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Old Jun 9, 2013 | 07:24 PM
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How much functionality do you get from those short add a leafs?
 
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Old Jun 9, 2013 | 08:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Ham Bone
How much functionality do you get from those short add a leafs?
i have the skyjacker shorties 2" HD aal and theyre pretty decent. i can carry 2yds of sand no problem.
 
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Old Jun 9, 2013 | 08:37 PM
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The cheap ones I got stiffened up the back quite a bit. Stock springs were pretty soft and probably worn out. I had 1/2 pallet of wet sod in the back and it was on the bumpers. After the short AAL's it dropped in the back but it wasn't on the bumpers with the same load.
 
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Old Jun 10, 2013 | 09:10 AM
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Originally Posted by redneck_ram
i have the skyjacker shorties 2" HD aal and theyre pretty decent. i can carry 2yds of sand no problem.
Did you actually get two inches of lift or did it settle?
 
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Old Jun 11, 2013 | 12:14 PM
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Do you guys think this add a leaf kit will make my truck perfectly level on the back compared to my front? Or should I just get a 4" block kit?

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Old Jun 11, 2013 | 12:25 PM
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Looks pretty level already..... Though, I MUCH prefer aal's to blocks.
 
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Old Jun 11, 2013 | 01:54 PM
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I measured the front and back and it's right around an inch difference. I just don't want to get the aal and my back sitting higher again..

The bigger blocks would probably be perfect since their only an inch bigger than our factory ones though.
 
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Old Jun 11, 2013 | 01:59 PM
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Carry loads often or is it a trailer/mud queen?


 
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Old Jun 11, 2013 | 02:06 PM
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Go with air bags then. You can adjust rear height for the given load. Otherwise, throw some stuff in the bed, and you are going to be nose high. Bad for steering geometry, etc.
 
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Old Jun 11, 2013 | 02:49 PM
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Originally Posted by dodge dude94
Carry loads often or is it a trailer/mud queen?


Well all I haul is my fourwheeler and pull a trailer once in a while.

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Go with air bags then. You can adjust rear height for the given load. Otherwise, throw some stuff in the bed, and you are going to be nose high. Bad for steering geometry, etc.
I don't want to spend that much just for something I can adjust though. I thought that 45 bucks for the aal was good and the block kit with ubolts is around 75.

Guess I could get the aal and throw a few cement blocks in my bed.
 
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