Kelderman Air Ride

Mine is on a 2011 chassis. I had no idea the 2013 had changed much if at all. Are you sure yours is 2013 chassis or is it 2013 on 2012 chassis. Mine is 2012 on 2011 chassis. My installers played with it but got it installed. I think my next call and probably trip is to Oksaloosa. Friend had his done in New Mexico and went to the home base and they tweaked things and basically treated him very well and made it wonderful. If there are changes they will figure a work around. Let us know how it comes out.

All I know right now is that the installer says the parts are not right, holes are not there, some replacement parts are lighter than the ones on the Ford (1/2 inch bolts vs 5/8 inch bolts) etc. also, the diagrams do not match the chassis. Right now I'm facing two 7 hour round trips and no work done. Not happy at this point.

I think my installer drilled some holes. Call the company and discuss. They will get it straight. My installer is Madison Spring in Madison WI and I think I am the only Kelderman they have installed. Good luck.

So, in the overall, is it worth the money to do? My Vista seems to not be only a little squirrelly, but it sounds as if parts will fall off on some roads.

Baithouse1 wrote:
So, in the overall, is it worth the money to do? My Vista seems to not be only a little squirrelly, but it sounds as if parts will fall off on some roads.

I would also like to know if it is worth it. I have an 08 Itasca Sunrise that has quite a bit of roll and is very difficult to level. I am hopeful that the air ride will help both of those issues. Please keep me informed.

I had mine done in Oskaloosa at the factory. I drove 8 hours to get there.It took them 2 days to install. They have hook ups and let you stay in the motorhome at no charge. They are great people to deal with. If I were you I would drive the extra miles to Oskaloosa.
As for whether or not it is worth it, only you can decide that. The ride improves, but it will never ride like a cadilac or DP. I am happy with mine.

Glen

I had the Kelderman system installed on my 2011 F-53 and considered it money well spent. I have subsequently sold that RV but the Kelderman system had nothing to do with that decision. In fact the Kelderman system was a strong purchase motivation for the person I sold it to. My plan is to order a 2014 on a 24K F-53 chassis and if I determine the Kelderman system is necessary on my new RV I won’t hesitate to do it again. Even though there is a Kelderman installer 130 miles from me I decided to make the 1,000 mile roundtrip to Oskaloosa and have Kelderman do the installation. I figured when spending that amount of money I didn’t want any doubts about whether it was done correctly.

Sounds like good advice. Thanks

kjbkjb wrote:
I had the Kelderman system installed on my 2011 F-53 and considered it money well spent. I have subsequently sold that RV but the Kelderman system had nothing to do with that decision. In fact the Kelderman system was a strong purchase motivation for the person I sold it to. My plan is to order a 2014 on a 24K F-53 chassis and if I determine the Kelderman system is necessary on my new RV I won’t hesitate to do it again. Even though there is a Kelderman installer 130 miles from me I decided to make the 1,000 mile roundtrip to Oskaloosa and have Kelderman do the installation. I figured when spending that amount of money I didn’t want any doubts about whether it was done correctly.

What kind of price tag are we talking about ?

As others have said, have the factory do the install. Proper installation and correct ride height is key to a great ride especially with a Ford chassis.