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There is no way for me to explain the stopping power of this rig when you need to stop quick - when you hit the pedal hard you feel like ( the truck and camper ) stops quicker then the truck does by itself. Side note - at 75 mph - using trailer brakes only I can stop the truck and camper faster using the integrated truck control manually ( again - trailer brakes only ) it will stop quicker then it would before with the stock drum brakes and the truck brakes together.

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I pulled it over 1100 miles back and forth to Elkart Indiana plus some driving around empty and I got 12.2 mpg going 72 to 78 mph on cruise control 95% of the time and I let the tranny do what it wanted to do ( the 8 speed tranny is amazing ) Then camper axle weigh of 9580 lbs plus pin weight of 1460 lbs = 11,040 Rear truck axle with camper 4600 lbs ( minus ) empty rear axle weight 3140 = ( gives you pin weight ) 1460 lbs

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With new suspension - Truck & camper with full fresh water 95 gallons, and water heater full 5 gallons Truck weight and camper weight with new suspension His story made me so happy I did what I did, This truck rides like an absolute dream.Īs soon as it's light out I wiil post a picture of this guys rig ( it's AWESOME ) !!! I have a feeling the pin box and the Hensley air ride hitch is taking all the energy and the truck never feels it and with 3900 lbs of pin weight his truck rides like it's empty because the camper doesn't put any energy into the truck springs. He said the camper rides so smooth it never moves when he hits something. Both brand new 2015 I would guess $250,000 minimum.

I said why are you here, he said the truck rides so ruff when he hits a bump that his wife can't take it. That's over $10,000 in goodies to make it ( feel better ). He has already bought the full MORryde independent suspension and dish brakes, he has the Hensley full air ride 5ver hitch, MORryde tubber isolator pin box. When I got to MORryde there was a guy here with a 2015 Chevy 1 Ton pulling a 41 foot Embasy Suites the trailer weighs 21,500 dry. Over the next 300 miles I fell in love with the feel of the smoothness and the float feel that goes with a ride that smooth. Then it all started to come together my eyes were getting use to the horizon moving around with the float of a 1/2 ton and my shoulders stated to loosen up and the truck started to feel heavy and I started to move the wheel with smoothness instead of tight jerky moves. I thought to myself how great it was to be in something that rides so smooth, but sad that it feels so floaty and insecure and I truly was thinking how I was going to get rid of it. His cab is on a air ride system and I think it might be a float feeling that was freaking me out.

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My truck driver buddy just drove thus truck the night before and he never said a word about this feel. So I slowed down to 65 for awhile and started thinking about this. The trucked pulled camper with ease at 75 to 80 mph but it didn't feel safe to me and my stomach was full of butterflies and I was tense. Then I started thinking maybe it was just the air ride. The first 200 to 300 miles I was thinking what the hell was I thinking to buy a 1/2 ton.

Great question- you are asking a guy that has pulled exclusively with a 2004 Ram 5.9 3500 Dually I am thinking these to adjustments will take a little more pin weight off the truck and the added length should reduce truck input to the camper and should make it feel even better ( thinking 1 inch ) I don't think I will have to move the fenders with such a small move. That being said I am going to have MORryde build my new pin box 4 inches longer made 5 and that should still be within the constrains of the Ram box.Īlso going to raise the camper 2 inches higher and slide the axles 1 to 1 -1/2 inches farther forward. Click to expand.I made very aggressive adjustments to the pin box and made it shorter then it needs to be.