Rancho 9000's might have been an oops
I installed Rancho 9000's on our Dodge 3500 about 12,000 miles ago. 4000 miles hauling our single slide 9ft camper / towing, 3000 other miles towing cargo/flatbeds, and about 800 miles towing our Car...
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I replaced the factory shocks before they failed. In my experiences with Dodge, Ford, and Chevy trucks the OEM shocks are good for 30,000 miles and after that their ability to dampen drops dramatically. The end result with a 4WD truck is uneven wear on the tires and this is expensive to fix after the fact by buying new tires for frequently. Only Toyota puts decent shocks on their trucks at the factory.
I put on Rancho 900XL shocks and after a few weeks of use put them all at the maximum setting and leave them there. With a lower setting on the front there is porposing of the truck as was mentioned in the OP. When I don't have a 4,000 lb. camper in the bed I have a 200 lb. fiberglass cap on the truck and the rear shocks at "10" are fine with either load.
My next shocks will be Bilstein 5100's as the Rancho 9000XL are not any better than the GM OEM shocks that came on my 2011 truck.
I put on Rancho 900XL shocks and after a few weeks of use put them all at the maximum setting and leave them there. With a lower setting on the front there is porposing of the truck as was mentioned in the OP. When I don't have a 4,000 lb. camper in the bed I have a 200 lb. fiberglass cap on the truck and the rear shocks at "10" are fine with either load.
My next shocks will be Bilstein 5100's as the Rancho 9000XL are not any better than the GM OEM shocks that came on my 2011 truck.
