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pnichols
Nov 11, 2012Explorer II
Regarding air bags, I would not be without them. We ordered our unit with this option and they definitly soften the bumps on the road. The ride becomes much more jarring when they lose air.
I've always wondered how air bags could soften the ride in the rear of a Ford E450 cutaway unless you blow up the air bags enough to get some of the motorhome's rear weight transferred onto them.
Our E450 Class C is already slightly raised in the rear without air bags. For us to get a better ride, I'd have to install the air bags and then fill them enough transfer weight onto them - which would lift the rear so as to make it too much out of level.
It seems that air bags should only be used on larger Class C rigs with an already slightly sagging rear. This would get enough weight onto the air bags so as to also realize their 2nd advantage of softening the ride.
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