Air bags/shocks and the anticipated ride.

Groover wrote:

jstaffon wrote:

dockmasterdave wrote:
I've had air shocks in the past and will probably be adding another set soon.
They are easy to adjust pressure up or down. If the pressure is low it will ride just like before, pump the pressure up and the rear goes up and stiffens a little.
Still not a horrible ride when pumped up.

I don't want my backend to go up at all. With the trailer attached, the trailer and truck look like they are riding level. If I raise the backend, the trailer will ride high and shift weight to the rear axle of the trailer. Do you have control so you can provide stability with the shocks without raising the backend?

If you put air in the bags they WILL raise your truck and increase your spring rate. That is what they do. And, the higher the rating of the air spring the more it increases your spring rate. So if you ever go the route of airbags don't go overboard with the biggest bags you can find. Also, you have a choice of controlling them separately or together. If you keep them separate it can be good with a high center of gravity but it will also shake you around more when only one side hits the bump at a time. For low center of gravity and offroad I like having them together.

What type of suspension does your trailer have? If it is a daisy chain leaf setup it will do a pretty good job of balancing the axles within a decent range of hitch height, just be sure that the center rocker is not close to one end or the other. If you have torsion axles they are very sensitive to hitch height.