[SEL] Re Airbags OT

[Listerdiesel]

On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 11:31:48 EST, FRM8198 at aol.com <FRM8198 at aol.com> wrote:
> A friend of mine installed airbags on his 4 x 4  Ford pickup.  He uses them
> as overload springs to help stabilizes the  truck loading when he has his heavy
> camper placed on the pickup.  He  regulates the air pressure inside the
> airbags depending on the load.  He  said that this set up costed him about $300.00
> (USD) and he did the installation  himself.  When operating the truck without
> the camper shell, he maintain  about 5 psi air pressure.  With the camper
> shell installed, he said that  the pickup was very stable when traveling on the
> highway.
> 
> Francis Maciel
> Santa Maria, CA

We used to buy in Firestone 'Aeon' rubber buffers to increase load
carrying capacity, plus they did pump-up bags as well.

You can get shock absorbers that you can pump up for more capacity, we
had an estate car that had this feature, and very useful it was too!

Peter
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