Want to upgrade shocks on a Suburban 2500
Took our first trip with the new TV - 2008 Suburban 2500. Roughly 2000-mile round trip down to Gulf Shores. Several times, the surface of the road caused some excessive suspension travel, especially...
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APT wrote:
I highly recommend using a WDH. The receiver is only rated for 600 pounds of TW, which I'm certain you are exceeding given TT axles have 5500 pounds. 600 pounds of TW would be <10% TW. The other reason to use one is for the loss of weight on the front axle. Hard to say what that is unless you take 3 passes.
Thanks for the report!
Thanks for the info. It never registered with me that the receiver has different ratings with/without the bars. I know the tongue weight is in the 900-lb range, so I guess I should be happy I didn't break anything going without the bars. It is a WD hitch, I was just being lazy by not using them. "Hey, I got a 6000-lb rear axle, and she isn't squatting, so who needs weight bars?" Rookie mistake (and I'm not a rookie).
