After increasing our TW to 13%, to help with how our TT Toy Hauler towed over the rough pavement of I-10, we noticed no improvement..I measure my TW each time prior to hooking up (...I am a bit anal about it) and was at 10% at the start of our trip. The ride on I-10 really stunk and was uncomfortable in the TV. After posting here, folks reccomended increasing TW. So I increased the TW to 13% and the ride still stunk....as best DW and I could tell there was no difference....if anything it was worse at 13%. Now I do tow with a Hensley and Hensley said they did not expect me to see an iprovement in ride quality due to increasing TW. They said the Hensley handles the lower TWs just fine....at least in my case, it looks like they were correct...

Describe what "ride still stunk" feels like in the truck. Try and be specific. Cruz wrote:So I increased the TW to 13% and the ride still stunk....as best DW and I could tell there was no difference....if anything it was worse at 13%. Odds "may" be more that the WD setup on the truck and tires pressure may have more affect the lower TW. What are you using for a guide to declare proper WD on the F250?Does your truck have overload springs in the back (helper springs)?

Thanks for the questions and interest. Here is more info:1) Tow Vehicle 2010 F250, Crew Cab, 2 WD, Diesel2) No helper springs, only airbags. Which I have tried at 10 pounds increments from 5 to 45 pounds...none seem to help. 3) WD was set up so that the front of truck (measured at wheel wells) is half way between unhitched and hitched (without WD engaged) height (per Fords instructions). 4) Tire pressure on Truck is 70 in rear and 60 in front (per door placard on truck)5) Trailer has equia-Flex suspension. I am scratching my head on this one, so any inputs or thoughts would be appreciated.

Truck has 50K+ miles on it....I am considering changing out the shocks for Bilstein shocks...not sure it will help but truck probably could use new shocks anyway...

What style airbags does it have? They style which replace the bumpstops, and mount below the frame (instead of outboard) have so little travel they ruin the ride.And yes, quality Monotube shocks will improve the ride. But a poor ride is not a common complaint for the F250, so I would try to rule out the one component that is different on your truck from most of the others.I had the under-frame style airbags on my van at one point, and was so unhappy with the ride I threw the system out and went with an outboard mounted setup.

I-10 is a horrible road, I don't think there is much you can do about it other then take another route.

10% TW to 13% TW...did not seem to make any difference

cruz-in
Explorer
Mar 19, 2015
Truck has 50K+ miles on it....I am considering changing out the shocks for Bilstein shocks...not sure it will help but truck probably could use new shocks anyway...
cruz-in
Explorer
Mar 19, 2015
Thanks for the questions and interest. Here is more info:

1) Tow Vehicle 2010 F250, Crew Cab, 2 WD, Diesel
2) No helper springs, only airbags. Which I have tried at 10 pounds increments from 5 to 45 pounds...none seem to help.
3) WD was set up so that the front of truck (measured at wheel wells) is half way between unhitched and hitched (without WD engaged) height (per Fords instructions).
4) Tire pressure on Truck is 70 in rear and 60 in front (per door placard on truck)
5) Trailer has equia-Flex suspension.

I am scratching my head on this one, so any inputs or thoughts would be appreciated.
JBarca
Nomad II
Mar 19, 2015
Describe what "ride still stunk" feels like in the truck. Try and be specific.

Cruz wrote:
So I increased the TW to 13% and the ride still stunk....as best DW and I could tell there was no difference....if anything it was worse at 13%.

Odds "may" be more that the WD setup on the truck and tires pressure may have more affect the lower TW.

What are you using for a guide to declare proper WD on the F250?

Does your truck have overload springs in the back (helper springs)?

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