How hard does the 2014 Ram SB 2500 ride?
I'm planning to buy a 2500 Ram, slightly used 2013 or '14, short bed. four door. My concern is the ride. I had a 2008 reg cab 2500 4X4 Diesel that rode too hard to keep very long. Later I had a 2010 2...
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Out of context
500,000 lb train engines have coil springs and they ride like they are on steel rails...
Some leaf sprung half ton SUVs ride like a 'car'...
Out of context is that without their spring rates and the obligatory curve (spring
deflection vs pounds) is comparing apples to oranges
Most don't understand that a coil spring is a torsion bar spring...coiled instead
of straight, but they work the same in both cases
Airing down the tires will reduce the GVWR? If that was the case, then airing
down a freight liner enough...will it become a half ton?
Or conversely...if airing up a half ton enough, will it become a freight liner?
Most likely the 'P' class tires will pop before attaining that kind of rating
Now if talking about airing down an air spring, then that goes back to the
first paragraph...the spring rate vs deflection...
It is NOT just the type of springs, but the whole suspension engineered
for whatever specification
This includes the shocks, bushings (main durometer & thickness), etc
Even the control arm's length and the unsprung weight that, that
contributes to...or works with
500,000 lb train engines have coil springs and they ride like they are on steel rails...
Some leaf sprung half ton SUVs ride like a 'car'...
Out of context is that without their spring rates and the obligatory curve (spring
deflection vs pounds) is comparing apples to oranges
Most don't understand that a coil spring is a torsion bar spring...coiled instead
of straight, but they work the same in both cases
Airing down the tires will reduce the GVWR? If that was the case, then airing
down a freight liner enough...will it become a half ton?
Or conversely...if airing up a half ton enough, will it become a freight liner?
Most likely the 'P' class tires will pop before attaining that kind of rating
Now if talking about airing down an air spring, then that goes back to the
first paragraph...the spring rate vs deflection...
It is NOT just the type of springs, but the whole suspension engineered
for whatever specification
This includes the shocks, bushings (main durometer & thickness), etc
Even the control arm's length and the unsprung weight that, that
contributes to...or works with
