Hard riding!

[DThibault]

I've had my new truck, 2015 3500 SRW, for about a month now. Just in time for frost heaves in the northeast. I really like the truck overall but it does ride hard. My 2001 dually is much softer. Is there any hope other than putting lots of weight in it to take out some of the fight? Have other people experienced similar complaints?

 

[Cummins12V98]

Ok what air pressure are you running front and back?

 

[TRAMPLINEMAN]

I've had various Dodge trucks from a '77 to my current '14 and have come to one conclusion, a stock Dodge that doesn't ride like a meat wagon is like a unicorn, it doesn't exist. I have a 7/8" steel plate bolted to the bed of my truck that I cut to fit. This smoothed the ride out tremendously and helps with traction during the winter months. I also have a 100 gal fuel cell in the bed that's full 90% of the time and it helps smooth out the ride.

I've been running this way since around '00. I put 1-3 thousand miles a week on and could not imagine having to do it with a bare stock truck.

 

[DThibault]

Yup, already did the air pressure thing. It came from the dealer with 75 psi all the way around and I dropped it to 38 front and 45 rear. It helped but not great. I picked up a winch for my dozer that weighed just over a thousand pounds and that took a little fight out of it but I cant see carrying around weight just to keep your dental work intact. Hopefully itll smooth out a little after some real heavy loads. I guess that's what its made for anyway.

 

[Hoefler]

Your front tire pressure is too low for the weight of the front end. I run 80 in the front and 40 in the rear with my dually when not pulling the fifth wheel. Load the truck up with about 3,000 pounds and take a road trip. This will break the springs in and free them up to slide on each other. I have done this on my last 3 dually's, it is amazing what a 2,500 mile trip loaded will do.

 

[DThibault]

I was hoping to hear that. Seems like all my trucks got softer with age. I equated it to weaker springs not just working smoother, makes sense. I'm gonna give that a try, thanks.

 

[Cummins12V98]

Yup, already did the air pressure thing. It came from the dealer with 75 psi all the way around and I dropped it to 38 front and 45 rear. It helped but not great. I picked up a winch for my dozer that weighed just over a thousand pounds and that took a little fight out of it but I cant see carrying around weight just to keep your dental work intact. Hopefully itll smooth out a little after some real heavy loads. I guess that's what its made for anyway.

45 rear is a good pressure solo for the rear tires but 38 front is dangerous. Weigh your front axle and use the weight/inflation chart to determine your front tire pressure.

 

[AH64ID]

Yup, already did the air pressure thing. It came from the dealer with 75 psi all the way around and I dropped it to 38 front and 45 rear. It helped but not great. I picked up a winch for my dozer that weighed just over a thousand pounds and that took a little fight out of it but I cant see carrying around weight just to keep your dental work intact. Hopefully itll smooth out a little after some real heavy loads. I guess that's what its made for anyway.

38?!?!?! I hope that is a typo!!!

Even 45 is on the low side for the rear end with any weight.

You don't list your trucks configuration, but this website has base weights. You are not that light anymore.

 

[DThibault]

I guess I'll pump them up a little but there really isn't any tire squat and it feels very stable in the corners. I have worn the centers from my tires a few times by having too much pressure in them from reading the side walls and my tire man said "too much pressure." That's what I ran in my second gen but I do realize this truck is heavier.