YES! AIrbag install works great!
I asked the same question , as I use this as a truck! not a purpose built jumper.. I tow construction trailers, boats, campers, motorcycles and use it for daily travel as well as offroad fun...its a truck and will do it all!
There's a prev longwinded thread with all degree of "Experts" who do the math and warn of the safety ramifications of exceeding tongue weight , flaming, arguing...ect..
Here's the bottom line. The weights specified for towing, tongue weight ect are based on the rears capacity to not break under those loads and the factory springs chosen to keep the truck stable level and safe.
Anyone that has engineering experience will tell you, Ford has done ALOT of Finite Element Analysis (FEA) to ensure the rear under these GEN2's will far exceed towing or bed weight loads when it is at its extreme abuse landing in a desert from a 10ft+ airbourne leap. So the rear is not the weak point.
The springs are soft so when you land off that leap you don't break your back from the impact.
If you increase the spring holding capacity with AIRBAGS, then YES this truck can pull and haul far in excess of the OEM ratings..re: Heavy tongue weights!
I put together a kit you can see in this link that works great! I put 60 lb in the bags and it levels a 1000 lb T-weight and tows steady level and comfortably at 80 mph! My brackets are rough looking as I didnt have a cutting torch or fab shop but they are strong and work.
And YES I jump it with no air in them and they have no issues as they separate from the bottom mount with cradles that realign them on the down trip.
http://www.fordraptorforum.com/f262...g-needs-airbags-53216/index3.html#post1132733
I asked the same question , as I use this as a truck! not a purpose built jumper.. I tow construction trailers, boats, campers, motorcycles and use it for daily travel as well as offroad fun...its a truck and will do it all!
There's a prev longwinded thread with all degree of "Experts" who do the math and warn of the safety ramifications of exceeding tongue weight , flaming, arguing...ect..
Here's the bottom line. The weights specified for towing, tongue weight ect are based on the rears capacity to not break under those loads and the factory springs chosen to keep the truck stable level and safe.
Anyone that has engineering experience will tell you, Ford has done ALOT of Finite Element Analysis (FEA) to ensure the rear under these GEN2's will far exceed towing or bed weight loads when it is at its extreme abuse landing in a desert from a 10ft+ airbourne leap. So the rear is not the weak point.
The springs are soft so when you land off that leap you don't break your back from the impact.
If you increase the spring holding capacity with AIRBAGS, then YES this truck can pull and haul far in excess of the OEM ratings..re: Heavy tongue weights!
I put together a kit you can see in this link that works great! I put 60 lb in the bags and it levels a 1000 lb T-weight and tows steady level and comfortably at 80 mph! My brackets are rough looking as I didnt have a cutting torch or fab shop but they are strong and work.
And YES I jump it with no air in them and they have no issues as they separate from the bottom mount with cradles that realign them on the down trip.
http://www.fordraptorforum.com/f262...g-needs-airbags-53216/index3.html#post1132733
