Volvo Introduces Air Disc Brakes for Mack Vocational Truck Lineup

[kscarbel2]

Trailer/Body Builders / January 21, 2014

Volvo has introduced Meritor EX+ Air Disc Brakes for its Mack Granite, TerraPro and Titan by Mack models.

“Meritor’s air disc brakes are built to our standards and tuned specifically for the needs of vocational customers to help boost uptime and lower overall lifecycle costs,” said Stu Russoli, Mack vocational marketing product manager. “Vehicle operators and workers on the job site can also enjoy the added safety benefits of the air disc brakes’ exceptional stopping performance.”

More than 2.2 million miles of real-world service in North America has shown that the air disc brakes deliver superior stopping performance and require less maintenance than conventional S-cam designs. Meritor’s air disc brakes utilize a flat rotor concept to prevent heat distortion in heavy-duty service, rather than “hat-shaped” rotors, which are prone to distortion and shorter life. The brake pads are engineered by Mack to deliver top performance in all situations and minimize brake fade during extreme braking cycles and frequent use.

“In line with our philosophy of application excellence, Meritor air disc brakes are optimized to give customers a durable option for excellent performance in any type of work environment,” said John Walsh, Mack vice president of marketing.

Volvo began offering air disc brakes in 2008 on its Pinnacle Axle Forward and Axle Back Mack models.

[MackMann85]

Why would you self edit a news article and pass it off as real? I get and understand your displeasure with the Mack and Volvo relationship but your behavior borders on the strange side sometimes.

Mack has introduced Meritor EX+ Air Disc Brakes for its Mack Granite, TerraPro and Titan by Mack models.

“Mack’s air disc brakes are built to our standards and tuned specifically for the needs of vocational customers to help boost uptime and lower overall lifecycle costs,” said Stu Russoli, Mack vocational marketing product manager. “Vehicle operators and workers on the job site can also enjoy the added safety benefits of the air disc brakes’ exceptional stopping performance.”

More than 2.2 million miles of real-world service in North America has shown that the air disc brakes deliver superior stopping performance and require less maintenance than conventional S-cam designs. Mack’s air disc brakes utilize a flat rotor concept to prevent heat distortion in heavy-duty service, rather than “hat-shaped” rotors, which are prone to distortion and shorter life. The brake pads are engineered by Mack to deliver top performance in all situations and minimize brake fade during extreme braking cycles and frequent use.

“In line with our philosophy of application excellence, our air disc brakes are optimized to give customers a durable option for excellent performance in any type of work environment,” said John Walsh, Mack vice president of marketing.

Mack began offering air disc brakes in 2008 on its Pinnacle Axle Forward and Axle Back models.

[General Ike]

MackLegacy.... I just read the article on Trailer/Body Builder website and I see he switched Volvo for Mack in the title. That's odd. Remainder of the article is the same though.

[hatcity]

I remember back about 15 years ago, WM had several trucks with disc brakes. Believe it was a trial by WM.

Do recall a brake job was about 1/2 hour if that, compared to the usual drum and pads, and springs, and cussing,....

[MackMann85]

Editing an article as a joke, to prove a point, etc. I get that. Make it clear and have some fun with it. Trying to pass changes off as real I don't get. Just hurts the credibility of your other posts, which generally are pretty awesome and informative

[kscarbel]

Editing an article as a joke, to prove a point, etc. I get that. Make it clear and have some fun with it. Trying to pass changes off as real I don't get. Just hurts the credibility of your other posts, which generally are pretty awesome and informative

Mack has introduced Meritor EX+ Air Disc Brakes for its Mack Granite, TerraPro and Titan by Mack models.

“Mack’s air disc brakes are built to our standards and tuned specifically for the needs of vocational customers to help boost uptime and lower overall lifecycle costs,” said Stu Russoli, Mack vocational marketing product manager. “Vehicle operators and workers on the job site can also enjoy the added safety benefits of the air disc brakes’ exceptional stopping performance.”

More than 2.2 million miles of real-world service in North America has shown that the air disc brakes deliver superior stopping performance and require less maintenance than conventional S-cam designs. Mack’s air disc brakes utilize a flat rotor concept to prevent heat distortion in heavy-duty service, rather than “hat-shaped” rotors, which are prone to distortion and shorter life. The brake pads are engineered by Mack to deliver top performance in all situations and minimize brake fade during extreme braking cycles and frequent use.

“In line with our philosophy of application excellence, our air disc brakes are optimized to give customers a durable option for excellent performance in any type of work environment,” said John Walsh, Mack vice president of marketing.

Mack began offering air disc brakes in 2008 on its Pinnacle Axle Forward and Axle Back models.

No joke intended. The article insinuated that Mack (i.e. Volvo) makes disc brakes (e.g. "Mack’s air disc brakes").

But of course, the brakes (and brake pads) are designed and produced by Meritor, as I corrected the article to say - so that there might not be any misunderstandings.

If you have any issues, you should be talking with Volvo's press people about why they made misleading statements to the media.