With the truck mast loaded and elevated during travel, high torque/racking forces work their way down the mast toward the mast mounting locations. Before these forces can act upon the mounting points, by twisting the mast, they are picked up and relieved through the tilts into the torsion bars, one on each side of the truck.

Linde torsion support also absorbs the torsional forces caused by swinging loads reducing mast deflection by 30 %. Mast bending is considerably reduced by mounting the tilt cylinders above the overhead guard. The torsion bars are designed to relieve/distribute these stresses gradually, absorbing some of the torque while transmitting the rest into the truck counterweight and eventually the frame. By not having these tremendous forces deadhead into a single component or mounting assembly, damage and rapid wear are eliminated.