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Jan 2, 2009 | 10:27 AM

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rbaker6336

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I ran airbags on the lift axles on my tri-axle dumps with 1/2 million miles on several of them so the bags would have been flat 1/4 million miles on each truck and never replaced an airbag

Jan 2, 2009 | 10:30 AM

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Powerstrokedlariat

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Interesting, I wonder why they tell you to keep them at 5 then?? Now you've got me curious...

Jan 2, 2009 | 12:23 PM

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Tecman

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Originally Posted by rbaker6336

I ran airbags on the lift axles on my tri-axle dumps with 1/2 million miles on several of them so the bags would have been flat 1/4 million miles on each truck and never replaced an airbag

Thats a different setup though. Thats a full air ride system, these are just add a leafs basically. The reason they say to keep a min of 5 psi in the bags is so that when you hit a bump, the bag doesnt compress so hard that it will damage the fitting inside or the top and bottom endcaps which are just secured with metal straps.

There is a little bumpstop in the bag for some protection.

Jan 2, 2009 | 01:22 PM

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rbaker6336

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no it is not an air ride suspension,but if the bags are installed correctly they will never bottom out,

but actually for smoothest ride the bags should have a little air in them

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