driver, but also suitable for both traffic and vehicles. serious damage can give.

Let’s see how the back of trucks are lifted off the ground before they do any damage to the vehicle.

This method works in two ways. The first, and often preferred, is the original chassis of the trucks. adding a second chassis and thus the rear can be raised up to 2 meters. In the second method, several devices or additional scissors are added to the chassis.

This method, which is claimed to improve vehicle stability, prevents the vehicle from losing control while turning. reduces the risk of tipping over. Of course, these are all opinions of drivers. According to experts and other truck drivers who oppose this change, the situation is very different.

According to them, the main reason for removing the back of the truck is to cover up the illegal overloading of the truck.

In addition, this situation causes major damage to the vehicles. For example, if the rear is folded up and an emergency stop is required, throwing the load forward it gets easier; which can always put the driver in danger.

There is also the law of physics part of the work. When the back of the truck goes up center of gravity changes completely and the front axle is overloaded. This results in wear on the front axles and wheels, deterioration in braking performance and, over time, especially the transmission. damage to many parts. why is this happening.

Contrary to what the drivers say, according to driving experts, being overweight puts pressure on the front axle. makes it more difficult to take turns. This can cause the vehicle to become unstable and overturn.

As a result of all this, the Brazilian government has passed a law to prevent accidents.

In 2014, the National Traffic Council (Contran) issued resolution 479 limiting truck flatness. According to this law trucks It can be raised up to 2 degrees.

Good 3.5 centimeters per meter The rear of the vehicle can be raised. In addition, the rear lights may not be at a height of 1.20 meters from the ground. Likewise, parking lights or position lights may not be higher than 1.50 meters from the ground.

But Brazilian drivers It cannot be said that he abides by the law.. It is still possible to see kangaroo cars on Brazilian roads.

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