Camper Shell...Heavy help

If you are looking for no maintenance and trouble free, I would however get an aal, I have to check my pressure every month or so, and it does fluctuate constantly. I may have a leak tho also, I haven't cared too much to investigate tho.

 

Airbags are great if you dont off road. I got rid of mine because they limited flex. And i worried about ripping them apart when the rear was at full flex.plus the constant keeping the air at rite pressure was getting old. I had a small leak on both sides . If you wheel get a new leaf pack that can handle the weight if not go with what kind of driving you do. I loved they way the firestones rode on the street or when you need more weight you just add air.

 

Thanks for the info everyone. I'll check these options out. I'm not 4x4 so I'm not off in tough spots too much, except a few times I push my luck in the fall chasing deer.

 

If you are thinking of full pack replacement look into the General leaf springs. They make a stock height replacement and a heavy duty one that will give you around an 1 1/2 in of lift or so . But with the weight of the shell it will level out to stock height. I have the same dilemma about getting a shell. Just my .02 cents.

 

I had the 550's. They helped a little, but my pre-TSB leaf springs were still flattened and trending towards being being bent upside down. I have an ARE MX (the high topper shell). DCLB, btw.

I only had them on for a couple months before I upgraded to the OMETACO5LK. Huge difference. Much firmer ride and it cured the excessive body roll going around corners.

 

Go with the airbags. I run them with a self leveling system. Means I don't have to adjust air pressure for different loads. It will fill/deflate as needed to keep the height I set it at originally. Works great with no load and well worth it when I have a heavy load such as when I moved with my Matco 2 bay in the bed and car on my double axle trailer.

 

Thread jack: where did you get that auto leveling system?