the disclosure relates to a road finishing machine with a chassis and a pushing device . the pushing device comprises at least one docking assembly and at least one absorber unit . the absorber unit is fixed to the chassis of the road finishing machine and comprises at least one piston - cylinder unit which comprises a cylinder and a working piston movable therein which subdivides the piston - cylinder unit into at least one first and one second chambers and is coupled to the docking assembly . the docking assembly may be positioned , by the movably mounted working piston , relative to the chassis between an extended position and at least one retracted position . in the piston - cylinder unit , at least one flow channel is provided between the first and the second chambers for letting a fluid enclosed in the piston - cylinder unit pass through , the fluid being prestressed in the extended position .