Thinking of buying a new 2005, 2 wheel drive XLT 150. Is there a kit that lowers the back end of the truck to make it level with the front? No this is not a work truck so I will no be loading it down.

 

yup...you can buy a set of 2" drop rear shackles for about $50 all over the net. Ebay and performance suspension have them. I bought mine from Performance Suspension.

 

Biggziff, how do you like them now that you have had them a while?
Chris

 

No problems, Chris. No squeaks or rattles which were my first concern. I had to drop the rear to be able to get my fifth wheel camper to fit with enough clearance between the bed rails and the bottom of the fiver. I can tell it's a little lower in the rear..almost level..but no one else even noticed.

 

You are pulling a fiver? Reason I ask is I am helping a lady find a truck to pull a two horse trailer. Aluminum, dual axle. She's using a Tekonsha Voyger controller in the Jeep she is using right now.

So is your F-150 pulling the fiver OK? Any tips on where to put the controller? How's the pep on steep grades?
Thanks
Chris

 

Pulled it home today. I have some serious hills near my home (I live on top of a mountain/very large hill) On the steepest hill (35% grade or better...2.5 miles) I was able to maintain 45 mph without any problems. My fiver weighs about 4550-5000 pounds empty (27')

I bought the Tekonsha Prodigy after reading about 1000 posts on www.rv.net on this subject. It came down to the Prodigy, The Jordan or the BrakeSmart. I got the Prodigy for $93 shipped to my door. Install (my truck has the factory trailer tow package) was about 15 minutes. Install the relay, wire up the harness provided from the factory to the Prodigy's pigtail (I didn't spend the $14 for the "custom" wiring from Tekonsha) and I was done. I mounted the sleeve that the Prodigy slips into right in front of my left knee with 2 provided self tapping screw..no drilling. Took 10 seconds to "tune" the controller before I left the hitch place this morning and it works great. No jerking, very smooth braking action. These computer controllers with the decelerometers are very slick little devices.

 

Thank you. This info will be coming in very handy soon.
Saved me a bunch of reaserch.
Chris

 

I'll second that!

Getting a horse trailer here soon and will need that Prodigy!

 

It works like a dream.

I almost bought the Jordan unit http://www.jordanbrake.com/. It has a cable that runs to the brake pedal to give true proportional stopping, but....that cable looked to me to be just one more thing to have to adjust, break, etc. I read a few posts where people didn't like the Jordan and I found none where anyone talked down the Prodigy. I like electronics and anything with a decelerometer is just plain kewl...

 

I got mine from Summit racing for $44 free shipping and it takes about 30 minutes to do it yourself. I have an 04 screw but shouldn't be much difference. The only problem I had was the ribs on the bed underneath prevented me from going to the last hole on the shackles, didn't want to do any grinding. Hope this helps.
Thatex