Added air bags...
Today was my first opportunity to try out the new air bags I had installed a couple of weeks ago. I bought the Air Lift Load Lifter 5000 Ultimate system {$270 for the bags and $269 for the install}. ...
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Thanks for all of the input...
We are just south of Flagstaff at the Pinegrove CG, drove up yesterday from Tucson. WOW do those bags make a difference! It was so smooth coming up, I am back to not even feeling passing trucks, two finger steering is awesome.
Looks like 50# is going to be the sweet spot as the rig is dead level. My installer routed both air lines to a single Schrader valve as they will always be aired up equally. Yep you have to periodically top them up just like tires but by using 78 percent Nitrogen they seem to hold their psi pretty well... :W
Rode the Torque Monster Indian to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon this morning. By leaving early (0730) we enjoyed perfect weather and a light crowd arriving at 0930.
The ride home was a bit more exciting as we had 35, gusting to 50 out of the southwest but once we got back up into the mountains the trees provided some relief.
Tomorrow we will do the big loop down through Sedona (for breakfast) and on to and through Cottonwood, Jerome, the Prescott Valley and old Route 66 to I-40 and back to camp. Wednesday will probably be a ride up to Snow Bowl for a ride on the chairlift to the summit.
The air bags are a huge success initially and I think they will just keep getting better as I continue to fine tune and dial them in.
:B
We are just south of Flagstaff at the Pinegrove CG, drove up yesterday from Tucson. WOW do those bags make a difference! It was so smooth coming up, I am back to not even feeling passing trucks, two finger steering is awesome.
Looks like 50# is going to be the sweet spot as the rig is dead level. My installer routed both air lines to a single Schrader valve as they will always be aired up equally. Yep you have to periodically top them up just like tires but by using 78 percent Nitrogen they seem to hold their psi pretty well... :W
Rode the Torque Monster Indian to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon this morning. By leaving early (0730) we enjoyed perfect weather and a light crowd arriving at 0930.
The ride home was a bit more exciting as we had 35, gusting to 50 out of the southwest but once we got back up into the mountains the trees provided some relief.
Tomorrow we will do the big loop down through Sedona (for breakfast) and on to and through Cottonwood, Jerome, the Prescott Valley and old Route 66 to I-40 and back to camp. Wednesday will probably be a ride up to Snow Bowl for a ride on the chairlift to the summit.
The air bags are a huge success initially and I think they will just keep getting better as I continue to fine tune and dial them in.
:B
