BUYING 2004 LANCE 1030. DO I NEED AIRBAGS
I have a new 2013 chevy 3500 , diesel, crew cab long bed srw. The camper weighs 3138 pounds dry. Do you think the truck needs airbags? Looking for some opinions. Thanks for the help.
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You do not need airbags. My 2011 2500HD with 4000 lbs. in the bed handles fine. I added Supersprings to handle the extra load with the camper when fully loaded. With the original camper dry weight of 3200 lbs. (based on CAT scale weighing) the stock truck with the stock springs and stock shocks handled the load perfectly driving a couple hundred miles up from the sierras down to the Monterey Bay area and through SF Bay area freeway traffic.
Take your stock truck and put the camper on and drive it before you do anything. You may end up putting on Rancho or Bilstein shocks but that is all you will need. Airbags on your truck with that camper would be a complete waste of money and degrade handling which is the very last thing you want to do.
Be sure your tires are at the GM specs with 80 lbs. in the rear tires. Underinflated tires will hurt your truck's handling more than any other single factor.
Take your stock truck and put the camper on and drive it before you do anything. You may end up putting on Rancho or Bilstein shocks but that is all you will need. Airbags on your truck with that camper would be a complete waste of money and degrade handling which is the very last thing you want to do.
Be sure your tires are at the GM specs with 80 lbs. in the rear tires. Underinflated tires will hurt your truck's handling more than any other single factor.
