2015 Ram 3500 factory air ride suspension
Does anyone have any facts or opinions on how the new suspension will work with large truck camper on a dually? I'm wondering if excessive sway will be a problem.
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Interesting...
We run air suspension. It works for a number of reasons. First, when we're running lighter weight (as with a standard camper) or worse yet, empty, the truck is still smooth. I have a work truck that is loaded (13k constant on the back axle, +/- 1k at any given time) with spring suspension. It's smooth as can be going down the road. Literally, you can put a coffee cup on the back rail and it won't spill a drop. Empty it, and it's the buck board from hell.
Our rig with camper is about 16k I think. Load up one of the heavy trailers and fill the camper, and the rear adjusts without a note. Truck always stays level.
Get to the camp site; drop the bags, and the camper becomes pretty rock solid even before the out riggers go down.
Other advantages are switching trailers (dump the bags...heck with using the jack) and sway. Between the bags and the monster sway bar, the thing rides as well as any I've been in, and we sit taller than most (just over 12'6"), and most definitely heavier than most.
Disadvantages?? None really.
I'm not sure I'd stick a full air ride on a p/u though. 350's ride ok stock, and 250's ride like a car. And neither can carry very much weight anyhow, so I don't see the gain. Watching the video, he calls it a "link coil rear suspension" and then later "a true air suspension" for the 2500. Can't have both, so not sure what smoke they're blowing. And the 3500 is 'assisted', which reads the same as air bags. I read this as 'marketing'. It's ok and all, but it's not an 'air suspension'.
I'm a fan though. Wouldn't go back.
We run air suspension. It works for a number of reasons. First, when we're running lighter weight (as with a standard camper) or worse yet, empty, the truck is still smooth. I have a work truck that is loaded (13k constant on the back axle, +/- 1k at any given time) with spring suspension. It's smooth as can be going down the road. Literally, you can put a coffee cup on the back rail and it won't spill a drop. Empty it, and it's the buck board from hell.
Our rig with camper is about 16k I think. Load up one of the heavy trailers and fill the camper, and the rear adjusts without a note. Truck always stays level.
Get to the camp site; drop the bags, and the camper becomes pretty rock solid even before the out riggers go down.
Other advantages are switching trailers (dump the bags...heck with using the jack) and sway. Between the bags and the monster sway bar, the thing rides as well as any I've been in, and we sit taller than most (just over 12'6"), and most definitely heavier than most.
Disadvantages?? None really.
I'm not sure I'd stick a full air ride on a p/u though. 350's ride ok stock, and 250's ride like a car. And neither can carry very much weight anyhow, so I don't see the gain. Watching the video, he calls it a "link coil rear suspension" and then later "a true air suspension" for the 2500. Can't have both, so not sure what smoke they're blowing. And the 3500 is 'assisted', which reads the same as air bags. I read this as 'marketing'. It's ok and all, but it's not an 'air suspension'.
I'm a fan though. Wouldn't go back.
