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sbymmu
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Need new shocks and muffler on my 2008 2500hd diesel. Have the truck leveled up front airbags, stable rides and bigs sway bar out back. Caring and 8' arctic fox up and down beaches . Any have good luck with ranchos, and or banks power mobster exhaust
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stickbowjoe
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I loved the Ranchos on my '99 Dodge dually. It needed them and other suspension mods.

I set them at 9 and 7, as I recall.

My '12 Ram dually carries the camper like it's a bag of groceries. No need.

Joe
2012 Ram 3500 diesel, dually
2013 Lance 850
Pretty good truck, pretty good camper.
Just Sally (German Shorthair) and me,
full timing, and shooting and catching
most of our meat.

Moose10
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Explorer
I'm going with the Bilstein 4600 shocks here in a week or two.
Also for the exhaust check out MBRP or Diamond Eye.
2001.5 Ram 3500 4x4 QC Sport ETH/DEE
on Vision Hauler 19.5's
'06 Arctic Fox 1150
'09 Nissan Murano S
'14 Ford F-150 FX4
'03 Polaris 700RMK VE, MBRP can
'04 Polaris 600RMK VE
'04 & '05 Suzuki Eiger 400's

Powelligator
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Explorer
I have the 9000's on the old F-250, loved them and put a set on the new F-350. Like everyone else says, on the truck with a camper, two thumbs up.

I tried a set on my Jeep CJ-7, nope, too stiff, even at setting #1. They don't appear to work well on lighter vehicles.

-Joe
2014 F-350 carrying a 1995 Lance 4000
1994 F-250HD carrying nothing, enjoying its retirement. ๐Ÿ™‚

wcjeep
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steve68steve wrote:
I have Rancho 9000's on the back of an F350 diesel. I don't have any other suspension mods.

The truck is my DD in winter/ snow (4WD), and does whatever random hauling I need to do. Sometimes that's just a few pieces of lumber, or a canoe, and sometimes it's almost a cord of firewood, or a TC.

They ride well loaded at 9, and unloaded at about 3. At some level, a shock is a shock is a shock. All it does is dampen vibration. The big advantage of Ranchos to ME is that you can change the valving for different situations. I can ride around unloaded without bouncing my teeth out my skull with HD shocks, but then I can load it up and crank the shocks up appropriately so they actually DO something.

If my TC was loaded 100% of the time, I'd just go for heavy duty shocks. There'd be no advantage to the adjustability.



Ditto. 9 rear 7 front loaded. All 3 empty

RZAR66
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Explorer
I had Bilstein 5100's and they had a meltdown after only 8 miles of a wash boarded road. They were good on pavement. I switched to Ranchos and they handle the camper much better than the Bilstiens.
2018 Ford F-350 DRW
2024 Northern Lite 10-2

Rangerz
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Explorer
I have had Ranchos for about 3 years now any they work great,

Be careful with aftermarket exhausts. Some of them can put out some pretty annoying drone sounds.
2002 Dodge Quad Cab 2500 4x4 Diesel
2009 Lance 825
2005 Jeep TJ
2010 Polaris RZR
2010 Mirage 16' Enclosed Trailer

nycsteve
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Explorer
Ranchos= satisfied

mguay
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Explorer
I had Rancho 9000's in the last truck and loved them. I think I might try Bilstein 5100's in the new one. After about 5k miles on the Ranchos the rears went limp. They did replace them no questions asked though. Sorry no TC experience...but I do run with 2200lbs of payload in the bed.(Pin weight and 50 gal of fuel)
2007 Volvo VNL 780 D12/Ultra Shift Singled
2017 Smart Fortwo Prime Cabrio
2014 Dynamax Trilogy 3715FB

jimh406
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Explorer III
I had the Rancho 9000s on my old F350 with my Host. I liked the adjustability and turned them down when the camper wasn't on it.

'10 Ford F-450, 6.4, 4.30, 4x4, 14,500 GVWR, '06 Host Rainer 950 DS, Torklift Talon tiedowns, Glow Steps, and Fastguns. Bilstein 4600s, Firestone Bags, Toyo M655 Gs, Curt front hitch, Energy Suspension bump stops.

NRA Life Member, CCA Life Member

billyray50
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Bilsteins on my Dodge CTD 4x4 longbed

805gregg
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Rancho 9000 all around
2003 Dodge Quad Cab 3500 SRW LB Cummins diesel, Banks Six Gun, Banks exhaust, Mag hytec deep trans pan, and Diff cover. Buckstop bumper, Aerotanks 55gal tank, airbags, stableloads Bigwig stabilizer, 2003 Lance 1071 camper, solar and generator

steve68steve
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I have Rancho 9000's on the back of an F350 diesel. I don't have any other suspension mods.

The truck is my DD in winter/ snow (4WD), and does whatever random hauling I need to do. Sometimes that's just a few pieces of lumber, or a canoe, and sometimes it's almost a cord of firewood, or a TC.

They ride well loaded at 9, and unloaded at about 3. At some level, a shock is a shock is a shock. All it does is dampen vibration. The big advantage of Ranchos to ME is that you can change the valving for different situations. I can ride around unloaded without bouncing my teeth out my skull with HD shocks, but then I can load it up and crank the shocks up appropriately so they actually DO something.

If my TC was loaded 100% of the time, I'd just go for heavy duty shocks. There'd be no advantage to the adjustability.
2013 Travel Lite 960RX
2001 Ford F350 Diesel Super Cab Long Bed

SpknTC
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Explorer
Yes we did have good luck with ranchos in the past and will most likely do them again when the time comes.
Ford F450 6.7L PSD DRW 4X4
Arctic Fox 865