Actually adding the air bags took away from your payload. I know the bags and hardware to mount then are not very heavy but you wold be surprised at how close you are. The only true way to tell your available payload is to go to a scale and actually weigh the 4Runner. do you not have you insurance info in the car? CDs? Maybe ice scraper. How much dirt is in, on , under the car? All that is payload.You say that you added air bags to help level the truck. Lets talk about that for a moment. Most SUV's that I have seen the GAWR's added together added together are pretty close to the GVWR of the SUV. If you are that close to your GVWR and add the trailer tongue weight into the equation, how close are you to being overloaded on your rear axle?Think about this....Let's say your 4runner's rear overhang is 3' (distance from center of rear axle to the center of the ball your boat rides on) . Now we'll say that your wheel base is 10' (center of front wheel to center of back wheel). We know that your tongue weight is 500#. 500# being your force. Force X Overhang / wheel base will give you how much weight you are removing from your front axle and adding to your rear axle when you put 500# of force on the trailer ball. 500 X 3 / 10 = 150#. So you 500# tongue weight is actually putting 650# on your rear axle.
yes I agree with all of that, but I never carry anything other than my fat self and my even larger partner.
I just wanna add one minor piece of info. Most trucks made will tow most boats just fine HOWEVER most small trucks will be pushed thru a stop sign by most Bassboat rigs in a panic stop. BRAKES are more important then if you can do 70 up a hill pulling a boat trailer and a home on wheels . You pull a 70,000.00 rig in your 50,000.00 truck you wanna be darn sure its gonna stop. Japenese truck brakes suck plain and simple and when it comes time to replace them pads DONT skimp at the parts store and get them MADE in Mexico or China crap glue on resurfaced pads remember what you have invested back there . 20.00 more aint no big thang Best rotors pads and calipers in the long run will outlast 3 sets of imported junk. do the math. At the shop I wont install imported crap on trailers or tow vehicles dont like it go to midas.......
was assured the air ride would handle the slide in. Nope too soft.
Quote from: bullet20dc on January 01, 2017, 07:01:59 AMwas assured the air ride would handle the slide in. Nope too soft. If that assurance came from a salesman, I 'spose you'll remember him the next time you're shoppin' trucks...
Quote from: Nightmare on January 01, 2017, 03:36:22 PMQuote from: bullet20dc on January 01, 2017, 07:01:59 AMwas assured the air ride would handle the slide in. Nope too soft. If that assurance came from a salesman, I 'spose you'll remember him the next time you're shoppin' trucks...Dodge's are soft, they are quite different than them big bags used on semis or the after-market kits. Dodge designed their system for ride and ride height adjustment capability & leveling first, not handling characteristics. What I've seen is they handle best when down low, less air bounce and shocks work better too. If you put enough shock on your truck to manage the role you'd not like the ride at all.
Hey Tranz a while back u ax'd me about the air ride in my rig. I had a wierd read out come up on the evicair suspension compressor is cooling down please wait and then the air suspension system needs immediate service had the control module reflashed problem seems to be gone but anyway pertaining to this thread You know the 1/2 ton I had before this new one with air suspension. The std spring suspension is a huge diff in payload capacity over the air ride. My slide in camper was fine on the spring Mossy Oak I had but the Laramie air ride couldnt handle it The camper was 1400 lbs and would really rock the Laramie side to side and with the boat at the back (tongue weiight around 150) the air ride was really straining to get her back up there. Going back to springs next truck