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Jan 6, 2022 | 10:11 AM

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Hickeyjones

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From: Grantsville, Utah

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Originally Posted by DaveZX

The only time in my life I saw a truck bounce front tires off the road is a guy was hauling rocks in his 1956 Ford F-1, loaded so heavy that the rear might drag on a mild bump.

I've hit some horrible bumps in 40,000 miles towing, but nothing coming close to the front bounce described.

My tires aren't coming off the ground. I apologize if I've communicated it in such a way that leads others to think that. When the front tires skid and the ABS activates, it's partly because of the road surface and it's just momentary, enough that you can tell that the front end has unloaded some weight.

Jan 6, 2022 | 10:18 AM

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philips

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Originally Posted by Hickeyjones

The suspension just doesn't handle it as well from what I've seen so far. 5k in the dump trailer squats the back of this F-350 quite a bit, and the overloads are a couple inches away from the contact pads still.

This bothers me too, I added these, verdict is still out.

My F350SRW sits far too level from factory as well, wish Ford would have kept the taller rear axle blocks in place.

Jan 6, 2022 | 10:21 AM

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Hickeyjones

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Originally Posted by acadianbob

That's interesting because my SCSB 7.3 F350 has 4,800 front springs; camper package only.

That is surprising. I wouldn't have expected that much gap between the two trucks.

Jan 6, 2022 | 10:24 AM

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Hickeyjones

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Originally Posted by philips

This bothers me too, I added these, verdict is still out.

My F350SRW sits far too level from factory as well, wish Ford would have kept the taller rear axle blocks in place.

I've considered something like that. I've seen one company selling something similar for about $350. Where did you get those? I image that affects your empty ride some.

Jan 6, 2022 | 10:52 AM

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philips

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Originally Posted by Hickeyjones

I've considered something like that. I've seen one company selling something similar for about $350. Where did you get those? I image that affects your empty ride some.

$69 from Amazon, price includes all 8, plus tax, plus the fender washers and nylon lock nuts I used. Energy suspension 9.9136G. When riding no load in bed they do not appear to touch the springs, unless I fly over an elevated rail road track for some dumb reason. When I hook up a 8000-1000# trailer they are compressed on the spring. Verdict is still out, not sure if I am getting rebound from them, or just the natural loading/unloading of the spring pack. They do keep truck more level when a heavy tongue weight is applied.

Edit, you cannot tell from pic, but I used 2 per hanger, 4 per side, 8 total.

Jan 6, 2022 | 11:30 AM

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Hickeyjones

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Originally Posted by philips

Thank you very much for that.

Feb 6, 2022 | 07:15 PM

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ABGasGuy

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Originally Posted by crewzer

Ford’s specs indicate the 7.3 weighs ~30-40 lbs. more than the 6.2; see chart below.

HTH,
Jim / crewzer

Hi, Crewzer. I've enjoyed following your stuff in the TC forum. Thanks for your contributions. I'm probably going to regret asking this, but what the heck does the "ORV" stand for in the above chart, and why does it diminish max. payloads?