Hayseed Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 (edited) 7 hours ago, gicknordon said: Volvo Hub reduction Rsend... Edit. Looks like the Drive has the Euro (335PCD) Wheels & the Steer has 285PCD wheels... Edited May 30, 2020 by Hayseed 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 https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62662-granite-tractors/page/2/#findComment-452278 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullheaded Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 On 5/28/2020 at 7:29 PM, 1965 said: So your saying the 5th wheel is going to be where it’s at now? That much frame behind the last axle? Got to be a special trailer. Like to see 1. Here's a couple pics from Nortrux out west. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62662-granite-tractors/page/2/#findComment-452315 Share on other sites More sharing options...
1965 Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 Those I get; I don’t get all the frame behind rear of the first set of pictures. Looks like 3 or 4’ of extra frame? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62662-granite-tractors/page/2/#findComment-452316 Share on other sites More sharing options...
41180 Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 On 5/28/2020 at 2:19 PM, General Ike said: I get it... pogo stick and associated lines throws me off a bit more than the 5th wheel which is easily removable to another unit. Just cant imagine using it as a tractor with the frame rails that far behind the axles. There is obviously a ton of stuff it could be used for. Maybe going to Canada and will get a dump body and the air and power will be used for a dump trailer? Id guess a british columbia logger set up. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62662-granite-tractors/page/2/#findComment-452335 Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldRedMack Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 On 5/29/2020 at 4:41 PM, gicknordon said: This hurts my feelings, a bulldog on the front with spring suspension, but not camelback. Just not right. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62662-granite-tractors/page/2/#findComment-452341 Share on other sites More sharing options...
storkmack Posted May 31, 2020 Author Share Posted May 31, 2020 Camelback was great. I know when I go into a job site with an RD on Camel”break my”back (driver lingo) that I’m going to get in and out. That being said the trunion sucks. They rust and they crack. Once they get past the point of patching in the mixers we replace them with aftermarket ones made of 3/4 plate. No where for material or moisture to hold up and rust. From what I have heard, the Volvo spring ride is nice to work on. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62662-granite-tractors/page/2/#findComment-452359 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 On 5/29/2020 at 4:41 PM, gicknordon said: The rear suspension appears to be a 4-leaf Volvo RADD-TR1 with Volvo planetary hub reduction axles (26 tonne RTH2610F or 32 tonne RTH3210F?). Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62662-granite-tractors/page/2/#findComment-452370 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddeere Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 After reading all of this I am still trying to figure how a trailer would work behind the triaxles with the fifth wheels. This F model had a fifth wheel, a pusher axle, and the long frame from the factory. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62662-granite-tractors/page/2/#findComment-452371 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullheaded Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 1 hour ago, kscarbel2 said: The rear suspension appears to be a 4-leaf Volvo RADD-TR1 with Volvo planetary hub reduction axles (26 tonne RTH2610F or 32 tonne RTH3210F?). I'm getting out of touch because I haven't been studying truck specs daily anymore like I used to......but isn't that the same suspension as the Mack M-Ride? Or at least the same style? Or is there a difference. Last time I looked at buying a new Mack I was thinking about that M-Ride, but then many members here told me to stay away. I know it "looks" very similar to the Freightliner Tuff-Trac and we have had a few trucks with that and never had any issues with it. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62662-granite-tractors/page/2/#findComment-452379 Share on other sites More sharing options...
storkmack Posted May 31, 2020 Author Share Posted May 31, 2020 Mride is the Volvo suspension. I have heard good things about it. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62662-granite-tractors/page/2/#findComment-452386 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gicknordon Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 6 hours ago, Bullheaded said: I'm getting out of touch because I haven't been studying truck specs daily anymore like I used to......but isn't that the same suspension as the Mack M-Ride? Or at least the same style? Or is there a difference. Last time I looked at buying a new Mack I was thinking about that M-Ride, but then many members here told me to stay away. I know it "looks" very similar to the Freightliner Tuff-Trac and we have had a few trucks with that and never had any issues with it. Yes its a heavier duty version of the Mride. There is one above this one pictures as well thats used on the planetary drive straight trucks that some of the south american companies order. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62662-granite-tractors/page/2/#findComment-452408 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamaican Bulldog Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 On 5/27/2020 at 8:11 PM, gicknordon said: I saw a AWD like the white one above last year in side the plant during the Macungie show. The paper in the window indicated it was sold to a company in or related to the oil business. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62662-granite-tractors/page/2/#findComment-453873 Share on other sites More sharing options...
storkmack Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share Posted October 16, 2020 Sid Kamp bringing in stone to the Heights. 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62662-granite-tractors/page/2/#findComment-462466 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackey58 Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 Nice!!! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62662-granite-tractors/page/2/#findComment-462480 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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