AZ BS Thread 4.2⁰

Anyone put helper air bags on their truck for towing a trailer? Looks like the bags run about $110 on Amazon. What is a reasonable price to get them installed?

$106 Air Lift 1000 Air Suspension Kit 60809

https://smile.amazon.com/LIFT-60809...&pd_rd_r=d63589fc-bdd7-433d-ae65-890aec3c5f6d

 

If the weight of the trailer you're towing remains fairly consistent, a weight distributing hitch will be loads better than airbags. They work by taking some of the tongue weight of the trailer and putting it on the front axle. Depending on the hitch, they also provide sway control. I use this one when towing my tacoma and it's pretty amazing. Once I set it up correctly, it dropped the front AND rear of the tundra 1/2" vs just the ass squatting about 2”-3”

$610 CURT 17500 TruTrack Weight Distribution Hitch with Sway Control, Up to 10K, 2-In Shank, 2-5/16" Ball, Black

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00O46ZO02?ie=UTF8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBZu39pQ8Gg

 

I installed ride rite airbags on mine recently. Due to the tongue configuration on my aluma trailer, a distribution hitch would not work (they have to be a-frames or WDH do not work).

Install was about an hour and a half for both sides. Easy to do.

 

Spotted @snowsk8air2 parked at the Chocolate Thunder lot for EMC qualifying on the live stream.. lol

 

Thought I saw that!

 

We'll be out there starting tomorrow till Sunday!

 

Wish I could go! Thought about heading out Friday morning and staying a night or 2 but just have too much going on right now and just found out I'm going to Costa Rica this summer. Gotta save some duckets! I'll get there some year.

 

@prise was debating rolling out Friday afternoon/evening as well depending on work.. You'd have a place to stay too... just sayin.. lol

 

The weight on the front is pretty consistent. We have been towing with your 4Runner. Just see the picture to see what it is doing with our hiker-trailer.

 

Appreciate that! Hmmmmm..... might have to just say fawk it and roll out! I'll just sleep in the Ford!

 

I might have to try this. I don’t think weight distribution would work since I’m using a coupler instead of a hitch.

 

I was just thinking the same, doesn’t look like a WDH would work for you unfortunately.

 

keep me posted if you do roll out. Service is spotty at best.. so I'll do what I can to keep checking.

 

Good deal brotha

 

Peanut gallery time, I readily accept I may get roasted for this, but... just gauging it. I'm still a noob when it comes to wheeling, alone vs group and when to say "find a different way."

Came across this:


Having been through here before when it was "dry" (muddy but no standing water) I know that's way deeper than it looks, and also those side banks have eroded and are soft. The right hand side of the puddle has widened by about 2-3 feet since we've been getting rain.
I found a different path a few miles up the road.

Would you have attempted crossing alone in a daily driven, non-lifted 'yota? I kinda thought 50/50... momentum would've carried me through it but probably dragged my front bumper. Slower I risk getting stuck and there's no recovery points and I'm alone.

If I was with people, I'd have sent it. Worst case it's not hard to get pulled out by a buddy.

 

A wise decision my friend.

 

Discretion is the better part of valor...oh, and fuck mud

 

If there’s any risk of getting stuck and there’s no readily accessible way to self recover, never attempt alone. Better to play it cautious than deal with a headache.

 

If it was the only way to get to where I was going, and I would otherwise have to turn tail and go home,
Maybe, with other vehicles out there.

By myself, screw mud, Im not in high school any more

 

yup, woulda went around solely because I truly despise mud like others have said. I've had my fun with it.. Now, I avoid it anytime I come across it.

Unless that was the way to camp and I was with the Homies...