Will Air bags make a big difference?
So we've had a 21'5th wheel for 16 years, and love it, but it's getting long in the tooth, and it's a little small, so we bought a 2012 Shasta Revere BH, 27', 31' with the hitch. We took it on our fi...
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^No worries.
Couple thoughts.
I’m not publicly advocating overfilling tires even though I’ve done it when needed for the same reason. But doing it as a test to prove to you that 35psi in a little factory half ton tire is not enough and how much improvement you’ll see.
Maybe you’re not willing to do that, so go buy good truck tires then.
I also suggested since you confirmed you don’t have an overload spring to shim, the cheapest option is an easily installed and removed add on helper leaf.
I don’t know how else to explain that having a stiff rear suspension and stiff sidewalls will help a bunch.
Now people’s opinions differ and I can’t tell if you or your wife expect a Cadillac ride or ???
We just drove 1000mi in an empty lifted 3/4 ton on cheap stuff springs today. Don’t bother me but some may have too soft of keisters or a sensitive tummy…
Trying a HD truck is a good idea if you want to simulate how your truck would handle with better tires and stiffer springs. Except then you don’t have to have a new truck. You just have to do more than nothing to yours to make it handle better.
Couple thoughts.
I’m not publicly advocating overfilling tires even though I’ve done it when needed for the same reason. But doing it as a test to prove to you that 35psi in a little factory half ton tire is not enough and how much improvement you’ll see.
Maybe you’re not willing to do that, so go buy good truck tires then.
I also suggested since you confirmed you don’t have an overload spring to shim, the cheapest option is an easily installed and removed add on helper leaf.
I don’t know how else to explain that having a stiff rear suspension and stiff sidewalls will help a bunch.
Now people’s opinions differ and I can’t tell if you or your wife expect a Cadillac ride or ???
We just drove 1000mi in an empty lifted 3/4 ton on cheap stuff springs today. Don’t bother me but some may have too soft of keisters or a sensitive tummy…
Trying a HD truck is a good idea if you want to simulate how your truck would handle with better tires and stiffer springs. Except then you don’t have to have a new truck. You just have to do more than nothing to yours to make it handle better.
