Arctic fox 990 rocking back and forth
Hey everyone, I'm new to the truck camping world and have a few questions I have an 2017 arctic fox slide in on a 2015 f350 SRW with airbags and rancho 9000xl shocks. I upgraded the the rims from ...
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Rancho 9000 shocks are garbage. Mine were completely useless in about 15,000 miles, if they have been on the truck more than a few miles they are probably bad.
It sounds like a joke but I promise you it is not. The first thing you should do is switch to a shock from KYB or Bilstein for your safety and to protect your truck from damage.
You will see plenty of 990's on SRW F-350'sall over the place, a well made tire will not fail with a 990 on the truck it will simply wear faster and should be inflated to 80 proper pounds. Wheel ratings do not cause your truck to rock back and forth. 19.5 inch wheels will not stop rocking back and forth.
Your truck is plenty strong enough to handle that camper with airbags and since it is a 350 it should have come with a helper spring and sway bar if it had "camper package".
Torklift stableloads will help but when you remove the camper your truck will ride like a truck. If it is your only transportation you might want to consider that in the decision.
I have a 2011 Ford and a 2015 Arctic Fox 865, the rocking problems I had were caused by extremely poor quality shocks, namely Rancho 9000XLs. Buying them was terrible advice from this web site and the 19.5 inch wheel crowd.
As far as airbags, they need to be lined separately or air will simply move from one bag to the other, I figured that out after installing them for the trip home from the dealer, haha.
Yes your truck is heavy. I've seen plenty of F-350s with 990's pulling a boat or 4-wheeler on a trailer out west and no one is crapping their pants or buying 19.5 inch tires. That is garbage advice only seen on this site.
It sounds like a joke but I promise you it is not. The first thing you should do is switch to a shock from KYB or Bilstein for your safety and to protect your truck from damage.
You will see plenty of 990's on SRW F-350'sall over the place, a well made tire will not fail with a 990 on the truck it will simply wear faster and should be inflated to 80 proper pounds. Wheel ratings do not cause your truck to rock back and forth. 19.5 inch wheels will not stop rocking back and forth.
Your truck is plenty strong enough to handle that camper with airbags and since it is a 350 it should have come with a helper spring and sway bar if it had "camper package".
Torklift stableloads will help but when you remove the camper your truck will ride like a truck. If it is your only transportation you might want to consider that in the decision.
I have a 2011 Ford and a 2015 Arctic Fox 865, the rocking problems I had were caused by extremely poor quality shocks, namely Rancho 9000XLs. Buying them was terrible advice from this web site and the 19.5 inch wheel crowd.
As far as airbags, they need to be lined separately or air will simply move from one bag to the other, I figured that out after installing them for the trip home from the dealer, haha.
Yes your truck is heavy. I've seen plenty of F-350s with 990's pulling a boat or 4-wheeler on a trailer out west and no one is crapping their pants or buying 19.5 inch tires. That is garbage advice only seen on this site.
