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Re: Airbags installation for heavy 5th wheel
Nice video. I installed a set of the same 5000 Ultimates on my 2003 F250 this past weekend. Picked them up on Etrailer and got a heck of a deal after their price pledge deal. I had one issue with my kit. When I tightened up the bolts that go around the leaf stack it pulled the bag sideways off plumb. I ended up having to add a piece of 1/2" thick steal between the bottom plate and the leaf stack. I've pulled our 37' triple axle toy hauler on two long trips (one about 3,000 miles) since we got it both without bags and looking back I should have put them on day one! I've only pulled it from our storage spot to the gas station and home with them installed but I can already tell the difference in every respect when it comes to handling. I've got Firestone load range E tires on the truck and run them at 80 PSI as per the side wall. So far I'm liking around 75 PSI in the bags. I do wish I had the money to add the compressor and gauge with adjuster but it's not in the budget right now. I will get away without it for now since the last project I did on the 5er was adding a hard plumbed and hard wired 115VAC air compressor with 4 drops. One is under the front near the pin box. I'm looking forwards to this weekend when we are taking a long weekend trip down to San Diego. Little over 400 miles round trip from my base. My advice to anyone thinking about adding bags is 'stop thinking about it and just do it!' You'll thank yourself after.464Views0likes0CommentsRe: Towing Doubles
Hello Everyone. I'm new to the Forums. This will actually be my first post. I'm from Florida originally and hadn't seen anything other than commercial trucks towing double till I got stationed in Cali a couple years ago. Since then we picked up a 37' 5th wheel toy hauler triple axle and a 15' open tandem axle utility trailer. I'm towing with a 2003 F250 7.3L super cab long bed that's mostly stock (for now). I've put a lot of work into setting my rig up to safely tow double. I've done a lot of custom electrical work in addition to the physical hitch on the back of the camper. The truck has two separate brake controllers and I set up a set of relays that are triggered by the OEM trailer wires. I used an aero space style cannon plug to run two sets of 7-way electrical connections between the truck and camper. Also added dedicated side turn signals, a manually switched hot, and a spare 12VDC hot. Once I set up an account somewhere to host pictures I'll upload a few of my rig and build. If there is a better thread to post more build details on please let me know.528Views0likes0Comments
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