Washboard Roads

And hey, you're local! Might be in touch with you. Nice video. Liked/subscribed/followed.

 

Good info and good points. Load along with longevity and heat as Ryan pointed out in his video are all fine points as well.

 

What load range are your tires?

 

Unfortunately C, but hey, they were included with the truck so I can't complain. I realize C's are supposed to be more comfortable.

 

The cheapskate side of me wants to try the 2.0's since the truck is stock weight on the front (no bumper, winch, just the oem skid, and a fairly thing trans skid, though I do have sliders). All the weight is in the bed. Not sure how much of a bearing that might have on the front suspension.

 

the thing i love about the 2.0's for me is they match the truck... or so 'yota has said. the TRD Pro kit was tuned for the OE truck. i can tell. the match is perfect.

but if i was doing anything at all in the future that was heading out of stock territory regarding weight, i'd go for the 2.5's and hope to be able to tune them about as good as the 2.0's. so, if i was in your shoes i'd go for the 2.5's personally.

 

Do your self a favor and spend the money if your constantly on those types of roads. With my job, I spend quality time on washboard, pothole, rutted up logging roads (210 miles this week). For years I would throw your basic "off road shock" on and call it good. This time I went with King's 2.5 that have been valved to where and how I drive. It took me the better part of four months to talk my self into them, but it was definitely worth it. That being said if I was mostly on pavement with the occasional weekend worrier run then I can't really recommend the King's due to cost This is just my opinion and I sure others would disagree.

Just for reference my speeds are under 40 mph. Speed limit on most tree farms is 30 or 35 and I've been stopped for 2 over. I also don't air down unless the roads are really, really bad. I'm not going to stop every day to air down and air back up.

 

Not having to mess with tire pressure would almost be worth it in itself, what a pain in the ass.

 

Yeah, the last thing I want to do is stop on my way home and spend ten minutes putting air in my tiers. Also I didn't get the compression adjusters. Kind of the same thing with airing down. I'm not going to stop every day to mess with them.

 

I had the same problem you had OP. I was running 5100s all around ran it for 6 months and wasn't happy with the ride quality off-road I found it stiff and not forgiving. So I went to a 2.5 fox setup with remote reservoirs for the front and fox 2.0 with remote reservoirs for the back. First thing I found was ride more compliant off-road and not worrying about washboard or really anything. Also don't do air bags if your worried about ride quality I would look at a set of Timbern bumpstops or something of that nature.

 

Lots of info here...remove swaybar an report back. Helped me out a lot an I have coilvers made a YUGE difference on washboard stuff.

 

This is good advice, except the timbren part. Timbrens are horrible, they don't let the suspension compress. People use them as a bandaid for bad shock tuning.

 

What do you like for rear springs? I hear the AAL's are kind of a shitty solution. I also hear the factory springs loaded past a couple of hundred pounds are somewhat of a weak spot off road.

 

Popular choices are dakar or all pro, I run icon 3 leaf aal works fine for my setup but any real weight an it’ll sag.

 

People go through five different suspensions, five different trucks, and still keep searching. Good luck if you can find one to stay with.

 

I've got a great suspension under my Jeep but airing down is still the key. Washboards on the way to trailheads really suck but coming back to the pavement, while aired down, is night and day better. The difference is also very noticeable with my load range C Duratracs and stock OR suspension on long washboard stretches. 30 lbs beats the truck to death but going down to 12 lbs makes a world of difference. A good portable compressor that fills tires quickly will cost less than $300. High zoot Fox, King, and Icon setups will cost many multiples of that $300.

 

In my original post, I've tried going down as low as 15psi. I was just commenting it's a pain in the ass, I still do it, just bitching about it.

 

King is a better shock then the fox, you get what you pay for and the build quality for the King is also better than the fox.

 

Just doesn't sound like he is interested in changing leaf packs for load handling.

 

That's what I've heard for years, but reading *TRD*/AccuTune's article's on the disassembly and comparison of both, I'm beginning to think the opposite is the case....

http://accutuneoffroad.com/articles/fox-vs-king-2-0-coilover-shock-comparison/