Looking for pics of Kore trucks from the side with 35" tires.

[Fred Swanson]

The mini paks are not going to sag with a little weight in the bed. Check my picture. That is an 04 w/Cummins on that trailer. Total weight, about 9000 lb. The ride was excellent, and handled the highway just fine. My truck has a slight rake, and if you look, the height is level. This is just one more area this suspension shines over a stock system(riding on the overloads, with junky stock shocks).





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If in the future you do plan to get a ToyHauler, then the CHASE would be the way to go. The better shock will handle the load, that is an easy choice.

 

[Spooled-up]

Fred,

Do you have the standard diesel coils or the heavy duty diesel coils?

 

[Fred Swanson]

I have 300lb. + hanging out front, I have the heavy coils. The bumper weighs 200, the WARN 12K a little over 100lb. I would have chosen the regular coils, if I didn't have the frontend replacement, or the BillyBob style winch bumper, as Greg calls it.



Yeah, it has saved my front end once, that's all the reason I need to keep one on it.

 

[JCleary]

The mini paks are not going to sag with a little weight in the bed. Check my picture. That is an 04 w/Cummins on that trailer. Total weight, about 9000 lb. The ride was excellent, and handled the highway just fine. My truck has a slight rake, and if you look, the height is level. This is just one more area this suspension shines over a stock system(riding on the overloads, with junky stock shocks).





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If in the future you do plan to get a ToyHauler, then the CHASE would be the way to go. The better shock will handle the load, that is an easy choice.

I agree. Towing with this suspension is amazing. The truck feels so planted. I rented a tractor and took it home on a rental trailer, probably about 8000 lbs. The ride was so much more controlled than when stock. No bouncing or bucking over bumps.

 

[Regcabguy]

Camper Weight

I'm running the Chase system on my 99 2500. Unladen the setup works perfectly. Load my 1800 lb camper back on and the mini-paks are inadequate even with ride-rites. This is probably due to spring fatigue from four years of constant camper usage 24/7. The stock springs weren't much better either. I'm going up to Deaver's shop for a custom application which he has conceded will not be a "performance" setup but should address some of the control issues I now have. Kent's mini-paks will be retained for future application with a modest shell or something. KORE is a great system but consult Kent about how long you've carried that camper on your back and see what he recommends.

 

[Greg Boardman-RIP]

O. K. guys,



Here it is straight from the front end of the horse.



Q: Why would I order the mini leaf packs?



A: From a purely utility standpoint, we feel that the big manufacturers do a very good job of designing the stock leaf packs. The OE springs are strong and their design permits the vehicle to carry a broad range of loads in complete safety. When it comes to pure utility, the OE design is hard to beat. The problem with them is that they make the ride terribly uncomfortable, no matter what the load situation. And when pushed hard, the OE leaf packs limit wheel travel by up to 50%. We offer our mini-paks to give the customer options. By removing certain leafs from the OE leaf packs and installing our mini-paks, one can custom tune one's suspension to a particular terrain, towing requirement and driving style, thereby attaining the very best ride possible – all while maintaining the strength and reliability of the stock leaf packs.





I would say that Kroeker answered you question in the next paragraph of the Faq's. My take on the whole thing is that you get to remove a 1 inch solid prybar that your truck used to run into. You then get to replace it with a progressive, functional, mini pack with the ability to use the travel that is now available. Depending on how gnarly you want to drive off road, you shock choices are abundant. From the guy who just wants to drive around town to the guy who wants to race Baja. We provide every option you need. It took tons of R&D for Kent to get the valving right. He spent months revalving and testing for each system. Then he would tell me to go test it and ask what I thought. Then he would consider that and some how, he would take someting really good and amazingly make it better. The rear mini pack is the same way. He told me the story about it the other night. It took him months of testing to get it right. I have been running the race springs in the rear for a few months now. They are great but only rated at maybe a quarter ton. Here is a picture of me Towing my Gooseneck Horse trailer. It shows how well the truck is balanced. With the Mini Pack, Your truck will be even more stout than my truck is but work nearly as well off road.



Enjoy,

Greg





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[JSellers]

Mini-pak sag?

Fred,



Was the picture in your photo album towing the Ram taken after you installed the KORE suspension? Does that Ram have a CTD?



I towed a half-ton Chevy with mine - didn't measure the tongue weight or the sag - but I'm not sure I would want to tow or haul much heavier with the KORE mini-paks. I don't haul heavy on any regular basis, but the rear was down a bit.



How much does anybody load their rear with the KORE?



Wish I had gotten some pictures or measurements before I unloaded - - not much chance of getting them now, since the trailer was borrowed.



John



Edit: Just saw the pictures you guys posted after I wrote this - yours may hold up a bit more load than mine. As I mentioned, I didn't have any way of measuring the load when I towed - there was lots of junk in the bed also. Please note people, I have the 2nd generation truck also - there's some differences between my rear spring packs and the ones Fred and Greg have on their 3rd gen trucks.



Hope this helps,

John

 

[jrobinson2]

My truck is a '99 quad cab short bed with KORE standard diesel front coils and rear mini packs. The rear of my truck settled exactly 2" with my gooseneck trailer loaded (18-1/8" from the top of the rim to the fender loaded, 20-1/8" empty, the truck weighed 6830 lbs empty without the trailer and 9010 lbs loaded for a pin weight of 2180 lbs, the gross combined weight was 19640 lbs, this setup works great, absolutely no issues of any kind towing at this weight. My rig weighs 8800 to 9200 with the camper on and as mentioned above settles about 2" and ends up about 1" lower in the rear with the camper on, no problems at all with the camper loaded, it drives and handles better than it did with the stock overloads and adjustable Rancho shocks. I have noticed that there are several different rear spring styles on the 2nd gen trucks so that may make a difference.



Jared

 

[CUMMINZ]

squat in rear

My truck squats a little in rear with 2200# of load. I have 2" lift kit in front so it looks like the load is more than it is. I plan to add a single "add a leaf" to the rear of mine.



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[Desert Proven]

I've got the KORE race system on an 02. I'm running stock wheels with Toyo MT 315/75/16. No rubbing except for on the control arms during a hard turn (usually a parking lot)

 

[supersonic]

Greg, is that Kent's truck in your readers rigs? When did it get rolled?

 

[jrobinson2]

Greg, is that Kent's truck in your readers rigs? When did it get rolled?

It was rolled in the parker race, the story is in this thread:Kore will race stateside



Jared