air bags strictly for comfort

I bought Rancho RS 9000 Shocks for our truck. Best thing I have ever bought for a better ride. Empty or loaded they do the job, only takes me 3 minutes or less to redo the sittings for the best ride.
RS-9000 shock link They also have the $100 rebate on a set of 4 shocks through June. That is what I used to buy mine, plus found them with 25% off from the seller. Think I had around $33. each in mine a few years back.
The only way the air bags will help the ride is if the tire pressure is set at what the Tire Mgf shows for your load. PLus less spring pack, as the springs are what makes it ride harsh.
Pete

had not thought about an air ride seat I have those in several pieces of equipment I run Thanks All for the suggestions

sele wrote:
TW and F'ver sit level with no add on's. I am strictly looking for comfort measures as my DW has some neck back issues from time to time. We added the MOR Ryde pin box which helped alot. But I wondered if there was either a schock or air bags that would help improve the ride during towing. Part of my issue is this is also my daily vechile and i don't want to stiffen the ride for daily driving.

Check out *REAL* air ride SEATS (not just "cushions").

You can find several folks (with bad backs, etc) on various diesel (pickup) truck forums who have gone that route and are very pleased with the results.

Air bags for the tow vehicle suspension won't improve ride *quality*.

For the poster that thinks a truck can't ride like a Caddy - take a ride in a modern HDT with air bags for the *cab* along with air ride seats.
OTR truckers *require* comfort.
Won't ride like a Caddy - rides like a BENZ!.:W

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Mile High wrote:

Cummins12V98 wrote:

sem1 wrote:
Remember a truck is a truck...It will never ride like a Caddy.

My Dually rides like a Limo!

That's because it is soft. Try driving a real truck sometime with an actual payload you can use.

That is just mean!

Well 13,940# on my 6 tires and it sits level. Tows a combined load of 28,240# with ease, yea I guess it is soft.

You can try a air ride hitch ,trailersavers have a option of a third bag, 2" up and 3" down (I think) trailer floats behind truck ,might help with jarring when they move in opposite directions,but heavy and expensive.

I've had double bellows bags, FS and Airlift on 2 trucks and love them. I like to keep the truck the same height as empty so the steering and lights are exactly the same. I also have rancho 9000 air adjustable shocks. The shocks help just as much as the bags but too much psi in either one gets counter productive. The rougher the road, the more good they will do. I adjust the bags to get the oscillation right and then the shocks for how fast I want it to settle down and it's really easy with the in-cab controls. I think they are more for comfort than necessity. Funny thing... 20psi really helped the empty ride on my 3/4T but they do nothing for my 1T empty ride. Other factors will either make or break the outcome. Craig

Cummins12V98 wrote:

sem1 wrote:
Remember a truck is a truck...It will never ride like a Caddy.

My Dually rides like a Limo!

That's because it is soft. Try driving a real truck sometime with an actual payload you can use.

I had thought about bags for comfort as well. When were hooked up the factory overloads are just in contact with the rubber pads on the overload perches. My thought was to remove the overloads and install bags w/ping tanks on each side, keeping the bags separate, it seems that connecting the sides will allow the air to move side to side and probably allow the truck to lean more in the turns. The ping tanks are supposed to increase the volume the air bag have to compress making them more progressive, as long as the air lines between the tanks and bags are large enough too not hurt the airflow.

I believe my ride issue is the rear suspension extends after the bump, raising off the overloads, and then hitting the overloads upon compressing the suspension back to normal loaded ride height. It feels like a delayed hit to the rear tires.

sem1 wrote:
Remember a truck is a truck...It will never ride like a Caddy.

Lena rides pretty decent.......

sem1 wrote:
Remember a truck is a truck...It will never ride like a Caddy.

My Dually rides like a Limo!