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Air lift seems to be the most popular. Firestone and PAC Brake are good. There are some others. Had Air Lift on my 2016 and put PAC Brake on my 2023. No issues with either. I kept it simple and manually adjust as needed.
I've had good luck with AirLift bags, but have no experience with any other brands. I've also had Timbrens and Sumo Springs on previous trucks. My current AirLifts are the LoadLifter 5000 without the internal jounce. I have about 2800lbs of pin weight and only really added bags to my '24 to level a bit. Probably would have been good without them though.
I don't personally know if there is an 'auto level' system on the market that isn't really pricey.
I missed the auto level part of the original post. Agree that this would be a spendy requirement if its even available. I personally just use a 20v Dewalt compressor to air up.
I keep this cheap air pump in the truck/rv. Its good for anything under 80 or 100 PSI. Once you get into the higher pressures it takes more time to fill. With airbags you don't need lots of volume so it works well. Set the pressure and let the pump do the fill. I've used on tires and bags.
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Tire Inflator Air Compressor Compatible with DeWalt 20v Max Battery Power,160PSI Cordless Portable Electric Air Pump with Digital Pressure Gauge for Car Motorcycles Bike Sport Ball Auto(no battery)
I keep this cheap air pump in the truck/rv. Its good for anything under 80 or 100 PSI. Once you get into the higher pressures it takes more time to fill. With airbags you don't need lots of volume so it works well. Set the pressure and let the pump do the fill. I've used on tires and bags.
EDIT: Link doesn't seem to work. Search Amazon for
Tire Inflator Air Compressor Compatible with DeWalt 20v Max Battery Power,160PSI Cordless Portable Electric Air Pump with Digital Pressure Gauge for Car Motorcycles Bike Sport Ball Auto(no battery)
I have something similar, all my power tools are Ryobi so I have the Ryobi high-pressure inflator, I think it'll go up to 120? Maybe higher I don't remember now. It takes some time to fill a truck tire but would fill air bags pretty quickly. I haul it with me on road trips just in case.
If you use your truck a lot skip the hassle of manual filling.
the first reason is the bags will naturally lose pressure every so often. You’re not just going to put air in and it stays there for the duration of say a long trip. Or over the course of a week. So you’ll always be checking etc.
also when you hitch & unhitch (or load the bed up) you’ll be wanting to change pressure. I tried the manual option and ended up adding the airlift compressor kit with remote. You set the pressure and it stays there. It’ll even top off or release a little air automatically when it sees it’s had a change in pressure that wasn’t requested.
overall if you invest in air just get the compressor w/ remote kit and you’ll be happier.
I have an airlift 7500xl kit on my truck now and their wireless remote kit and couldn’t be happier.
But one other brand I would say I’m interested in giving a try next time is the ReadyAir Logiq kit. It comes pre-assembled and uses dual bags. Supposed to give a nicer ride and i think it looks like a nice kit too. Definitely worth looking into IMO
I guess the question I did not see asked is what is the pin weight you have or expect? I have a 2018 F350 and until last year towed a 36’ foot fiver with a 1900 lb pin weight (I now have a 31’). No issues and sat nice and flat. I have one friend with an F350 and a 39’ fifth wheel and put in Timbrens which worked fine. My brother in-law put in airbags with his 250/35 footer and was constantly filling them traveling. So the gating factor I think comes back to pin weight of what you have or plan on towing. If a heavy unit you may have to go air. I say, if you can, hook it up and see what it looks like and then make your decision.
If you have to add air constantly between setting the pressure, you have a leak. Once I set my pressure, for either towing or not towing, I have never needed to add air. And I can go months between towing.
If you have to add air constantly between setting the pressure, you have a leak. Once I set my pressure, for either towing or not towing, I have never needed to add air. And I can go months between towing.
My brotha I’m not arguing with you if you’re happy with you setup then rock on but I’ve tried both ways and there’s a clear winner when it comes to the two
having to do manual fill ups and air downs stinks compared to having an automatic setup.
plus you don’t have to buy the most expensive compressor kit. You can actually get their older model pretty cheap. And if you use your truck enough it’s a no brainer to save yourself the hassle.
There is always getting a RAM with factory auto leveling air suspension. Had bags on the 450, never used them, truck was level without them. Have to wait and see how the 350 DRW is with the 5th wheel, but considering a previous F350 SRW with RAS was level, I doubt the DRW will need them. RAS is a much less expensive route than airbags and never need to touch them once installed
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