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04-14-2010, 02:24 PM #11Senior Member
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2008 Outback V - Sold but never forgotten.
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04-14-2010, 03:54 PM #12
I'm guilty as charged. I did put inflatable air bags inside the rear coil springs of my previous tow vehicle - a 1995 Jeep Grand Cherokee - out the bags would only last one season and would develop cracks in them. I sent them back and they sent me new ones but I would have to go thru the hassle of installing them again (quite a job). This happened three years in a row.
My current tow vehicle is a 2000 Dodge Durango and sad to say, I have not done anything to it and I look like I am going pertually uphill when my boat is attached. So what does everyone recommend I go with as far as a reliable set up without spending a ton of $$? Air shocks?
Thanks,
AlAl
2006 Mobius LSV
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04-14-2010, 04:00 PM #13
Al go with bags from Air Lift Suspensions, they are rock solid and do the job perfectly. In fact i do believe that's what Mike got as well based on my recommendation. When i bought last year i found them with the single inside gauge and compressor for around $200 total and they're not hard to install as you have a leaf rear suspension.
I feel for that Durango btw! My wife has an '03 and the poor thing squated so bad towing the old boat (which was lighter) that i went out and bought the truck. But then hers has the 4.7L V8 and it worked too hard for my likeing.2007 Mobius LSV
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04-14-2010, 04:11 PM #14Banned
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I know I will probably catch some flak for this, but I am a firm believer in having a full size tow vehicle for a full size boat. I will admit that when I first bought my boat, I was towing it with a Ford Ranger, however, I did swap out the rear leaf springs for some heavier duty ones which helped with the squatting. After about a year of that, I wised up and bought a F150.
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04-19-2010, 02:45 PM #15
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04-19-2010, 02:52 PM #16
Air shocks will do the job Al but here's why I don't recommend them. One, regardless of what any shock mfgr says they will not properly support the ame load air bags will. Second, they will on some vehicles cause the rear end to hop and become very harsh as the shocks are generally not the best on valving. Three they are notorius for blowing air lines at the seemingly most inoportune moments.
If you want to keep cost down then just get the bags without the compressor and and manually fill.2007 Mobius LSV
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04-19-2010, 10:33 PM #17
Got my air bags installed Sunday morning before we picked up the boat. I didnt get all the on board stuff done. Just the bags and cut a couple short lines to manualy fill them till i can get the on board stuff done.
WOW what a difference. I dropped Fierah on the truck, she squatted about 5 inches like normal. Hit the air and up Big Blue went. 50psi and she was level and rode like there was no boat on the back of her.Malo <--- Means--Evil or Mean One. This explains a lot.
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04-19-2010, 10:40 PM #18Senior Member
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I love my VW Touareg with the air suspension. I hooked the boat up to her saturday, put her suspension setting in auto (I usually drive it in sport mode, lowered) and when I cranked her up she jacked up her little rear end and front end till everything was level!
She also comes with an air line under the rear seat and a fitting to attach it to just in under the front seat. If we need to fill a tube for Wolfeman or Kaneboats I just hook it up, crank it up and fill up their tubes!
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04-19-2010, 11:34 PM #19
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04-20-2010, 12:30 AM #20