Bad Ramer Jamer

Just wondering how much weight the bag's can handle. Right now my total weight is 30,000, with roughly 10,000 on the rear axle. I do ocasionally weigh more. Could air bag's handle that kind of weight. Thank's.

AH64ID

Bags can add up to 5K in leveling capacity, I bet you would see a big improvement.. Bags are high on my list.

oilfield-trash

I loaded over 14,000lbs of pipe on a 8,300lb g/n, put 80lbs of air in the bags and she road like a dream. They'll make an overloaded truck ride level. I wouldnt tow without them.

Clayten

Air bags night and day difference. I have Firestone and they say one can put in up to 100 lbs in them. I have gone as high as 80. If you get them you will wonder why you did not have them sooner.

Bad Ramer Jamer

I'm thinking of the Pacbrake bag's. I might have the #'s a little wrong, but it said they could hold about 150psi of air,,,something like that. They were rated at 2,600#'s per bag at 100#'s of air. That's all from memory, so it could be wrong. But they're rated just like the rest at 5,000#'s.

I guess to really see what I'm putting on is to weigh the truck with the trailer loaded, and then no trailer to see the weight differance,,,,right. I think that will tell me the load on the axle.

Haulin_in_Dixie

Just put it on a big truck scale. At 30000 gross I weighed about 7500 on the drive axle.

Bad Ramer Jamer

I did put it on a big truck scale. There's 10,300#'s on the rear axle. Does that mean it would over load 5000# rated bag's.

Haulin_in_Dixie

the bags help, not carry the whole load. That said, you are way over the capacity of your axle.

Clayten

If i remember right E rated tires can hold 6000 lbs (4x6000 - 24000) each. DOT was going to let me license my 2500 3/4 ton at 12,500. So I think you can put 10,300 on your rear dually. I am sure the bags can handle 150 lbs each extra.

Clayten

I was wrong on the tire weight rating, it is just over 3000 lbs each.
Any way here is a good thread on the topic.
https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...ad.php?t=58979

Bad Ramer Jamer

I'm so confused.

With this paticular load,,,I'm 1,000#'s over weight on my rear axle. It's because the way the trailer is loaded. It's backward's, but it was a have to situation of where I picked the car's up,,,and they're all smashed up wreck's, and there's no moving them. Would using bag's help distibute the weight to the front axle, and trailer axle's, lightening the load on the rear.

With this load, the rear axle is 10,300#'s. With no trailer the rear axle is 3,660#'s. I think that make's the pin weight 6,540#'s, if that's how you determen it. Is that the number I'm looking to match up to the 5,000# rating of the air bag's. If so, that mean's I'm roughly 1,500#'s too heavy with this load. Can the bag's handle it, or can I get a heavier bag somewhere. What would happen to the bag's. Would they pop as soon as I over loaded them, or maybe blow out going down the highway.

This all change's if I go buy the tire rating. For some strange reason, dual's is rated less per tire compared to a single. The 4 rear's are rated for 11,340.

I'm about to pull my hair out.

AH64ID

The bags dont carry everything, they will provide 5K in leveling capacity, they wont care that you are heavier....

On 2500 and SRW 3500 the biggest issue with weight is tire capacity.. OEM 265/75/17's can handle 3195 ea... The 285's I have are good for 3750, but I still haven't found what the OEM alum rims are good for... I wouldn't be *too* worried about overloading the axle, but I wouldn't overload the tires.... On a SRW the GAWR is 6200, 190 below tire limits.. I would guess the GAWR is tire related, on a DRW its 9350, 2290lbs less than the tire limits... so I would say thats alxe related, and on a DRW would be more hesitant about overloading it...

Bad Ramer Jamer

So I guess what you're saying is it just won't lift it more than 5,000#'s worth,,,,lol.

I'm just worried about blowing a bag going down the road. That might be a bad scene.

I'm going to call all the companies and see what they say. I have a feeling they will say don't use them with that kind of weight. We'll see.

dieselcamp

Air bags can handle any weight, it just depends on the size, mostly square inch area and air pressure, this is why the trucking industry uses it widely.

AH64ID

I don't think you will have any issues...