You're exactly right, but there are some air bags designed to be Coil Spring replacements, and that's what I want to find.
Semi-trucks run on air bags attached to the End of the leaf springs so the bags are actually supporting the full weight of the truck. If there are some that strong then there has to be some strong enough to work in place of our coils and be stronger than the OEM air shocks.
If you go with the firstone coil helper bags and put 30lbs air in them you may still have some sag but I doubt you will bottom out (unless your tongue weight exceeds 1,000lbs).. They run about $85 and can be installed in an hour.. PM me if you have any questions about them.
Ok, so I have access to some heavy duty portable scales. I just got done checking the tongue weight and the darn thing said it was at 2100 lbs...OMG!!! Is that right?
Whoa!!!! That's waaay too much if it's acurate. When you weigh, make sure the trailer is mostly level and not angled nose down. If that is right, you'll have to find a way lighten it up about 1,000-lbs by loading more weight behind the trailer axle or something. Just be sure to keep the front 10% heavier than the rear is w/o exceeding 1,000-lbs tongue weight. In all honesty, I think 1,000-lbs is still a bit too much but it's better than 2,000 lbs.
The problem is that I'm moving, and the trailer axles are more towards the rear than the front. This is a problem because I'm planing on utilizing the entire space.
Last edited by !bluebear08!; 09-04-2009 at 06:06 PM.
I think that I'm going to have to load the trailer from the back to the front. I have an ATV and a Sports Bike. Looks like I'll put those to the front of the trailer. What do you guys think?
I called them and they said that these bags take the place of the Coil springs. What do you think? Oh, and the leveling capacity of these babies are 2500lbs each.
Last edited by !bluebear08!; 09-05-2009 at 04:03 PM.
The question is after you unload your trailer is your truck gona be taller in the back by 2"?
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That's waaay too much if it's acurate. When you weigh, make sure the trailer is mostly level and not angled nose down. If that is right, you'll have to find a way lighten it up about 1,000-lbs by loading more weight behind the trailer axle or something. Just be sure to keep the front 10% heavier than the rear is w/o exceeding 1,000-lbs tongue weight. In all honesty, I think 1,000-lbs is still a bit too much but it's better than 2,000 lbs.
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