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My truck squats like a girl

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Old 06-05-2010 | 01:07 PM
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I have adjusted my weight bars and it helps a little but it still squats. When you say have it measured where would you take it to get it measured. Can most RV dealers do this? Even if I just put a half load of wood in the back it starts to squat much more than I would expect.
 
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Old 06-05-2010 | 04:30 PM
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I'll need to see pictures of both squatting before I can agree or disagree. Wait, how big of a girl are we talking about, my truck's got a really big backside.
 
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Old 06-05-2010 | 05:57 PM
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With 9 different spring loads for these trucks, I guess one will never know what the squat will be until you load it up. Neither of my trucks squat.
 
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Old 07-20-2010 | 11:29 PM
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i have a long trip comming up(first one with the ram)... and im bringin my quad, lets say its about 600 pounds.. when i load it in the box it will pretty much level the suspention and its saggy and bouncy over bumps n turns, how much air would you figure you would run with such a load in the box? or is the general idea to have 30 in there whenever u have a load on?
 
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Old 07-21-2010 | 12:00 PM
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I don't go by pressure really, i just fill until the truck sits about level or how it looks when empty but don't fill over 35 lbs which i think is the limit. You'll probably need around 20 lbs, just fill it until it looks right then see how it rides. If its too soft - add more, too hard - let some out.
 
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Old 07-21-2010 | 05:43 PM
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alright sounds good. thats what I figured anyway... gunna go test it out tonight
 
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Old 07-22-2010 | 10:12 AM
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Ordered the Air Lift 1000 bags. They are going in tonight. I will be towing the first week of August so I will post pics of truck with and without bags hooked up to my camper. Hopefully I have good results.
 
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Old 07-22-2010 | 06:29 PM
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I was just gonna ask the same thing "What kind of tounge weight are you running?" because I have a 4000 lb boat and the tounge weight is so minimal I can almost pick it up... the truck doesn't even look like it has anything on it either... I actually had to buy a 3&1/4" drop receiver because the 2" drop wasn't enough for my boat because it wasn't level...
 
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Old 07-23-2010 | 10:15 AM
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RV was in the shop and I asked them to let me know what my tongue weight is and they said 825. From what I have read it doesnt matter if your rv or boat weighs 4000 or 8000, it matters how much of that weight is distributed to the tongue. Typically my truck would start squatting when I loaded it with fire wood and then the camper would drop it below the front end. Going camping next weekend so I will have picks posted.
 
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Old 07-23-2010 | 01:49 PM
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I had the same squat problem with my tow hauler (26 ft) hooked to the truck. But installed the air lift 1000 bags and now everything is fine. I only had to add 15 psi to my bags to sit level
 


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