Dual air bags
So I've been thinking'... (uh oh) I carry a LOT of weight in my Ram 3500 dually, and I have a set of airbags with in-cab controls. They work great. But I have to run them at very high pressure when l...
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Just for grins, do the math on the bags;
5" diameter bag is 20 square inches of area that the bag carries. For each 1 pound per square inch, that provides 20 pounds of carry capacity. A bag that can be inflated to 100 psi, that's 2,000 pounds per bag. Two bags, one on each side, is 4,000 pounds for a pair of bags at max inflation. This is on top of what the stock suspension carries.
And you want two each side??
Your tires and wheels rating is going to be way over long before you max out the stock suspension with a pair of bags would put you. You need to rethink what you are doing.
5" diameter bag is 20 square inches of area that the bag carries. For each 1 pound per square inch, that provides 20 pounds of carry capacity. A bag that can be inflated to 100 psi, that's 2,000 pounds per bag. Two bags, one on each side, is 4,000 pounds for a pair of bags at max inflation. This is on top of what the stock suspension carries.
And you want two each side??
Your tires and wheels rating is going to be way over long before you max out the stock suspension with a pair of bags would put you. You need to rethink what you are doing.
