Can a Super Duty ever ride like an F-150 unloaded?
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Can a Super Duty ever ride like an F-150 unloaded?
Looking at F-250/350s for towing a 10,000 lb travel trailer & other farm related things but daily driving on highways & gravel roads in Manitoba. Test drove a 2022 F-350 that rode very stiff — was advised to drop tire pressure which helped some. Curious whether with the right springs, shocks, and tire pressure an F-250 or F-350 can approach F-150 Tremor ride quality unloaded, or whether that's just not realistic given the heavier suspension design especially the heavier F-350 front. Also seen mentions of Sulastic shackles and Carli/Deaver progressive leaf springs as options — has anyone gone that route specifically for daily ride improvement rather than lift or off-road use? Interested in real world experience, not just theoretical — particularly from anyone who dailies their SD without a load most of the time. Lastly, does it make any difference between 2017, 2019, 2022, F-250 or F-350 when softening the ride?
Cargo Master
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nope F150 will always ride better because of IFS. I have had both SD's and F150 for years. I can take both on a gravel road next to our property in CO and the SD will beat the stuffing out of you. Then take it in the F150 and it's a completely different ride. The road in front of our house has shifted and has large ridges and imperfections. Hit it with the F350 and you will be thrown around. Believe it or not the F150 handles it better than our Escape. Going up the 800' gravel road to our house, let go of the steering wheel on each truck. The F350 wheel jumps all around. F150 way better.
After going back and forth between both trucks I finally decided to have both. The F350 is 90% used for towing, the F150 is for everything else that you just need a pickup bed for.
BTW on the F350 I run 65 up front and 75 rear when not towing. Still rides rough. I think my '20 SD does ride better than my previous SD's because they softened up the springs that year but still nothing like a F150.
Also make sure your F350 doesn't have the heavy duty front springs.
After going back and forth between both trucks I finally decided to have both. The F350 is 90% used for towing, the F150 is for everything else that you just need a pickup bed for.
BTW on the F350 I run 65 up front and 75 rear when not towing. Still rides rough. I think my '20 SD does ride better than my previous SD's because they softened up the springs that year but still nothing like a F150.
Also make sure your F350 doesn't have the heavy duty front springs.
5th Wheeling
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I run 47 psi in the front ant 44 psi in the rear. Unloaded and not hooked to a trailer or heavy load in the box. It will not ride like a 150 but is very respectable with those pressures. Forscan will eliminate the TPS warning.
Mine is a 2020 F250 XLT 6.7L. I'm unloaded 95% of the time so adjusting pressures in not a hassle for me.
Mine is a 2020 F250 XLT 6.7L. I'm unloaded 95% of the time so adjusting pressures in not a hassle for me.
Cargo Master
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My truck (in sig.) rides better than an F-150 in my opinion, 35" tires @45 psi, Fox 2.0 shocks.........rides like a dream and it gets a lot of compliments about the ride. I have ridden many F-150's and I know the difference.
Tuned
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Yes....when one of the OEM's decides to do a all new "clean sheet design" for their 3/4 to 1 ton trucks.
Independent air adjustable suspension, coils, on all four corners. They could likely command an extra 25k in pricing IMO.
Independent air adjustable suspension, coils, on all four corners. They could likely command an extra 25k in pricing IMO.
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