gitane59 wrote:
pcm1959 wrote:
No brand of rigid/stationary hitch is comparable to an air ride hitch. Often, members brag about their brand of rigid hitch. However, while great quality with robust jaws, etc., an is ride hitch is going to ride differently.
Yes agreed but $230 for the upgraded coupler versus $2900 for a Trailersaver made me pause and decide to see how much improvement could be had without the additional expense of the air hitch and the effort of changing fifthwheel hitch rails to accommodate the air ride hitch in my old truck.
If you do not have airbag's in your suspension you will not have the experience of the improvement in ride quality that simply modification makes even with a rigid hitch. And no it's got nothing to do with increasing any weight rating.
If I am still towing heavy when I finally decide to retire my old truck for a new beast then I will certainly be installing an air ride hitch.
Anyone that has towed with aftermarket air bags with onboard air, may agree or disagree here. I have on several occasions changed the ride from jolting as some describe to smoothing things out by changing the the air pressure .
Three different fifth wheels , two different trucks ,both short bed 1 tons. Biggest difference I saw was the MORryde pin box on this last one I tow now. No chucking plus the ability to adjust air pressure gives us a pretty good ride.
Talking to a reputable RV repair shop here locally, been in business as long as I can remember , aside from IS suspension, he felt the old LRE MORryde suspension was as good as they got. That along with the MORryde pin box is about as good as it gets , again I would suppose aside from all the expensive pin boxes ,and air ride hitches. Personally I couldn't ask for a better ride then what I got with this combination, along with aftermarket air bags .
