Ok so I bought a 99 dodge ram for 1250 the only problem is that it doesn't run. well thats in a shop getting taken care of.... I hope.. my question is.. I'm going to be taking this truck into the woods to cut fire wood. The problems we've had with past trucks is that once it gets about half full of wood it wants to bottom out and doesn't ride very good down the highway. I was considering a lift kit. my idea is that if i lift the suspension oh say 3" that 3 more inches it has till it bottoms out. I want to stay practical here but what do you all think is that something that would work or do you have any other suggestions?

 

I think you could get the air bags for the rear. check on summit for them. The load capacity of the air bags is 2.5 tons so I doubt you would exceed that let alone want that much in the back. You could look into spring helpers. You could... add coil over shocks such as... let me look them up quick.

http://www.napaonline.com/MasterPage...djuster+-+Rear

Those are probably the easiest fix if you plan to use this as a fire wood truck only pretty much. I think these add 1/2 a ton (1000 lbs) capacity. These are for a 4wd. I dont know if your a 2wd or 4wd, but... yea. Double check for your application. For a low cost truck i'd choose these first. then throw on a spring helper if needed. Both wont give you much more of a rake, but keep you sitting pretty nice hopefully when loaded.

 

use these - they're great. less than $200, bolts on in 15 minutes. doesn't lift the truck. doesn't hurt the unloaded ride.
http://timbren.com/timbren-applicati...dodge-jeep.htm

 

its 4x4 so are these kinda like a leveling kit or what?

 

i used coil over shocks on a ford ranger once and they worked great.it was sagging in the rear from to many tools and it brought it right back up to level,with a little more load capacity to spare.

 

no, not a leveling kit. its a heavy duty rubber spring that sits in the place of the bump stop, but much longer. they install with a one inch gap between the timbren rubber spring and the frame. when you drive unloaded, you have a normal ride. when you load it up, you get one inch of normal sag, then the timbren spring touches the frame and it acts like a helper spring, teaming up with the normal leaf. i can pile the bed completely up with firewood and get very little rear sag.

 

where can you get these at?

 

I believe Timbren has a link on their site there where you can find the closest Timbren dealer, or you can call them and order direct.

 

http://timbren.com/timbren-applicati...dodge-jeep.htm
http://www.rockauto.com/dbphp/prt,140,DR1525H4
http://stengelbros.3dcartstores.com/...p_45-1136.html

 

or you can put 2wd 3/4 ton leaf springs in the rear and 4x4 3/4 ton coils in the front just a sugestion thats what i did