2014 Ram 3500 Air Suspension
What are your thoughts about this new air suspension from Ram for the 1-Ton? I need a dually and I'm not sure I want to be one of the first to have the all new air suspension. It sounds nice but how w...
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egarant wrote:
According to ALLPAR, the air bag suspension on the 3500 will be supplemental, so it will have the springs AND the optional air bag suspension....
"Ram 3500 keeps the familiar Hotchkiss leaf spring system, with a supplemental air suspension on SRW and DRW trucks, to avoid giving up the trucks’ best in class payload, gross weight rating, or towing capacity (Ram 3500 can tow up to 30,000 pounds and has up to a 7,320 pound payload, with a peak GCWR of 37,600 lb)."
What you said is true, but if you look at the picture of the air suspension, it looks like it provides 90% of the suspension and the leaf 10%. While I'm a big fan of a well done air suspension, for those of us who like to get into the backcountry, I would be a little concerned at least until I see a high degree of historical reliablity.
