I pull a 9,000lb travel trailer. I also have a 60 gallon fuel tank in the truck bed. I just got back from a 1500 mile trip and we were on turnpike most of the way. A lot of the time we had a awful bounce. I have a 2010 2500HD dsl. Any ideas on shocks or air bags?

Your truck suspension should be stout enough for that trailer weight. I have had air bags before, and for many reasons will never use them again. I use Timbrens now and I am very happy with those. I have KYB Shocks on my truck and I noticed a big difference from the OE. Just my thoughts if you go and change things.

Rancho 9000 shocks for adjustably. Airbags help greatly with heavy tongue weights.

Check your weight distribution hitch setup and also make sure your have the trailer loaded so that 10-15% of the weight is on the hitch. I had the same problem with my last trailer and both the hitch and the loading resolved the bouncing.

chevor wrote:Rancho 9000 shocks for adjustably. Airbags help greatly with heavy tongue weights.Times 2......Sam

Bilstien's, I have had Rancho's, Monroes and Edelbrocks and the Bilstien's are better in all conditions.Forget the model number burt they are the blue and yellow ones.

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15 Replies

wintersun
Explorer II
Jun 25, 2013
Bouncing means a bad shock. No surprise I have had to replace the shocks on my GM vehicles after 30k miles. The Bilstein 5000 shocks work very well and no need to go to an adjustable shock like the Rancho 9000 as your load does not change that much.
cbconway
Explorer
Jun 24, 2013
Bilstiens worked great on my '98 Ram 2500.
rhagfo
Explorer III
Jun 24, 2013
N-Trouble wrote:
Kampfirekid wrote:
5100's are for lifted trucks. HD's are for stock. Lifted includes 2 inch lifts, does not need to be much. Looking now, myself.

Not true. 5100s like the 4600s are available in both stock length (0-+1.5") and extended length for lifted trucks.

X2

Bought mine through XDP Diesel, and they had listings for stock height trucks.
N-Trouble
Explorer
Jun 24, 2013
Kampfirekid wrote:
5100's are for lifted trucks. HD's are for stock. Lifted includes 2 inch lifts, does not need to be much. Looking now, myself.

Not true. 5100s like the 4600s are available in both stock length (0-+1.5") and extended length for lifted trucks.
pronstar
Explorer
Jun 24, 2013
Off-the-shelf shock:
Bilstein hands-down.
ls1mike
Explorer II
Jun 24, 2013
I just put KYB MONOMAX on my 3/4 ton Silverado. Night and day difference no more bounce or proposing.
GoPackGo
Explorer
Jun 24, 2013
The 4600 series is the direct replacement for the OEM shocks but if you go to the Bilstein site you will see that the 5100s can be used on non-lifted trucks also.

I just put a set of 5100s on my stock F-350. There is more then one submodel within the 5100 series, per the Bilstein site. I chose the 5100 sub-model that should be used on trucks with between 0" and 2" of lift in the front and between 0" and 1" of lift for the rears. The site states that the 5100 series are 'ideal for heavy hauling or occasional off-road use, while maintaining an exceptional street ride'.
Kampfirekid
Explorer
Jun 23, 2013
5100's are for lifted trucks. HD's are for stock. Lifted includes 2 inch lifts, does not need to be much. Looking now, myself.
samsontdog
Explorer
Jun 23, 2013
Put the Bilstien 5100 on mine also. Difference of night and day !!
rhagfo
Explorer III
Jun 23, 2013
Bilstien 5100 did it for me!