Hendrickson Ar2/ raydan air link

I’ve been curious about ar2 also. I have a w900 daycab with RTE walking beam pulling long dump and short dump. Called a few places on the web and thought it wasn’t quite $10000 but definitely $6000 or better IF you have good rubber center bushed beams already. Need transverse torque rods, some rt/rte have them some don’t. I think your rubber block already has them? I saw a complete raydan air link cutoff on a Michigan parts site for $2500 I shoulda bought but the measurements they had advertised didn’t look right

 

@Oxbow weren't you looking into this at one time?

 

Yes. I had to go through Hendrickson to get specifications, and then got a quote from Fleetpride. This was several years ago, and it was going to be near $8000, plus we would have to weld mounts for lateral track rods on the rears.

The appeal to me versus just buying a cutoff was that we could keep our 2 speed rears, as well as the substantial advantage on uneven ground with suspension travel. I haven't given up the idea, but haven't pulled the trigger yet.

 

You may know some of this but I called a Hendrickson rep and I think no matter what you order, it’s made at Hendrickson as soon as you buy it and it’ll take a couple months to arrive. Stengel brothers is another one I’ve talked to. There’s “frame line kits” and “trailing arm kits”. I do not know which has just the suspension hangers etc because like you I do not need beams or torque rods/mounts. Yea it’s easier to splice something in but I’d hate to chop up this mostly rust free truck

 

yea I feel like the ar2, on a semi tractor pulling a dump trailer, would really ride well going through bullsh** potholes and sharp bumps associated with dump trailer work