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First time towing with this truck. First time towing with a gooseneck trailer. First time towing with the rear air suspension my ram came with:

24 gooseneck empty. Bounced in the bed to the point it was disturbing. I figured it was because it was empty(450 mile ride)
Loaded up a ford 5600 tractor(7800 lbs. about 12000 lbs total) brought it home. Still bounced. Pulled over and moved the tractor up a foot. (Rear wheels centered between the axles) still bounced.

Ive never owned a truck wit air suspension(air bags only). Is this normal? Is there somthing i have to do to stop this? (Switch or some somthing on the settings?)

This a 2022 2500 long horn with all the bells and whistles..

Thanks in advance…
 
Should be some sort of push button on center console area. Someone with a 19 and newer can chime in. It lowers the rear to make the truck have about a 1" nose low stance.
 
First time towing with this truck. First time towing with a gooseneck trailer. First time towing with the rear air suspension my ram came with:

24 gooseneck empty. Bounced in the bed to the point it was disturbing. I figured it was because it was empty(450 mile ride)
Loaded up a ford 5600 tractor(7800 lbs. about 12000 lbs total) brought it home. Still bounced. Pulled over and moved the tractor up a foot. (Rear wheels centered between the axles) still bounced.

Ive never owned a truck wit air suspension(air bags only). Is this normal? Is there somthing i have to do to stop this? (Switch or some somthing on the settings?)

This a 2022 2500 long horn with all the bells and whistles..

Thanks in advance…


I dont see how ride height would cause this within reason, Is this a new trailer or used and abused? I have seen many abused trailers with bent axles, wheels and what not that have terrible harmonic vibrations and bounce like crazy. Goosenecks can have jerking / chucking if not loaded right but sounds like this issue may be due to the trailer itself.
 
It’s a good trailer. Before i bought my new ram I took a similar ride to pick up another tractor. Only difference was it was hauled by the owner with a 2020 2500 duramax. No bouncing loaded or unloaded. I think its the truck. We pulled the same weight load at 75-80 mph and it was smooth as silk.
Like i stated before: I’ve never driven with air ride. I do see the button on the lower dash that is ALT ride mode. Guess its time for me to break out the manual. Just doesn’t make sense…
 
It’s a good trailer. Before i bought my new ram I took a similar ride to pick up another tractor. Only difference was it was hauled by the owner with a 2020 2500 duramax. No bouncing loaded or unloaded. I think its the truck. We pulled the same weight load at 75-80 mph and it was smooth as silk.
Like i stated before: I’ve never driven with air ride. I do see the button on the lower dash that is ALT ride mode. Guess its time for me to break out the manual. Just doesn’t make sense…

I dont believe its the air ride, I have towed with air ride trucks, most semis have air ride and its great. A shock issue would be possible but ultimate the air bag is just a spring to carry the weight, the shock still controls dampening.
 
Time to measure the hitch weight! Probably want about 20% of the loaded trailer weight on the truck. Time to visit a cat scale with the normal load you are going to be haul. I involves a re-weigh or two to figure it all out. First pass you get the TV front and rear axle weights, the trailer axles weight. Drop the trailer and weigh the truck again. Then start doing your math.

First weight minus the second is the weight of the loaded trailer.
Now compare the front and rear truck axle weight between loaded and without the trailer. Most of the hitch weight will be on the rear axle, and your front axle may have gone up or down a little bit. Do the math of the amount of weight the hitch added to the truck and see if you are at 20% +/- a little. If it is more than 2% percent of so low, move the load forward and start over.
 
Alt height lowers the rear about 1”. It doesn’t do much else on the 2500’s, but it will have less pressure on the bags and that might help the shocks out… might, but likely not.

Down by your T/H and EB buttons is a button that says Alt Trailer Height. Press that when stopped and you should see a message on the dash about it lowering.
 
Just re read title of post. "2022 2500 air ride bouncing with gooseneck"

I know nothing about this truck! I
t may not be the best truck for the trailer.
 
My “truck” has an air-ride seat with an air-ride cab on an air-ride suspension. The trailer is also air-ride.

“Ride height” is always a possibility (as is a leaking or broken bag), but bad ride is first & foremost a problem with tire pressure.

There’s a valid minimum for any load (Cat Scale verified with no more than a 5-7% pressure rise after 1.5-hrs highway steady-state). A little above that is fine, but not much more.

Higher quality shock absorbers, next (40-60k is lifespan).

The “unfixable” is the axle distances. Some roads will set up a pogo stick effect that speed changes don’t help much. (What’s the wheelbase & bed length difference between the Maxipad and yours?).


More information needed on What is Bad Ride?

A set of Cat Scale readings is first step:

1). Empty truck (gear aboard that never leaves + driver + max fuel).

2). Truck loaded as in first post problem statement with trailer same (Cat Scale ticket).

3). Exact tire model designation and Vehicle Manufacturer range of TP. (Against Load & Pressure Table).

— It’s a numbers problem (somewhere), so this data set the minimum start.

I can shift the trailer tandem axles only a short distance with some loads and this makes for better ride, steering & handling.

A few hundreds pound shift between Drive Axles against Tandems with a load aboard of from 30-44k (less isn’t a problem) in inches causes perceptual change. In this case it’s in coming close to “equal” weight of Drive & Tandems (34k max, each).

Todays 77.5k gross I’m leaving at slightly heavier on the tandems given northern state roads and weather out ahead (wind; longer stretch is better resistance). Delivers in morning.

So, where possible, how you load your trailer (given TW correct) can also factor.

Shock absorbers on a trailer (leaf spring) also help. Dampens spring action (cuts spike).

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That’s great information! Thanks.
Truck has less then 5k on it. Used it yesterday with a 20 foot dump trailer hooked to the rear hitch. Empty it still bounced. Stopped, pushed the ALT switch. Truck leveled to compensate for the trailer. About 2 inches (Came up on the dash). Rode much better! Loaded I did the same thing…: drove 15 miles with 4K in the trailer and in was bouncy like a warn out Buick. Stopped, hit the ALT button, truck back end dropped about 2 inches and off I went. No bouncing what so ever! I still haven’t pulled out the manual(if there is one. Last two vehicles I bought came with a downloadable version). Still going to check it out!
And to NIsaacs: NO. It’s a B&W turn over goose neck ball installed but a well reputed dealer. All the holes were there but they had to drill the hole in the bed for the ball and chain tie downs, and put in the gooseneck wiring plug.
 
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It helps greatly to read the manual on these fully computerized vehicles. There are aot of functions you'd never figure out without reading about.
Printed manual can be get from the dealer or through Mopar Connect
 
At least you got some improvement. It still shouldn’t bounce in normal, I think I’d have the dealer look at the shocks.
 
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