got a freebe of red zigzag patio bricks from a neighbor, so tore them up last night and hauled them home. Truck didnt even feel like i was loaded up but the rear end sure sagged. Was thinkin bout investing in some airbag overload units in the rear now... i wanna be able to carry alot and not have my truck hanging like that all the time. Anyone use these before?

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maybe you should have bought a 3/4 ton?

How much weight did you put back there?

 

couldnt afford the CTD at the time so the half ton has to do, not sure what them patio stones weigh but i had around 450 bricks in there. It was a nice load

 

Airbags are great ! I had them on my last truck and need to put them on my new one. The last ones I had automatically sensed the additional weight and would add the air automatically as needed. Makes a nicer ride without the load too.

 

The standard payload is about 1200lbs for a QuadCab. Some of the airbags claim they can increase the payload amount up to about 5000lbs total. Seems high to me ,but you get the point, you can carry a lot more without the rear end dragging.

 

ya my cousin has airbags on his chevy where u just blow them up with an air compressor and away you go, works pretty slick, i bet i had way more then 1200 lbs in there haha

 

It sure looked like it. I have seen both systems at work and they both do well. The benefit of an automatic system is if you are not planning to pick up something heavy ,but then you need/want to. You always have the air. Then we can start making jokes about being full of hot air. Air is good

 

when I had my 1500 I had took a one time deal delivering phone books, I had two pallets in the bed of my truck, ran strong but so much weight the tires looked half inflated. I have since traded tot he 2500 ctd. I want airbags on this jsut to get a smoother ride.

 

well i took one of them bricks last night and weighed it on my bathroom scale just cause i was curious haha, one brick weighd in at about 7 lbs and i had about 450 full non brocken bricks plus the brocken ones, so i figure i had about 3000 lbs in there haha

 

I had the firestone air bags on a 96 GMC 1500. They do everything they say they do.Awesome!