Looking to see someone who has installed these and can share install steps/difficulty along with pictures of install. I have a 29' TT that we will be towing around this summer. While it's not overly heavy on the tongue weight with bikes in the bed and firewood, etc. I don't want to have to worry about the truck riding low making the trailer not level when towing. Also where are you guys getting the bags from? they seem to be going online for around $200?

This is what I am looking at: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Air-L...Q5fAccessories

can you inflate the bags one at a time or are they linked together?
Where do you run the airline to inflate?

I did some searches and couldn't get any hits so if I missed something directing me back there would be great - just trying to find info!

 

Is this on a 1500? I'd be worried about exceeding capacity and having the air bags mask it.

 

Yes, it is a 1500. I don't plan on getting close to overloading. We're talking about the trailer with tongue weight, 3 bikes and a couple of bags of firewood. It just seems that the back of the truck goes up and down easily with little weight change. Looking to not have the trailer "nose diving"

 

To answer your specific question, though, the kits I've seen (and this is years ago), individually inflate each side.

The lines can run anywhere that is convenient for you where they are out of the way of being crunched and where the air lines won't get squashed. I've run mine into the gas filler cavity.

You can also get fancy and get an on-board inflator with in-cab gauges and inflate/deflate.

 

Are you using a weight-distributing hitch? I'd expect a 29' trailer to weigh about 7,000lbs which is 700-1,050lbs on the tongue. This is going to lift your front end, even with bags. A WD hitch "shifts" some of the tongue weight forward and locks the truck/trailer together which will reduce the sag.

A WD hitch on my 1500 raised the back end (reduced the sag) by about 2".

 

I've seen the air lines mounted to the licence plate where the screws would be on the top of the plate, then just put some crome caps on. Pretty accesable.

 

I just recently installed this kit on my 2008 Ram 1500 http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=300295061451

It was very easy. This unit mounts over the axle, unlike the Airlift i believe mounts to the leafspring. I have ONE nozzle to fill which distributes air evenly to the air bags.
The one thing I will warn you about. You must keep a min. of 5lbs of air in the bags at all times. This little amount of air does lift the back end up about 1". I put as little as possible because it does lift the back up some. Ride travel was pretty comfortable with anything under 15lbs. Starts to get bouncy when empty and on 15lbs, also ride height goes up about 2" when 20lbs is put in.

Overall install taking my sweet time was only 1hour. Unbolt and remove stock bumpers and bolt on the hardware. The brackets in my kit were all 1/4" thick zinc coated which I covered with undercoating once installed.

 

The trailer weights about 5500lbs, it's a Jayco ultralight that we originally purchased with the intent using our Grand Cherokee to pull. We do have a WD hitch so I don't think there is a lot of weight on the truck, it sits basically level with the trailer on with nothing in the bed. I'm only concerned that with the stuff in the bed the trailer won't be leveled correctly.

Dirtydog - Is there a reason you went with that kit over the Air-lift?

 

I wanted a kit that sat over the axle. That means all the weight is on top of the axle. Others like Airlift are sandwiched between the leafspring and the front of the frame in which needs to either be welded or drilled an bolted. The kit i bought used factory holes and no drilling or welding involved.

With the trailer and extra wight in the bed along with all occupants, I'm more than certain this will help you out. Now, have you hooked up to your trailer and put weight in the bed? I can put 400#'s directly over the axle before the truck starts to sag. I'm gonna guess 300#'s of tongue weight will do same thing. Any more and you'll sag. These air lift kits are just for that sorta problem.

The Arnott system i bought uses Goodyear bags, has one nozzle for filling and the 3way T for the split of air lines. I mounted my filler neck on the reciever back plate behind the pin. The bags are rated for 5k but I know i only have a 1/2 ton so caution is hand in hand with any airbag set-up. i just like tohe comfort of the extra tough bags.

 

That's cool no extra holes to drill means they can be removed. I need to put everything in the bed with the trailer loaded up. i've put the trailer behind the truck late last year but not really towed any distance it was only there for the winter cleanup. We used the Jeep all last year.