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Jack90

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Posted: 04/04/23 08:40am

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The 3,000 lb came from weighing at the scales, so all good for being under payload.

For the shocks, I have some really great 3.0 king reservoir that have been tuned for the weight.

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^ Yup, definitely nit picking. And considering your truck will handle 3klbs pretty well without any additional load support (but maybe a bit below level for sag), you shouldn’t need a lot of help from additional springs.
For cheap/free, you could try wedging the lower overloads tight (like lower stable loads). That will give you a higher initial spring rate.

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Posted: 09/24/23 09:24pm

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I tried super springs what a mistake. The best was going to a suspension shop they looked at the truck with camper on it and added a leaf with the right tension to level the truck

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Jack90 wrote:

Hi everyone,

I have a 2021, Ram 3500, diesel, single wheel, leaf springs, stock suspension, with a 3,000 wet weight slide in truck camper.

I do have aftermarket firestone air bags installed along with a aftermarket sway bar.

I am nit picking a bit, but I find the firestone air bags a bit bouncy, so I hit a bump and and the back bounces, then that make the fronts bounce and gets in a porpoising motion for a few seconds. I could go and get a pair of custom leaf packs made, but was wondering if any of you have the SuperSprings additional leaf installed and...

1. Do you like them?

2. What size do you recommend? I called and they recommended the SSA15 a load level capacity of 3,000 lb, but wasn't convinced of the answer. I wonder though if the SSA23 with a 2,300 lb capacity would be a better dampening ride?

The best thing to do if you use the truck for the camper most of the time is to get a spring added if there is a good spring shop around.

I had airbags in an older truck, and I would never do them again. They take your springs out of the equation too much, causing the soft feel you described. If you run without the camper more than with then I would look at Stableload systems, which the lowers can be disengaged for empty driving.

I'm having the opposite issue right now the camper I got is only 2400lbs so my overload spring is almost engaged but not quite haha there is a weird ride

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I see air bags as more of a quick fix band-aid for what in actuality ends up requiring a more robust spring pack - naysayers aside, looking at the rear spring pack on our 5500 chassis cab RAM makes me realize there ain’t no such thing as a free lunch…

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