I am thinking of putting airbags on my 2015 f350 it rides fine but it squats when I let the weight of the toyhauler. My question is how much air needs to be put in and how hard are they to install. Also when you get to a campsite do you need to let the air out and refill them after hooking back up to leave. Will a small compressor work for this. I don't want the onboard compressor.

Not real hard to install. Add air to bring the truck back up to near empty height using any kind of pump, even a hand pump. I installed a wireless compressor and that makes things real easy. With stored in memory settings, I can adjust for empty and two different trailers with ease.

I put Firestone on mine easy only 1-2 hours. I use a bicycle pump and have about 12 - 15 psi in them when towing, They are suppose to have a min of 10 psi in them so I check occasionally and keep them at that

On my chevy you only needed a wrench or two and a couple hours. My onboard system was nice until it started leaking. I got fed up and just use a bike pump. I run about 40 psi wuth the TC, the suspension bottoms out on bumps with less.

Not apples to apples, but I put Firestone Ride Rites on my Ram. It was an easy install and took about an hour. Recommend a good tool selection especially 1 1/8" deep socket, 6mm hex bit socket and a 9/16" ratcheting box wrench. They don't take much air so a small compressor would work. Leave the air in while running around, just a rougher ride.

rtaylor0830 wrote:I am thinking of putting airbags on my 2015 f350 it rides fine but it squats when I let the weight of the toyhauler. My question is how much air needs to be put in and how hard are they to install. Also when you get to a campsite do you need to let the air out and refill them after hooking back up to leave. Will a small compressor work for this. I don't want the onboard compressor.Any reason for no onboard air, I did on my first set of airbags, that manual inflating ,deflating it got old . Installed the onboard compressor after about a year of the manual thing. Have had onboard ever since when installing airbags.Big thing for me is the ability to change air pressure on the fly for different road surfaces. It was an experiment thing for me at first ,but found that changing the air pressure I could smooth things up a bit, pretty tough to do when manual inflating. You may get lucky ,and find the correct air pressure after a few trips, but still unable to really do much else. IMO its well worth the investment. This last time I went with a remote control air system . Didn't have to run air lines or electrical inside the cab, and having to find a decent place for the air gauge . Just a remote to change air pressure that clips on the sun visor or in the console.

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Durb
Explorer
Aug 06, 2017
Not apples to apples, but I put Firestone Ride Rites on my Ram. It was an easy install and took about an hour. Recommend a good tool selection especially 1 1/8" deep socket, 6mm hex bit socket and a 9/16" ratcheting box wrench. They don't take much air so a small compressor would work. Leave the air in while running around, just a rougher ride.
KD4UPL
Explorer
Aug 06, 2017
On my chevy you only needed a wrench or two and a couple hours. My onboard system was nice until it started leaking. I got fed up and just use a bike pump. I run about 40 psi wuth the TC, the suspension bottoms out on bumps with less.
Colo_Native
Explorer
Aug 06, 2017
I put Firestone on mine easy only 1-2 hours. I use a bicycle pump and have about 12 - 15 psi in them when towing, They are suppose to have a min of 10 psi in them so I check occasionally and keep them at that
Lynnmor
Explorer
Aug 06, 2017
Not real hard to install. Add air to bring the truck back up to near empty height using any kind of pump, even a hand pump. I installed a wireless compressor and that makes things real easy. With stored in memory settings, I can adjust for empty and two different trailers with ease.

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