My friend has a new Ram 2500 with coil spring rear suspension. His 10-footer used to ride fine on his '06 Chevy 2500 but he can't go over 35 mph with the coil Ram without it trying to kill him. Have any of you successfully tightened one of these pieces of junk with sway bars and Bilsteins? The real answer is converting to leaf springs which may very well happen, but the cheaper/easier shocks & sway bar option would be nice if it isn't just throwing more money away at a setup that's never gonna handle right.

there is different coil springs available.sway bar is intended to reduce the body side to side role.shocks are intended to slow down the suspension moving when you hit a pothole.its really not a piece of junk if used for its intended purpose.Its designed to carry X load (up to 3130 lbs including passengers), and ride comfortable empty. without knowing exactly what he has, here is a typical 2500:GVWR specs.6.4L V8 HEMI A6 66RFE 4.10 rear, 10,000 GVWR, 3,130 max payload, 6,871 curb weight, 3,999 lbs curb front, 2,872 lbs curb rear, 5,500 GAWR front, 6,000 GAWR rear, 22,800 GCVW, 15,460 max trailer tow. specifications for camper loading.2500, 4X4, 169.5 in. WB, Crew Cab, Long 8 foot Box, 6.4L V8 MID DUTY HEMI MDS ENGINE, Z7F-010000 (10K GVWR), Bench seatrecommended pickup camper loading = 1567.3 Lbs. (this is max payload - x lbs per passanger seating positon)your friend's 10' camper may be beyond the design limitations of his "piece of junk"

trade it in for a 3500 with leaf springs.

I'm curious... how do you go from 3,130 lbs max payload to a 'recommended camper loading' of only 1,567.3 lbs? Are those numbers straight out of the owner's manual, or did you calculate one of them from other numbers, or what?

burningman wrote:My friend has a new Ram 2500 with coil spring rear suspension. His 10-footer used to ride fine on his '06 Chevy 2500 but he can't go over 35 mph with the coil Ram without it trying to kill him. Have any of you successfully tightened one of these pieces of junk with sway bars and Bilsteins? The real answer is converting to leaf springs which may very well happen, but the cheaper/easier shocks & sway bar option would be nice if it isn't just throwing more money away at a setup that's never gonna handle right.All I can say is... You have to be kidding me. Coils are for Caddy's and Buick's, not trucks....Well, 1/2 ton wanna be grocery getters too.

12V Cummins wrote:trade it in for a 3500 with leaf springs.+1

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12V_Cummins
Explorer
Jun 27, 2017
trade it in for a 3500 with leaf springs.
towpro
Explorer
Jun 27, 2017
there is different coil springs available.
sway bar is intended to reduce the body side to side role.
shocks are intended to slow down the suspension moving when you hit a pothole.

its really not a piece of junk if used for its intended purpose.
Its designed to carry X load (up to 3130 lbs including passengers), and ride comfortable empty.

without knowing exactly what he has, here is a typical 2500:
GVWR specs.
6.4L V8 HEMI A6 66RFE 4.10 rear, 10,000 GVWR,
3,130 max payload, 6,871 curb weight, 3,999 lbs curb front, 2,872 lbs curb rear, 5,500 GAWR front, 6,000 GAWR rear, 22,800 GCVW, 15,460 max trailer tow.

specifications for camper loading.

2500, 4X4, 169.5 in. WB, Crew Cab, Long 8 foot Box, 6.4L V8 MID DUTY HEMI MDS ENGINE, Z7F-010000 (10K GVWR), Bench seat
recommended pickup camper loading = 1567.3 Lbs. (this is max payload - x lbs per passanger seating positon)

your friend's 10' camper may be beyond the design limitations of his "piece of junk"

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