mrsmackpaul Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 This came up on youtube the other day Have never heard of mRIDE Is it still available and has anyone had first hand experience with it, not "I heard from a mate of a mate who knows a bloke" Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmackpaul Posted July 1, 2021 Author Share Posted July 1, 2021 As I read the comments people said its a copy of Volvo's T ride Dunno if thats true or not Paul 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmackpaul Posted July 1, 2021 Author Share Posted July 1, 2021 Well a bit more reading and Googling and I found this, the forum gets a mention in the article The article also claims it is similar in appearance to the T ride and Freightliners suspension but is different and is not simply a M instead of a T https://www.constructionequipment.com/macks-mride-smooths-bumps Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayseed Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 1 hour ago, mrsmackpaul said: As I read the comments people said its a copy of Volvo's T ride Dunno if thats true or not Paul Paul, I believe It is True ... 1 Quote "Be who you are and say what you feel...Because those that matter...don't mind...And those that mind....don't matter." - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmackpaul Posted July 1, 2021 Author Share Posted July 1, 2021 So been thinking and studying and well you never know if you dont ask Very slack day waiting, waiting and more waiting Whilst wasting my life away waiting for everything else to happen today I have beem googling and trying to find out if mRIDE is available in Australia So I notice this Superliner for sale and notice it has mRIDE assend, it is b ride in the add So zoomed in and found this And a frontal shot just to get you im the mood So anyway I take it that it is clearly available in Australia Found this Yanky broucher on mRIDE and you can get up to 11 leaves in the spring pack This pack is 5 so guessing 5 is enough for road train work 11 would be like a 58 camel back Im thinking https://www.macktrucks.com/powertrain-and-suspensions/suspensions/mride/ Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjh Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 Bro ! Volvo construction version trucks have used this stuff for years here ,in Canada it seems to be ok! I've heard very few people bitch about it! Ive heard the springs can break with out warning how ever that's hear say and as with everything Volvo its Pricey to repair! our last garbage truck order from local district here had all M ride See how it goes 5 years from now! everything is built to throw away these days so the suspension will likely out last the emissions systems two fold! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kt_Engineer Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 Articulation of M-Ride with Mack axle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark T Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 Volvo T Ride was at one time the most articulate suspension available . I believe it was referred to as The Gripper ?? Seems like that and the height of the double reduction carrier is a hard setup to beat ......figuratively and literally . Problem was no one wanted to be seen driving a homely Volvo back then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmackpaul Posted July 13, 2021 Author Share Posted July 13, 2021 4 hours ago, kt_Engineer said: Articulation of M-Ride with Mack axle Well I'm impressed, I try not to be anti Volvo, after all if we aren't careful the Mack brand will disappear for ever Volvo's cant be all that bad they have been used in extreme conditions in Australia pulling road trains and extreme heavy haulage for well over 40 years now Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtymilkman Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 It's a Hendrickson suspension. I can remember what they call. Saw quite a few Sterlings with it. On heavy straight trucks it tends to wanna walk your ass end around a bit and the service life is way less than camelback suspension. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70mackMB Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 On 7/13/2021 at 4:00 PM, Mark T said: Problem was no one wanted to be seen driving a homely Volvo back then I don't want to be seen in one now! But that's what l get to sit behind the wheel of. .....Hippy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark T Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 A Sterling would have had a TufTrack (the Freightliner version of it) and FYI T Ride was around back when the Volvos were really homely. At least now most everything kinda looks the same. (not being judgmental 70mackMB) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullheaded Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 They look pretty similar to the Freightliner Tuff Trac. And as I just commented in another thread, I ran a Sterling and a Coronado 122SD with Tuff Trac. It rode almost as good as our air ride trucks and had better traction than air ride. Can't comment on the Volvo/Mack version, but the only Tuff Trac's I ever saw fail (and almost every dump truck around here was a Sterling with Tuff Trac) were a couple that were being grossly over loaded and pounded off road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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