Anyone install double front shocks in front

One more thing to think of , adding weight is that all the steel and aluminum dually 16" and 17" rims I have seen are only rated at 2600 lbs each, that's 5200 lbs for the front end 10400 lbs rear
I think Rickson 19.5`s dually rims are rated at 3500 lbs each

Not familiar with the Dodge Generations. Coils or leaf springs up front?

And truthfully, another 500# isn't much if you're already carrying the Cummins and Quad Cab.

99 Ram diesel dually quad 4x4... 150K with an Arctic Fox 1150... would love to take a small bike but I really do not want to haul a trailer.....do not know what to do with i9t when we boondock.. Dave

Harleybullet wrote:
Thanks for the comeback.... I guess it is not going to help weight issue on front so I will not be adding the second set....thanks

What kind of truck do you have?

Thanks for the comeback.... I guess it is not going to help weight issue on front so I will not be adding the second set....thanks

I have a 99` Dodge 4x4, now a dually with skyjacker d25 coils and a dual shock set up ,with Bilstein f4-be5-a465-h8 shocks in the coils and a lighter valved shock on the outer mount that I think is for a jeep . The shock was sugjested by a tech at Bilstein, and I was told it would be stiff , it is , but is good with a camper on it , I sometimes remove the outer shock if I`m not going to use the camper for a while , takes about 5 min a side.
But I would think twice about putting 500 lbs on the front of your truck
Mine has a front axle rating of 4850lbs and the front of my truck weighs 4680 with a buckstop bumper unloaded , 4780 with camper
The unit bearings are a weak spot and when I get done with everything else Im doing to it I`ll put spintec hubs and have better weight bearing wheel bearings
The 2000 and up trucks have about a 5200 lb axle rating but that's still limiting with the heavy front end of a cummins

My front axle carries about 4,200 pounds, and the rear 6,200 pounds. Except for how they bolt up, I think they are the same shocks.

From what I have read, most people run "dual shocks just because they look cool". I ask one fellow why he had four shocks on each side of a truck that was lifted over 12-inches, with no load. He was real quick to respond, "just because they look cool". The truck was a 4x4, and the guy lived in San Francisco. It was so high, no way could he haul a TC. Not a single scratch in or on the truck. He did have some high dollar wheels and tires on it. The tire wear on the front suggested he had issues. It did not look "cool" to me.

Wayne

One thing you have to remember is shocks are not for carrying weight. Their purpose is to stop the bounce and continuing to bounce. Even if you added more shocks you want to make sure that you are not overloading your front axle. If it was me I would not add that amount of weight to the front axle but this is just my view on it.

You might be interested in this site:

Everything you wanted to know about Shock Absorbers

Among other things, it says:

"One piece of advice… don’t run dual shocks just because they look cool, OK? However, if you get frequent heat-induced shock fade and don’t have the budget for reservoir or bypass shock absorbers, you may benefit from running a dual or triple shock setup. However, this doesn’t mean that you just slap another set (or two) of shocks in addition to your existing ones. You should get a set of more lightly valved shock absorbers to replace the ones you have now. Do the homework and figure out how much absorbing your shocks need to do before you add some more, that is unless you don’t like the fillings in your teeth."


Wayne