New Air Bags & Sway Control = ROUGH ride
I just added some air bags to my aging F150 and was wondering what the differences will be to my ride as I change air pressure? This year I also went from "D" to "E" rated tires on the truck and ...
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Update: Thanks for all the inputs. The thoughts were consistent, I was probably running too much pressure in, well, everything! :)
Last month we drug (dragged?) the new TT up to ND (from southern NV) to visit our daughter and the ride was worse than I anticipated. The truck bounced up and down constantly. Super highway to secondary highway it was almost always the same. The bouncing was so bad we had to stop a number of times to settle the stomach!
I experimented with the ride by varying the truck tire pressure from 30 up to 55, and the bags from 20 up to 50, but never found a combination that was much smoother than another.
I'd say the best combo was running the tires about 40 and the bags about 30. But it was still bad. We're doing the drive again next week and i'll experiment some more...
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old guy, I'm sure you're right...I could use a bigger truck. And just as soon as I can afford one, I'll get one. But it won't be soon. Bigger almost always fixes stuff, but it isn't always a practical answer.
But, despite the rough ride much of the way, the weather was phenomenal and the scenery was even better! :)
Last month we drug (dragged?) the new TT up to ND (from southern NV) to visit our daughter and the ride was worse than I anticipated. The truck bounced up and down constantly. Super highway to secondary highway it was almost always the same. The bouncing was so bad we had to stop a number of times to settle the stomach!
I experimented with the ride by varying the truck tire pressure from 30 up to 55, and the bags from 20 up to 50, but never found a combination that was much smoother than another.
I'd say the best combo was running the tires about 40 and the bags about 30. But it was still bad. We're doing the drive again next week and i'll experiment some more...
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old guy, I'm sure you're right...I could use a bigger truck. And just as soon as I can afford one, I'll get one. But it won't be soon. Bigger almost always fixes stuff, but it isn't always a practical answer.
But, despite the rough ride much of the way, the weather was phenomenal and the scenery was even better! :)
