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Location: Alberta, Canada | I think I might need some support for my truck! LOL! The guys at the trailer place said my trailer looked pretty heavy on my truck. Trailer: 2009 Bison 10 ft SW, 3 HRS Truck: 2500 Dodge Diesel Quad 4x4 What do you all think? Any ideas? Any other things you can do to take the weight off your truck box? |
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Location: sc | Originally written by RodeoFoto on 2009-04-26 5:40 PM I think I might need some support for my truck! LOL! The guys at the trailer place said my trailer looked pretty heavy on my truck. Trailer: 2009 Bison 10 ft SW, 3 HRS Truck: 2500 Dodge Diesel Quad 4x4 What do you all think? Any ideas? Any other things you can do to take the weight off your truck box? Yeah, get it weighed. Suspension upgrades do nothing for an overloaded rear axle........... IF youre not over the axle limit, with a 10' SW I bet its close, then air bags or the like will help level the truck, but they will not "take the weight off your truck box". |
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Location: Home of the WNFR at Christmas | Buy them, they are worth every penny, and get the nice big air tank and on-board compressor. The ride is great, I have a big sundowner that without them sinks the truck.
Of course the " that is overweight / not legal" crowd will hate my answer but the truck will just fine. I watch my neighbor, a hot shot car hauler, pull 3 full size Dodge diesel trucks on a triple axle car trailer at least three times a week.
The only difference in his truck and a standard dually are airbags and how he has it licensed he often has 27K plus on the trailer plus the truck.
I can speak from experience that I have pulled 15 ton of hay home with my F250, it didn't love it, but it started and stopped the load.
Enjoy the new trailer !
tr0y
Edited by tr0y 2009-04-26 9:28 PM
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Location: Vermont | Originally written by chadsalt on 2009-04-26 8:03 PM Originally written by RodeoFoto on 2009-04-26 5:40 PM I think I might need some support for my truck! LOL! The guys at the trailer place said my trailer looked pretty heavy on my truck. Trailer: 2009 Bison 10 ft SW, 3 HRS Truck: 2500 Dodge Diesel Quad 4x4 What do you all think? Any ideas? Any other things you can do to take the weight off your truck box? Yeah, get it weighed. Suspension upgrades do nothing for an overloaded rear axle........... IF youre not over the axle limit, with a 10' SW I bet its close, then air bags or the like will help level the truck, but they will not "take the weight off your truck box".  Check out these pictures!!!  http://www.greatlakes4x4.com/showthread.php?t=131287 |
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Location: Northern Utah | Love it! Bent the frame on his pickup. That's a big log. I have air bags. They help level the load and stablize the load. But air bags will NOT increase the load rating of the tires, bearings, wheel studs, springs. They do not turn a 3/4 ton SRW pickup into a 1 ton dually. |
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Location: western PA | Originally written by RodeoFoto on 2009-04-26 5:40 PM I think I might need some support for my truck! LOL! Any ideas? Any other things you can do to take the weight off your truck box? http://www.horsetrailerworld.com/forum/thread-view.asp?threadid=11132 http://www.horsetrailerworld.com/forum/thread-view.asp?threadid=9489 |
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