borahshadow
I'm Awesome
- Joined
- Dec 4, 2010
- Messages
- 613
- Reaction score
- 23
I've got a 1/2 ton but I do tow things on occasion. That includes small utility trailers a horse trailer, and possibly a camping trailer.
I've never actually towed the camper with my truck that has always been the job of the NBS suburban with factory air ride suspension. But I can see the day when I might want to tow the camper and be able to put stuff in the truck bed that I couldn't load in the burb easily (think bikes, 4 wheeler, dirty stuff, etc) I have towed the horse trailer and it definitely squats the back end down lol. If it's fully loaded with horses again it's usually towed with the burb.
I'd like to be able to tow things better so I've had some interest in adding air bags to assist when loaded down whether that is with a trailer or a heavy load in the bed. Today when I was at the junk yard getting a bumper I noticed a gmt-400 tahoe that had some air springs on it. I asked the guy what they would charge for them and he told me about $75. I could probably barter down a little bit from that number. They didn't have any kind of controller that I could see just a valve that you could air up with an external compressor.
I'm seriously contemplating getting these. I don't tow all the time so airing them up manually is probably not a huge deal at the moment and I could add a compressor and controller later down the road I'd think.
My main concern is if these springs might have taken any hurt sitting deflated out in the sun,wind,snow,rain,heat,etc for who knows how long. To be clear they weren't squished. They were attached to the frame but the bottom had been detached since (if I remember right) they had pulled the rear axle so they were just hanging from the frame.
Thoughts?
I've never actually towed the camper with my truck that has always been the job of the NBS suburban with factory air ride suspension. But I can see the day when I might want to tow the camper and be able to put stuff in the truck bed that I couldn't load in the burb easily (think bikes, 4 wheeler, dirty stuff, etc) I have towed the horse trailer and it definitely squats the back end down lol. If it's fully loaded with horses again it's usually towed with the burb.
I'd like to be able to tow things better so I've had some interest in adding air bags to assist when loaded down whether that is with a trailer or a heavy load in the bed. Today when I was at the junk yard getting a bumper I noticed a gmt-400 tahoe that had some air springs on it. I asked the guy what they would charge for them and he told me about $75. I could probably barter down a little bit from that number. They didn't have any kind of controller that I could see just a valve that you could air up with an external compressor.
I'm seriously contemplating getting these. I don't tow all the time so airing them up manually is probably not a huge deal at the moment and I could add a compressor and controller later down the road I'd think.
My main concern is if these springs might have taken any hurt sitting deflated out in the sun,wind,snow,rain,heat,etc for who knows how long. To be clear they weren't squished. They were attached to the frame but the bottom had been detached since (if I remember right) they had pulled the rear axle so they were just hanging from the frame.
Thoughts?