truck bounce

[jsm]

06' 350 CCLB Auto- Driving down the interstate and the truck will start to bounce(unloaded). Asphalt pavement is a much smoother ride. I have read of an air ride system...Kelleman? Any opions? I don't want to sacrifice load capacity, but would love a softer ride unloaded.

[nsrchofpwr]

welcome to the org. is the truck a dually or single rear wheel?

[Dave]

How much air is in the tires? are they maybe overinflated?
Kelderman is a nice kit if you have 10k to throw around

[dhanna6powerstroke]

Originally Posted by jsm

06' 350 CCLB Auto- Driving down the interstate and the truck will start to bounce(unloaded). Asphalt pavement is a much smoother ride. I have read of an air ride system...Kelleman? Any opions? I don't want to sacrifice load capacity, but would love a softer ride unloaded.

Kelderman air ride makes some awesome stuff. Check out this link. I don't know if it tells load capacity but you could contact them and find out. Kelderman Air Ride

[krazeehorse]

Does it always do it consistantly and constantly at the same speed(s)? Or is it just intermittent?

[jsm]

The truck has SRW's, the frequency of the bounce increases with the speed from 40mph up to about 70mph then starts to smooth out. The tires are newly balanced, no cuping, Continentals (stock) inflated to 68psi. I will give Kelderman a call and see what I can find out about load ratings. Thanks.

[whitelongbed]

My extended cab long bed does the same thing. I put new shocks on it and it helped a little. I think it's just natural for the longer wheelbase trucks

[DunesRunner08]

Mine does it too....the reason is when you are in town D.O.T. wants to keep semi trucks speed down for saftey, and being such a long truck you are picking up on the humps in the road.....

[Raul@Stealth Automotive]

Originally Posted by DunesRunner08

Mine does it too....the reason is when you are in town D.O.T. wants to keep semi trucks speed down for saftey, and being such a long truck you are picking up on the humps in the road.....

well said.....

mine does it too the kelderman is a great kit but your gonna be paying 8k plus for one of those... i would do a sulastic rubber shackles.... only around 350.00 and they will help a lot....

[DunesRunner08]

I was going to recommend the sulastic shackles but since I have never ran them, It wasn't my place