Ford Crew cabs w/7.3 Diesel
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02-08-2006, 11:25 AM
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Originally posted by: nedflanders
i know, i hear the exact same things, but i can't think of anyone with a dually that has them. I just haven't noticed a noticeable difference.
i know, i hear the exact same things, but i can't think of anyone with a dually that has them. I just haven't noticed a noticeable difference.
If the truck had ONLY airbags (like the big rigs, Class 8 trucks), then I could definately see it riding smoother than a leaf based suspension. Had a teachers aid who drove a Volvo around '89 (actually was crossing the Bay Bridge during the quake). Said it road like glass, loaded or not.
Are the bags installed so that they ever so slightly take a load off of the standard springs? Then I could see some ride quality, but even then it seems like would be still ride stiff, as the springs have a little further to go before they get bent to a softer spot.
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#9633
02-09-2006, 12:44 AM
Ford Crew cabs w/7.3 Diesel
Originally posted by: nedflanders
that's why I fold mine in half! [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]
Originally posted by: rescuediver
Anything bigger then 6" inches needs to be split
Anything bigger then 6" inches needs to be split
I am not going there[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img] LOL!
#9634
02-09-2006, 12:45 AM
Ford Crew cabs w/7.3 Diesel
Originally posted by: nedflanders
actually, they initially made the WRONG call on that one too!! I'm surprised that a$$hole ref overturned it, especially after he didn't overturn the non-TD by BR.
Originally posted by: rescuediver
LOL! I might agree with you on the ball placement[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img] IF, he had stretched his arms out in an attempt to get the yardage[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] But, NNOOOO!! he just tucked the ball in[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif[/img] That's why I didn't get TO upset when Hasselbeck fumbled the ball (on the call that they finally got right) At least he was fighting for the needed yardage.
LOL! I might agree with you on the ball placement[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img] IF, he had stretched his arms out in an attempt to get the yardage[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] But, NNOOOO!! he just tucked the ball in[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif[/img] That's why I didn't get TO upset when Hasselbeck fumbled the ball (on the call that they finally got right) At least he was fighting for the needed yardage.
#9635
02-09-2006, 12:46 AM
Ford Crew cabs w/7.3 Diesel
Originally posted by: nedflanders
i know, i hear the exact same things, but i can't think of anyone with a dually that has them. I just haven't noticed a noticeable difference.
Originally posted by: rescuediver
Your already pretty stout in the back end[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img] I meant to say the dually is already pretty stout in the back end[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img] LOL! You mean to tell me with all the toys stacked on the truck and trailer attached[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] You can't tell the difference[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/img] Everyone I know of that has air bags (and not the wife kind) loves them[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]
Your already pretty stout in the back end[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img] I meant to say the dually is already pretty stout in the back end[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img] LOL! You mean to tell me with all the toys stacked on the truck and trailer attached[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] You can't tell the difference[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/img] Everyone I know of that has air bags (and not the wife kind) loves them[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]
LOL!
#9636
02-09-2006, 12:48 AM
Ford Crew cabs w/7.3 Diesel
Originally posted by: BlackandRedWarrior
Is that a form of birth control? Like a reversible visectomy?
Originally posted by: Trasher
I tie it in a double knot
[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif[/img][img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img][img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-cool.gif[/img]
Originally posted by: nedflanders
that's why I fold mine in half! [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]
Originally posted by: rescuediver
Anything bigger then 6" inches needs to be split
Anything bigger then 6" inches needs to be split
I tie it in a double knot
[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif[/img][img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img][img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-cool.gif[/img]
#9637
02-09-2006, 12:56 AM
Ford Crew cabs w/7.3 Diesel
Originally posted by: BlackandRedWarrior
I've always wondered about the better ride with air bags, especially the way most smaller (relative, small being 3/4 & 1 ton) trucks have them as an auxillary to the main springs. I could seem them riding better than say an auxillay overload spring. The bag is softer and gives better than a spring, which then has to be retarded by the shocks.
If the truck had ONLY airbags (like the big rigs, Class 8 trucks), then I could definately see it riding smoother than a leaf based suspension. Had a teachers aid who drove a Volvo around '89 (actually was crossing the Bay Bridge during the quake). Said it road like glass, loaded or not.
Are the bags installed so that they ever so slightly take a load off of the standard springs? Then I could see some ride quality, but even then it seems like would be still ride stiff, as the springs have a little further to go before they get bent to a softer spot.
Originally posted by: nedflanders
i know, i hear the exact same things, but i can't think of anyone with a dually that has them. I just haven't noticed a noticeable difference.
i know, i hear the exact same things, but i can't think of anyone with a dually that has them. I just haven't noticed a noticeable difference.
If the truck had ONLY airbags (like the big rigs, Class 8 trucks), then I could definately see it riding smoother than a leaf based suspension. Had a teachers aid who drove a Volvo around '89 (actually was crossing the Bay Bridge during the quake). Said it road like glass, loaded or not.
Are the bags installed so that they ever so slightly take a load off of the standard springs? Then I could see some ride quality, but even then it seems like would be still ride stiff, as the springs have a little further to go before they get bent to a softer spot.
My limited mind[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif[/img] tells me[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img] the air bags help take the load off the springs, which keeps them from always flexing as they hit every bump on the road way. It also help remove the sag that the extra weight places on the truck.
This sag would be like the extra stuff that is in the way[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img] as you look at your folded over or double knot boyhood[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]
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02-09-2006, 01:21 AM
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I know that the bags hide the sagging (actually the overloading, but I won't go weight **** on you guys). It seems that if they took weight off of the standard springs (esp. unloaded) the ride would become harsher. Notice how the trucks feel smoother with a load in the back? I had to pick up a 4000A breaker last week which was about a 18" cube with 6 1.5"x4" solid copper bus bars (200-300lbs? total weight) sitting on the VERY back of the bed (just barely put it in the bed because it was a tiny fork lift) and the truck road like glass.
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#9640
02-09-2006, 04:11 AM