Towing with Eibach shocks

[Lightningblue5gNH]

I am looking to get the eibach pro truck sport shocks and was wondering if these will affect my towing of a 4k lb camper? Should I get anything for the rear to prevent so much drop in the rear when I attach my camper?

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[ctechbob]

I'm pretty happy with my blue SumoSprings, which are essentially a combination progressive bump stop/helper spring. Not engaged in normal driving/loads, but does make earlier contact with the leaf springs and add some additional spring rate to the system as it compresses.

As opposed to the factory bump stops which engage later and are fairly stiff, leading to a bit of a crashing ride when you're loaded heavier.

I know @Grumpaw has a different setup and is pretty happy with his as well. I just can't remember what it is offhand. Both of us are towing on the heavy side.

 

[brroberts]

I tow with 550-600 lbs of tongue weight typically. I run the blue Sumo’s and Bilstein 4600’s with no problem for 1000’s of miles.

 

[JimG_AZ]

My Ranger has the Eibach shocks and I was towing a 4150# empty travel trailer. The Ranger and the Eibach's both performed very well. With this being said, I also had an Equal-i-zer weight distributing hitch. I would highly recommend a weight distributing hitch for a travel trailer.

 

[ATGC]

I also love my blue sumo springs (no spacer rings installed, stock FX4 shocks). I feel the sumos firm up the back end and really control bouncing. Towed beautifully 10,000 miles this past summer from CO to AK and back. 4,000 lbs camper in the picture, ~580 lb tongue, and Andersen hitch (amazing piece of equipment). Also ScanGauge II to keep an eye on the transmission and engine temps (no issues the entire trip).

 

[ctechbob]

I would highly recommend a weight distributing hitch for a travel trailer.

I should have mentioned that. I sort of just assume that 99.9% of people use one when towing a travel trailer. Probably a misplaced assumption on my part.

 

[mr.wonderful]

I'm leveled on the Pro Truck stage 2 kit, which has the sport dampers in the rear. About a week ago, I towed a 7x14 single axle utility trailer hauling a Can Am Ryker, probably getting close to 3000 pounds.

Two months prior, I pulled a 6x9 U Haul utility trailer loaded with furniture, probably 2200 pounds total while still on my stock FX4 suspension.

The difference was night and day in terms of how the rear end road. The Pro Truck Sport Dampers are much stiffer than the FX4 suspension, so don't expect it to sag nearly as much.

Overall, if you are on FX4 shocks, it will ride stiffer, but it won't sway/bounce around as much. That said, when towing, I would rather have a stiff ride but the trailer be in control than the truck bouncing around like a boat in a typhoon while the trailer is under control

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