Hooked it up

I paid $650 for the Firestone Ride Rite all in 1 wireless kit.. I would be fine paying for it as an option, depending on the price....

Me Again wrote:

rhagfo wrote:

Well as Ron pointed out it is an$1,400 option on Ram I don’t think Ford would just give it away.

Did you miss the fact that I was talking about the type of air bags Ford owners all seem to have to add to handle the sag when pin weight is added?

Chris, I know it was a bit tongue in cheek, but even the ones it seem all Ford owners need to add cost about $300 for the complete kit, maybe a $500 option. :B

rhagfo wrote:

Well as Ron pointed out it is an$1,400 option on Ram I don’t think Ford would just give it away.

Did you miss the fact that I was talking about the type of air bags Ford owners all seem to have to add to handle the sag when pin weight is added?

Me Again wrote:

rhagfo wrote:

Cummins12V98 wrote:

Me Again wrote:

ford truck guy wrote:
blofgren -
No, didn't have the time today...

Cummins12V98-
Ron, I have then at 45 and will tweet them when I pull it..

bgum -
Thank You

Ron3rd -
Thanks, Can't wait to take it for a road trip..

Ford should make air bags a factory options, as just about everyone installs them. I do not know about GM's but the newer RAM do not need them.

Option: Firestone airbags check here ( ) $200
or
Option: Delete Firestone airbags check here ( ) -$200

A lot more to it than that. My option was around $1,400 and WELL worth it for automatically maintaining ride height even with 6k pin.

Ron, that was my thought also $200 wouldn’t even cover retail cost of the bags. That is the one option I wish our 2016 had, still a better ride than the 2001 2500.

Price goes down when one is buying hundreds of thousands of them.

Well as Ron pointed out it is an$1,400 option on Ram I don’t think Ford would just give it away.

rhagfo wrote:

Cummins12V98 wrote:

Me Again wrote:

ford truck guy wrote:
blofgren -
No, didn't have the time today...

Cummins12V98-
Ron, I have then at 45 and will tweet them when I pull it..

bgum -
Thank You

Ron3rd -
Thanks, Can't wait to take it for a road trip..

Ford should make air bags a factory options, as just about everyone installs them. I do not know about GM's but the newer RAM do not need them.

Option: Firestone airbags check here ( ) $200
or
Option: Delete Firestone airbags check here ( ) -$200

A lot more to it than that. My option was around $1,400 and WELL worth it for automatically maintaining ride height even with 6k pin.

Ron, that was my thought also $200 wouldn’t even cover retail cost of the bags. That is the one option I wish our 2016 had, still a better ride than the 2001 2500.

Price goes down when one is buying hundreds of thousands of them.

Cummins12V98 wrote:

Me Again wrote:

ford truck guy wrote:
blofgren -
No, didn't have the time today...

Cummins12V98-
Ron, I have then at 45 and will tweet them when I pull it..

bgum -
Thank You

Ron3rd -
Thanks, Can't wait to take it for a road trip..

Ford should make air bags a factory options, as just about everyone installs them. I do not know about GM's but the newer RAM do not need them.

Option: Firestone airbags check here ( ) $200
or
Option: Delete Firestone airbags check here ( ) -$200

A lot more to it than that. My option was around $1,400 and WELL worth it for automatically maintaining ride height even with 6k pin.

Ron, that was my thought also $200 wouldn’t even cover retail cost of the bags. That is the one option I wish our 2016 had, still a better ride than the 2001 2500.

Cummins12V98 wrote:

ford truck guy wrote:
blofgren -
No, didn't have the time today...

Cummins12V98-
Ron, I have then at 45 and will tweet them when I pull it..

bgum -
Thank You

Ron3rd -
Thanks, Can't wait to take it for a road trip..

I will have to see if I can "TWEET" my OE air bags. ;)

Its easy Ron.... but a lot easier to tweak them than Tweet them... :B

Me Again wrote:

ford truck guy wrote:

Chris -

My weights on the Redwood loaded for camping:
Pin- 3460#
Axles - 12,860#
Total - 16,320#
My truck has a 12,400 GVW and 30,000 GCVWR
payload capacity per sticker- 4561#
you are correct with the RAWR of7230 ( weak link) along with tires at 7500
no plans on a washer-dryer, and my weights include the Onan up front

So what was the TV rear axle weight?

My rear axle ready to tow was 3760. Demco Picture Frame, B&W manual slider and boxes full of stuff. Chris

Didn't weigh this truck yet, the "15" was 3680#on the rear camp ready.. the super glide was 300#

"15"unloaded weights-
front - 4850
rear - 3680

Sorry for the edit.. realized I fat fingered the response with no proofread --

ford truck guy wrote:

Lantley wrote:
Looking good. How's your bed rail clearance? It looks a little tight in the photo. But the angle of the photo maybe misleading.

I have 7-1/2" clearance as of right now..I am on the middle setting on the B&W so I can raise it 1 more setting... Want to get up to. big, level parking lot to get some measurements and see how it is sitting...

71/2" is great you should have no worries. The photo was just misleading to my poor vision!

ford truck guy wrote:

Chris -

My weights on the Redwood loaded for camping:
Pin- 3460#
Axles - 12,860#
Total - 16,320#
My truck has a 12,400 GVW and 30,000 GCVWR
payload capacity per sticker- 4561#
you are correct with the RAWR of7230 ( weak link) along with tires at 7500
no plans on a washer-dryer, and my weights include the Onan up front

So what was the TV rear axle weight?

My rear axle ready to tow was 3760. Demco Picture Frame, B&W manual slider and boxes full of stuff. Chris