Older 7.3 diesel owners F350 - need advice
We have a beautiful 2000 F350 DRW 7.3 crew cab with 104K on it. We just upgraded a bit to a 2010 Designer. We know the truck did a bit of a squat with our previous jayco but not really an issue. Thi...
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My dually is slightly newer 2003), and has the 6.0L
We added the airbags and Tork-Lift Stabil-Loads to allow us to level our Truck camper (3500 lbs. +/-) and fine tune the engagement of the helper-springs. This allows the truck to not wallow with all of that weight in the bed.
We also pull a 33' gooseneck LQ horse-trailer that is probably 12K all loaded. For that, I just put 25-30 lbs. in the airbags and call it good.
If you do feel the need to go airbags, get the design that sits straight on the frame rails, an not the ones that have a buttress-design coming off the side of the frame. We did the buttress-type the first time, and the buttresses failed on us... Bags were fine, but the steel plates that held them warped/failed.
We added the airbags and Tork-Lift Stabil-Loads to allow us to level our Truck camper (3500 lbs. +/-) and fine tune the engagement of the helper-springs. This allows the truck to not wallow with all of that weight in the bed.
We also pull a 33' gooseneck LQ horse-trailer that is probably 12K all loaded. For that, I just put 25-30 lbs. in the airbags and call it good.
If you do feel the need to go airbags, get the design that sits straight on the frame rails, an not the ones that have a buttress-design coming off the side of the frame. We did the buttress-type the first time, and the buttresses failed on us... Bags were fine, but the steel plates that held them warped/failed.
