StableLoads - Upper or Lower?

billyray50 wrote:
Honestly for me I added a extra leaf spring to each rear pack. That gave extra lift. Have airlift 5000's plumbed separately but only put 10 or 20 pounds. 1 ton Helwig sway bar too but extra leaf spring made big difference.

Are you loaded with the camper full time? My Dodge truck rides like a turn of the 19th century covered wagon when not loaded so I'd fear an addition of leaf springs for every day ride. Other makes of trucks might ride differently or SRW vs. DRW?

Honestly for me I added a extra leaf spring to each rear pack. That gave extra lift. Have airlift 5000's plumbed separately but only put 10 or 20 pounds. 1 ton Helwig sway bar too but extra leaf spring made big difference.

mooring product wrote:
I did the upper stable loads and it helped with sway but didn't do much for leveling the load. I used Firestone work rites and this helped level the truck.

+1 as a good combination on Dodges.

I did the upper stable loads and it helped with sway but didn't do much for leveling the load. I used Firestone work rites and this helped level the truck.

well, neither.
To raise the rear, get airbags. most do this just for looks. airbags even plumbed separately will not do much for sway (or stable loads).
To control sway, get a helwig sway bar. the stock 5/8 sway bar is useless with a camper.

I wont use the upper stableloads as they put way more force on the upper overload mounts than designed for. I won't use lowers as they prevent the spring pack from resting flat on the lower overload leaf.

When full compressed, the whole pack, including the upper and lower overload leaves, all lay flat on one another. Either stableload device disrupts this and puts all the stress in 2 spots.

This is just my engineering opinion... Others have had good experiences with them.

Hedge,
You will not get much, if any lift out of a set of Stable Loads.
If you have upper secondaries, I would attach them between the main pack and the secondaries. Your loaded rig will just not get as much droop with Stable Loads since the secondaries come into play sooner.
Attaching the little stops between the lower overload spring and the main pack accomplishes the same lack of droop, but at the expense of spring travel. Plus, it's a bit stiffer ride when you bring the overloads into play right away. The overload spring is not made to flex very much, if any so the ride in that arrangement does suffer.
jefe