I love my setup with airbags.--- level and fairly easy to travel without harsh anything. But, Im running up against the airbags max of 5000lbs. Getting ready to do 3 weeks in June, and wondering if I should throw on a pair of stable loads just in case I have a bag failure. Can you see a combination of the two beneficial for all the time vs when an airbag may fail?Thoughts?

I think the Stable Loads and air bags will work well together. The Stable Loads will support some to all of the weight, depending on the psi of your bags. I also think the Stable Loads will carry the weight of your TC if the bags were to fail. The truck might squat a bit more, but not enough to be an issue.I have Stable Loads on my 2004 DRW with a 4,000 lb TC. All they do is shorten the travel distance the upper overload before the overload makes contact. With the Stable Loads the rear of the truck squats about 3-inches. I recently bought airbags that I have yet to install. I expect they will raise the rear back to its normal height. I will have to experiment as to just how much load the airbags will carry.Wayne

I think they are complimentary as well.

I have both with my large heavy camper and they work well together.

I had stable loads before airbags and while the stable loads helped with the side to side sway and front to back porpoising the air bags really smoothed out the ride so I vote for both.

Fisher Bill wrote:I had stable loads before airbags and while the stable loads helped with the side to side sway and front to back porpoising the air bags really smoothed out the ride so I vote for both.Bill, since our trucks are basically the same (I having a classic 07 dally) can you offer any help to me about what you've added? (Stable loads). Top or bottom or both.

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jimh406
Explorer III
Feb 16, 2016
I think they are complimentary as well.
Reddog1
Explorer II
Feb 16, 2016
I think the Stable Loads and air bags will work well together. The Stable Loads will support some to all of the weight, depending on the psi of your bags. I also think the Stable Loads will carry the weight of your TC if the bags were to fail. The truck might squat a bit more, but not enough to be an issue.

I have Stable Loads on my 2004 DRW with a 4,000 lb TC. All they do is shorten the travel distance the upper overload before the overload makes contact. With the Stable Loads the rear of the truck squats about 3-inches.

I recently bought airbags that I have yet to install. I expect they will raise the rear back to its normal height. I will have to experiment as to just how much load the airbags will carry.

Wayne

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