shocks for f250 with camper

[nosurfjack]

Hi all. I bought a 2000 lb. Lance truck camper for my 1999 f250. I need new shocks. Anyone try more than one manufacturer any arrive at a favorite they'd recommend? thanks!

[snoboy]

Crabbypatty wrote:
WHat about tires? Stock it has come with Michelins which are road tires. We go outer beach camping so I need something to air down and drive over the dunes, yet also give some good mileage over the road. Any thoughts??

Since I've owned my F350 I've had the OEM tire, Nitto Terra Grapplers on stock 16" rims, a complete set of 19.5 wheels and tires and finally wound up installing (from Les Schwab) 18" with Toyo Open Country AT IIs size 285/70/18 rayed at 4080lbs. This final set up is by far the best handling, they have great traction, great wear and feel extremely solid under my camper.

[mellow]

I use Nitto Terra Grapplers, they work well in the sand and have 3600lb E rating. Smooth riding AT tire on the road. I just upped the size from a 275 to the 305 R16's.

[Crabbypatty]

WHat about tires? Stock it has come with Michelins which are road tires. We go outer beach camping so I need something to air down and drive over the dunes, yet also give some good mileage over the road. Any thoughts??

[snoboy]

KYB Monomax.

[996Pilot]

Bilstein 4600 all the way. For me, they were Baja proven (and I mean hard use dirt Baja every single day). Before Bilstein's I used to chew through shocks in 6-12 months. Once I changed to Bilstein's, well I sold all of my trucks with them on after years of Baja use.

[sonuvabug]

Bilstein fan here ...

[mellow]

Rancho 9000's here as well, they run a good summer rebate special, just make sure to keep the box lid as you will need it for the rebate, I was a dummy and threw mine away during install. They work great so far for me, like mentioned take apart the adjustment knob and fill it with grease, I used marine grease in mine.

[Tizi]

Rancho 9000s here. Huge improvement over stock. I run the highest setting in back and 2 notches lower in the front.

[time2roll]

+1 for KYB Monomax

[Rubiranch]

I have a 2011 Chevy 2500 with 137,000 miles on it.

My camper weights 4000 lbs.

I just returned from a 2800 mile trip down the coast with the original factory shocks still on the truck.

I think they are on the down side of their life. 😉

I will most likely replace them with KYB Monomax.

[JRJR]

Rancho 9000's on my 1999 f-250 superduty. They still work good after 6 years of hauling the camper.

[bigfootford]

bilstein's 4600! Mine are 9 years old, 75,000 miles and still great. Been all the way to Arctic circle on the worse dirt roads ever......
I was concerned that maybe the rears were shot from working with our 4200 lb camper. disconnected the bottoms and still firm and tight... They are really hard to compress!

Jt

[d3500ram]

Artum Snowbird wrote:
I have had Rancho's on my F350. I filled the turning knob with grease, and they still work perfectly after 6 or more years.

As Artum states... the pre-maintenance when new is key to longer lasting adjustability on the Ranchos. I did this to both sets that I have had on the truck. When I took off the first replacements, the knobs turned with relative ease.

[SidecarFlip]

Farmerjon wrote:
6 years ago I replaced OEM worn out shocks on 2000 F350 with Monroe Gas Magnums and of course it was a big difference, duh, nothing to something. They are still working great. Our camper weighs 3500lbs

Glad you support a local to me business.. Monroe Shock, Tenneco. I use them too.

I look at shocks as a consumable item, they all wear out after a while.