Seat in my truck is killing me

Gdetrailer wrote:

transamz9 wrote:

Gdetrailer wrote:
Nothing short of replacing the one ton truck for a 1/2 ton truck is going to "fix" a stiff ride..

You have had this same vehicle for 80K + miles, should have noticed this from day #1 of ownership...

I would suggest if you are running full sidewall pressure while unloaded then lowering the pressure SOME WHILE EMPTY ONLY will go a long way in making a firm ride a bit softer, BUT it still has 1ton SPRINGS and they are stiff.

While it may be possible to slip softer springs on the vehicle then you are going to risk overloading those springs when loaded.. A catch 22.. You can't have both worlds (Caddy ride when empty AND 1 ton hauling)...

It IS a truck and heavy haulers DO ride harsh especially when unloaded.

I have to disagree a little. My truck may not ride like a Caddy but it does ride as well as a 2WD half ton after my suspension upgrades. My suspension will also handle as much as any factory 350/3500 (10,000# capacity). I can also level my fifth wheel front to rear, air up tires and such, run an impact to remove wheels and lower the tailgate to below my waste on my 4X4 Ram to load stuff in the bed and I am short.

To make a one ton ride softer you would HAVE to replace the STIFFER high rate springs with LOWER and softer spring rates. Then to allow for heavy loads you would HAVE to add on stuff like air bags.

This to me is just plain stupid.

You buy a one ton for the hauling, not the ride.

Its YOUR truck and money but at the end of the day you have a crippled hap haphazardly modded suspension which one part of it fails and you are going to be limping it home. Air bags DO go bad, air lines do break and depending on them to carry the load with lesser springs just may not not be able to carry the full load..

While you and others may like your mods, the truth is once you start modding the suspension it is no longer rated to handle or carry the load the manufacturer listed.

My suggestion is if the ride is that bad, then you have just two alternatives.

One, replace truck with a CAR for DAILY DRIVING and leave the truck for HAULING ONLY.

Keep thinking this and I hope you like your current truck because air ride is coming. Ram is already starting it.

MDT's and HDT's have been running air systems for years and foe millions of miles. I have personally seen more broken leaf springs in my life that blown air systems. You don't use air line and fittings from the local Wally world to install these systems. I have 100% brass DOT compression fittings on everything. The bags I run have a rating of 500 psi. It takes 55 psi to carry my 6000# load sitting on the axle.

You say air lines blow and bags blow? So do brake lines. So do tires. There are a lot of things that can go wrong with a vehicle. ;)