Need Suspension Mods
I've got the rig in my sig: 2017 F350 with and Arctic Fox 990. It's me the wife and the dog. Don't haul much liquid. Figure I'm around the 4000 lb mark. I've put in the Rancho adjustables front and...
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cheftim wrote:
Thanks all.
TriBeard, heading to a Cat scale on Friday. I'll report.
billtex, -->Not sure The advantage of adding SS’s to a 1 ton. Why not take full advantage of the OE spring pack?
Can you help me out with what you mean there? Are you suggesting adding leaves to the current pack?
My point; if you have a 3/4 ton you can gain some spring rate by adding leafs, supersprings, etc to get to a spring rate = to a 1 ton.
With a one ton I would suggest utilizing the existing spring pack (bottom overloads, upper overloads) to their fullest before i started adding any springs. You can accomplish this with a number of products; lower/upper stableloads, etc that when setup properly will not effect unladen ride.
The problem with adding springs is you WILL compromise the ride quality when unladen. If you intend to leave the TC loaded all the time, maybe not an issue.
My last (3/4 ton) truck had supersprings, airbags, sway bar. It handled the camper fine (not as good as our newer 1 ton), but it was fine. But man, the ride was nasty. I mean NASTY. But i added all that because I was starting from a 3/4 ton.
Which is also why we now have a 1 ton...with no mods that effect unladen ride.
I guess the summary (IMO) is the approach to Suspension mods to a 3/4ton truck should be different than a 1 ton truck.
Good luck, i know there are a lot of different opinions on this topic. After my last experience I did not want any mods that would effect unladen ride. And i accomplished that 100%.
Bill
