Installed Mobile Outfitters Shock Kit

Very nice!

Elk,

Nice job. I'll bet it rides a whole better. I agree with the other poster, all leaf spring campers should have shocks.

I see 3 upgrades in your pics,

1. The shocks
2. The EZ flex
3. LT tires

Good for you! I did mine in stages too. Now you just need the heavy gage brake wire and self adjusting brake up grade....

For folks following the shocks, here are mine. Had to make the brackets
Adding TT Shock Absorbers (Long/lots of pics)

Enjoy your new riding camper

John

JBarca wrote:
Elk,

Nice job. I'll bet it rides a whole better. I agree with the other poster, all leaf spring campers should have shocks.

I see 3 upgrades in your pics,

1. The shocks
2. The EZ flex
3. LT tires

Good for you! I did mine in stages too. Now you just need the heavy gage brake wire and self adjusting brake up grade....

For folks following the shocks, here are mine. Had to make the brackets
Adding TT Shock Absorbers (Long/lots of pics)

Enjoy your new riding camper

John

John, Thanks for your threads on the ez flex and shocks. You inspired me to make these upgrades and helped a lot of people on this forum.

Have you upgraded your brake wire and brakes?

elkhorn98 wrote:

JBarca wrote:
Elk,

Nice job. I'll bet it rides a whole better. I agree with the other poster, all leaf spring campers should have shocks.

I see 3 upgrades in your pics,

1. The shocks
2. The EZ flex
3. LT tires

Good for you! I did mine in stages too. Now you just need the heavy gage brake wire and self adjusting brake up grade....

For folks following the shocks, here are mine. Had to make the brackets
Adding TT Shock Absorbers (Long/lots of pics)

Enjoy your new riding camper

John

John, Thanks for your threads on the ez flex and shocks. You inspired me to make these upgrades and helped a lot of people on this forum.

Have you upgraded your brake wire and brakes?

Thanks for the good words. Glad the posts help. On the brakes upgrade, Yes, I have done this when I did my axle correction.

Here are the self adjusting brakes Dexter Self Adjusting Brakes (long W/pics and details)

And here is the wire upgrade
Independent Brake Wire Feed Upgrade

These were all steps to make it to getting TT running gear as best I can with what I had to work with. Short of going to disk brakes, the self adjusters are it along with proper wiring to get full amperage to the brakes

I did these 2 upgrades when I put my new axles in after the axle alignment saga I had. TT axle alignment & install - Detailed (long lot's of pics)

I think you know of the LT tire converion one. I am very glad I did this as I'm sure you are too. ST225/75R15 to LT225/75R16 Conversion

And the hanger upgrade, you had that fixed with your camper lift. They did a good job too I can see.
TT Spring Hanger Stiffening (Long, lots of pics)

Hopefully some day these upgrades will be offered as standard equipment. Or at least offered as an upgrade... The rubber equalizer, schocks and self adjusintg brakes are starting to show up as a selling feature on some brands. It is still hit and miss. Even the 16" tire upgrade on some of the 10,000# trailers and up asre starting to show up.

I did these upgrades as the plan is to keep the camper for a good while yet.

Have a good holiday. We head out this afternoon.

John

did you compress the shock halfway in determining mounting poin. All the videos are gone now.

I think so but it's been awhile since I did this. The videos shouls still be on you tube somewhere.

I installed my shock kit last fall. It's nice to get to your campsite and still have your clothes on the hangers. I had a little trouble with my dinning table bouncing over to my frig. but not any more. The shocks are great!

youreckon wrote:
did you compress the shock halfway in determining mounting poin. All the videos are gone now.

If I remember correctly, I fully compressed the shocks, and measured length, let them expand and measured again then took half the difference, and compressed that amount.