Towing with bagged ride (need experienced people)

Edited: 10/6/2006 9:50:58 AM by bdroppeddak

5200 lbs is 5200 lbs.

honestly i see both sides. you cant gain somethign without loosing something. so putting bags on a lever we know you get more lift per psi then over axle. so whats the give? i would think more pressure on the bag itself. but the bags will still hold the weight period, so it doesnt matter if the weight is increased due to the lever. as long of coarse that this extra pressure doesnt exceed the bag limit, which i dont think it does.

look at it this way, find a suburban that has 2600lb bags on a leverage setup, ask them if they have ever had the back seat full of people and the cargo area loaded, that should exceed your tongue weight.

werd, Vinny has a similair setup with re7's wgich are rated same as 2600's that i'll be running and he said he towed an s10, thats what i plan on doing. i'm actually keeping my 3rd row of seats though.

so i'm preety sure i need to either go to the re8's or 3800 stones if i plan on having a cab full of people and towing.

pretty much my only concern was the lever setup as apposed to an over axle. but sound slike it'll be safe.

i have a bagged and bodydropped 93 suburban that i tow a 25' enclosed trailer with my mazda inside. i had 2600lb bags over axel with a 2 link and panhard and it worked great for towing. in fact it rode better with the trailer hooked up then without. i just finished doing the bodydrop and switchin to 3100lb bags over axel cause i needed a bit more lift with the bd . but for daily driving i'm going to be building a set of bag mounts on the bars just so it can lift high enuff to look stockish, cops asround here are dicks . theres a couple pics under my profile and i can send you more detailed ones if you need em

I have done a couple of 4-link systems specifically for towing and the main concern is tongue weight and the stress on the link system it self. If you run the bags on the rear bar in a cantilever type set up, I would suggest mounting the bag closer to the rearend housing. You do not need to mount the bags directly on top of the rearend. If you got the specs on the 2600's (Firestome pn. 224c) the spring rate is very high. They should be leveraged, but at about 2:3. Meaning "if the bar is 30" long the bag should be 20" from the frame or 10" from the rearend housing."

The 4-link should be installed very "neutral." If at half travel the bars are pointing excesively up or down there can be some driveability issues to contend with.

the front is a parallel 4 link. rear bars will be about 30" long actually. also the other thing is the dog bones i need to make to attach them, not sure how long to make them. i'm assuming about 3" in space between lower bar and upper bag mount. that should give the bag full compression and max lift.

The length of the "dog bones" as you call them, depends on the geomoetric relationship between the 4-link and the rear links. I would wait to cycle the suspension to see what will work best. Or build a quick set from thin sheet metal, to see if they work, then use them to build heavy guage pieces.

My little trailer with Slam Specialties R72.

I agree about it being better over the axle, but don't forget about how much where your load is on the trailer plays a big part in it too. Too much to the front, too much tongue weight, too much to the back, you will be all over the road.