Airbags
After researching airbags,kinda got it narrowed down to the two. Leaning towards the AirLift with the jounce system in their airbags. Both AirLift ,and Firestone sell the conventional airbags, but Air...
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Bedlam wrote:rhagfo wrote:
Bags and timbirn's are one thing, even the bigger pads to engage the upper over loads early, but the device on the bottom will point load the springs, not a good thing.
The device on the bottom is almost at the end of the overload spring and has a flat surface that makes contact - I don't see this putting unusual stress on the spring pack.
http://www.torklift.com/index.php/blog/entry/truck-sag-when-towing
So the the lower over load is designed to engage gradually, and conform to the lower leaf as the load increases. The stable load changes by making the end make contact earlier and changing the way the overload leaf acts.
Reminds me of the shackle kits of the late 60's and early 70's, where the rear springs ended up up with a reverse arch. They also apply direct pressure in the middle of existing spring arch.
