I am contemplating purchasing these stable loads for my truck. I have a 2008 Silverado 3500 HD Dually Long Bed. I am carrying a 2015 Palomino HS-2902 with a weight I estimate to be between 3,500 and 4,000 wet and loaded (dry weight according to manufacturer is 3,100). I will be either flat towing a Jeep Wrangler 2 door JK or pulling my aluminum Tracker V16 fishing boat.I am new to truck campers but do seem to have some top heavy sway when driving past rain gutters or turning. However when I look at my leaf springs the lower leaf is very close to touching and some are actually touching already. When I hitch my boat then I definitely see all lower leaf springs touching.Do I still need Stable Loads if my lower leaf spring activates already? I do not know how to insert pics to make it more clear. I want peoples input before shelling out another $300. MY suspension is stock right now. Thanks.Here are what they look like with just the camperand this is after hitching boat

I really question any of us can answer your question on this. The reason being that we would have to have the identical truck, TC and spring setup. I have the Stable Loads. You will have to think about what I am going to post. The Stable Loads allow the upper overloads to come in contact sooner. From my experience, the Stable Loads will reduce the rear squat by the thickness of the Loads. A by product is due to the Loads being in contact, the sway is reduced a little. The primary benefit is the squat is reduced. Sway is primarily reduced with an anti-sway bar. Do you have one? Wayne

Reddog1 wrote:I really question any of us can answer your question on this. The reason being that we would have to have the identical truck, TC and spring setup. I have the Stable Loads. You will have to think about what I am going to post. The Stable Loads allow the upper overloads to come in contact sooner. From my experience, the Stable Loads will reduce the rear squat by the thickness of the Loads. A by product is due to the Loads being in contact, the sway is reduced a little. The primary benefit is the squat is reduced. Sway is primarily reduced with an anti-sway bar. Do you have one? WayneI think the squat is fine. I do not have a sway bar. I had been looking at the Helwig sway bars but read somewhere that Stable Loads might be enough. Thanks for your response.

I have an older dually, but had some of the same issues you mention with my 4,000lb+ Lance 1055. This problem for me was completely solved by addiing air bags, as I didn't want to drill holes in my bump stops for the stable loads I purchased. I sent them back. Some bump stop perches for overloads have holes already in them under the rubber. It was a very expensive fix, but worked perfectly for me. Best of luck, and I hope you get by MUCH cheaper than I did! Dak

By the looks of your springs You can't fit the lower Stable Loads, I would get the upper Stable Loads tho

I have the Stableloads on my 2008 GMC DRW and it made a significant difference in the handling of the truck when I'm pulling the fifth wheel. The truck squats 1 1/2" less when the Stableloads activated. The biggest difference we feel in the ride is over bridge abutments, there is considerably less bounce and it has taken the jarring feeling out also.

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Reddog1
Explorer II
Mar 22, 2017
I really question any of us can answer your question on this. The reason being that we would have to have the identical truck, TC and spring setup.

I have the Stable Loads. You will have to think about what I am going to post. The Stable Loads allow the upper overloads to come in contact sooner. From my experience, the Stable Loads will reduce the rear squat by the thickness of the Loads. A by product is due to the Loads being in contact, the sway is reduced a little. The primary benefit is the squat is reduced.

Sway is primarily reduced with an anti-sway bar. Do you have one?

Wayne
bs49
Explorer
Mar 22, 2017
Reddog1 wrote:
I really question any of us can answer your question on this. The reason being that we would have to have the identical truck, TC and spring setup.

I have the Stable Loads. You will have to think about what I am going to post. The Stable Loads allow the upper overloads to come in contact sooner. From my experience, the Stable Loads will reduce the rear squat by the thickness of the Loads. A by product is due to the Loads being in contact, the sway is reduced a little. The primary benefit is the squat is reduced.

Sway is primarily reduced with an anti-sway bar. Do you have one?

Wayne

I think the squat is fine. I do not have a sway bar. I had been looking at the Helwig sway bars but read somewhere that Stable Loads might be enough. Thanks for your response.
dakonthemountai
Explorer
Mar 23, 2017
I have an older dually, but had some of the same issues you mention with my 4,000lb+ Lance 1055. This problem for me was completely solved by addiing air bags, as I didn't want to drill holes in my bump stops for the stable loads I purchased. I sent them back. Some bump stop perches for overloads have holes already in them under the rubber. It was a very expensive fix, but worked perfectly for me.

Best of luck, and I hope you get by MUCH cheaper than I did!

Dak
tattoobob
Explorer
Mar 23, 2017
By the looks of your springs You can't fit the lower Stable Loads, I would get the upper Stable Loads tho
Halmfamily
Explorer
Mar 23, 2017
I have the Stableloads on my 2008 GMC DRW and it made a significant difference in the handling of the truck when I'm pulling the fifth wheel. The truck squats 1 1/2" less when the Stableloads activated. The biggest difference we feel in the ride is over bridge abutments, there is considerably less bounce and it has taken the jarring feeling out also.
deltabravo
Nomad
Mar 23, 2017
I run lower Stableoads on my 09 3500HD Dually. They do far more to improve the ride and handling than the airbags I intially "wasted" my money on.
I wish I would never have done airbags, and instead, bought Stableloads first
bs49
Explorer
Mar 23, 2017
tattoobob wrote:
By the looks of your springs You can't fit the lower Stable Loads, I would get the upper Stable Loads tho

This is with the Camper already loaded. I am sure there will be space when unloaded. From the information I am gathering here it seems they will indeed help the ride. I think I will go ahead and pull the trigger. The ones I am looking at require no drilling and can be disconnected.

https://www.etrailer.com/Vehicle-Suspension/Chevrolet/Silverado/2008/TLA7310.html?vehicleid=200825521
MORSNOW
Navigator II
Mar 23, 2017
With a GM truck, the lower StableLoads make a great improvement reducing sway and on my setup, reducing rear sag. StableLoads were the single best thing I did on my truck to improve carrying my camper.
Buzzcut1
Nomad II
Mar 23, 2017
with the camper unloaded place a jack on the frame and lift the back of the truck to unload the leafs on one side of the rear axle. This will give you room to easily install the lower stable loads. repeat for the other side. Figure on it taking about an hour
Reddog1
Explorer II
Mar 23, 2017
The Stable Loads are not a replacement for an anti-sway bar. Think about it, why would it be called an anti-sway bar? Is there anything in Stable Load that says Anti-sway? I have both, and I am saying that the Stable Load will help reduce the sway, but the anti-sway bar is designed for that purpose.