Our 2008, 3500 died and rather than pour more money into it, we bought a new 2014, 1500 Ram V8 with the 3.92 axle ratio so that we can tow our small 5000 lb bumper pull trailer. This truck is all decked out, and the dealer had added a leveling kit and really huge tires (got a really good deal on it). We hitched up the trailer and even though we are using a weight distributing hitch the trailer really goes down in the rear and we cannot realistically raise the ball more than it is. (I meant to say that that the truck goes down quite a bit.) The tongue weight of the trailer is less than 500 lbs. I am finally getting to my question- would adding an air suspension kit help out in this situation? Any other recommendations?

 

Bag it...

 

What would help the most if towing is your priority would be to go back to stock sized tires and ditch the leveling kit.

 

I was thinking that too when I posted, but I know how important lift is to some. I went with bags on my 3rd gen 1500 because a 4" suspension lift leveled the truck and 35" tires made it a bad tower. My equilizer was air bags, 4.56 gears and about 100 HP/ 100 TQ in mods, LOL...

 

Get the correct hitch setup for it. I tow a 6,000pound camper with 800 pounds of tongue weight and the rear of my truck still sits higher than the front. I have a Blue Ox weight distributing hitch on it.

If the rear of the trailer is too low, you need to lower the ball, not raise it as your post says

 

I messed up - the rear of the truck is rather low not the trailer. The front of the trailer is a bit low. We are using a Husky weight distributing hitch which is rated for a 1000 lb tongue weight. We don't want to raise the hitch ball any higher than we have because that would put the front trailer jack very high in order to get the ball under it.
The leveling kit is not something we would have put on but it is there. The tires are big, and they are brand new and are there.
The specs say that the truck should be able to tow over 10,000 lbs (yes, I do understand GCWR) but our trailer is only 5000 lbs loaded.
Will putting an air suspension kit on there help?

 

The bags will keep it from squatting and harshen up the ride. 5k is no big deal even without WD. I tow a boat that weighs that much, however the back of my truck sits 2-3" higher in the rear unloaded and when the trailer is attached you use up the soft progressive part of the spring. In your truck, that part of the spring will put you 2-3" below level. If the tires fit in the rear with the trailer on then just remove the leveling kit and they should still fit in the front.

Or bag it, which is fine but really a band aid for the problem that the person who installed the leveling kit caused.

 

yes, air bags would help. It seems to me that the WDH is not set up properly. The height of the truck really doesn't matter as long as you have the right shank and the WDH is set up correctly. If do put on air bags but do not set up the WDH right, the towing experience will be no fun.

 

I had the same problem but I was towing an 8,000 lb trailer. I bought air bags that sit inside the rear coil. I bought Airlift 1000 series bags on Amazon for $75, 2 days later and about an hour the bags were in. I run about 10 lbs at all times and 25 lbs when I hook up to that trailer. Rides better and sits level.

 

I think that we will go with the Airlift 1000. As far as I know we have the WDH set up properly. We have used one of these on two different trailers in the past and never had a problem towing. We will see what happens when we have the airbags installed.
Thanks for all the info.