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| When using adjustable shocks do you need them on all four wheels or just the rear? | |
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When I hauled my camper on a SRW 4X4 truck I considered Rancho RS9000 shocks mandatory on all 4 wheels. (Yes, they made that much of a difference). My 2WD DRW truck handles so much better with the camper onboard that I now consider the Ranchos optional. I run my fronts on 3 (out of 5) all the time, the rears 2 empty/5 loaded. Steve Heywood 2002 F350 DRW CC PSD 2002 Lance 1010 |
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After hearing Steve talk about Rancho 9000 I bought a set of 4. They do help with floating and rocking. I also run 3/2 front/rear empty but set them to 4/5+ with the Lance. With the popup I think 3/4 is probably the right setting. If you only put them on the rear it will help damp side to side oscillation but probably won't help much with the front end doing the boat thing, if that is a problem you have. If you are going to the trouble and cost of 2, you may as well do all 4 and have total flexibility to tune the ride the way you like. |
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OK, to be fair, JCW did ship my order the next day as well. They just didn't send an email until the day after. Does anyone use cable jacks? These are the type that don't mount to the camper, just lift from each side. Any tips or dangers? P.S. I have a set of corner jacks I'll practically give away if anyone is interested. Also, Mike L has a 3-step aluminum folding step available. |
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| I remember from old post that there was a problem with the fit of the Hellwig sway bars on Chevy & GMC trucks. Has this problem been corrected? 01 2500 HD Crew-Cab 4x4 SB GMC | |
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Yes, the problem was fixed by Hellwig. If you got one of the old units, they would send you the upgraded parts free. Mike L |
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| Are you going to add a sway bar?? I doubt you need it with a popup camper on that truck. | |
| I am still thinking about trading for a hard side. If I do I'll prob. add air bags and other stuff and was wondering about the sway bars fit. | |
| I'm new to this site so bear with me. We just purchased a 24' coachmen lite travel trailer the dealer said our 94 explorer would pull it, after we signed papers found out we needed a class 3 hitch in addition to all the other misc. have to's. We are finding out there isn't enough get and up go with our explorer. We'd like to get a vehicle that would pull with no trouble, be a comfortable ride (for 3 people over 5'8 and growing)and get fairly decent gas mileage. We have sway bars also. All this extra equipment and camper are less then 8 months old. The camper is roughly 6300 lbs loaded. WE have thought about a short box 4 dr of some sort. Is a pickup the best way to go? I've been reading about air bags what's all that about. WE previously had a pop up and didn't have all the fuss but thought we'd like the upgrade. Little did we know!! | |
| OOPS we don't have sway bars all we have are the equalizer bars. In addition is a manual or automatic transmission the best for towing and what's the difference in gas mileage. Anxiously awaiting responses or advice! | |
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