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DesertDogs
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Nov 27, 2019

Adding air bags: can that increase payload capacity?

Does adding airbags to a pickup truck tow vehicle increase the payload capacity of the truck? For example, take a pickup with 3500 lbs. of payload capacity. If one were to add air bags to such a ...
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2112
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Nov 27, 2019
Grit dog wrote:
2112 wrote:
Actually, airbags subtract payload by the amount of the weight of the airbags and compressor. You are adding weight to the vehicle.


Set of bags weighs about as much as 2 gallons of milk and a case of beer. Compressor is like adding a seedless watermelon to the payload. Lol
Was I wrong in my reply? The OPs question was will it increase his payload. The answer is NO. It will decrease his payload by the weight of 2 gallons of milk, a case of beer and a seedless melon

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