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Old Jun 23, 2008 | 05:49 PM
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From: Ft Scott
Originally Posted by foxracing0934
Is it a lot stiffer now?
I used to think it rode good, until I left Arizona and moved back here with all the potholes and poor roads.

TuffCountry calls it their EZ Ride suspension, it has more leaves but with a softer spring rate. The original lift rode a lot better that the TTB springs that were sagging and hitting the bumpstops. F250 springs have a higher springrate than F350's so I removed 2 to level the truck and soften it up a bit when I did the 60. But I killed the ride when I did poly spring/shackle bushing and cab mounts. Now it rides worse than some Macks I've driven.
 
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Old Jun 23, 2008 | 05:53 PM
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haha, that stinks. Well it looks good atleast, i like the dual shock absobers and the air bags. Now do those bags take the place of the springs or are they like the firestone helpers?
 
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Old Jun 23, 2008 | 06:36 PM
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BlueMoon, thats a nice looking truck. I love that color of blue on these older girls. The smoke picture looks good!
 
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Old Jun 23, 2008 | 08:01 PM
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Originally Posted by foxracing0934
haha, that stinks. Well it looks good atleast, i like the dual shock absobers and the air bags. Now do those bags take the place of the springs or are they like the firestone helpers?
The air bags are made by AirLift but they are like the Firestones, just helpers. I've had several different slide in campers in the back and they helped to minimize the sway. The shock mounts are just two stock mounts welded together then I redrilled the frame mounting holes to center them over the axle.

Originally Posted by FARM69
BlueMoon, thats a nice looking truck. I love that color of blue on these older girls. The smoke picture looks good!
That's an older picture with stage I's and "clean burning biodiesel"
Now with hybrids, air, oil and fuel I can black out all the lanes on the freeway.
 
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