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Clean install so far. Looks like Tate’s group is buyin up all the high end stuff! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Just for my taste those wheels look a little small. Will you drive these until you have to change them or replace them after the alignment?Sent from my SM-N975U using Tapatalk
Look at a keystone alpine or grand design solitude
Good job Don. Looks good. If you get a fiver, My guess is you’ll be trading on a dually….Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
And for the two of you, you don’t need huge. Smaller trailers also open you up to more campground possibilities.
Ours is the alpine 3220, buddy had an almost identical layout in his grand design. So much so we kind of believe they’re built in same facility. By the 3220 I’d assume it was a 32’ unit but it measures around 37’ and is more than plenty for us. Great kitchen space & has hookups for w&d in the bedroom closet although we’ve yet to purchase a set for it. Bought in June of last year and we spent 6 weeks in it even living out of it for 3+ weeks between homes. I took it down to Bozeman today to see 2 of our 3 kids and get a true break from work. Between shop builds and going to Colorado every 3 weeks on average I needed a break.
Quote from: stlaser on June 08, 2023, 11:58:38 PMOurs is the alpine 3220, buddy had an almost identical layout in his grand design. So much so we kind of believe they’re built in same facility. By the 3220 I’d assume it was a 32’ unit but it measures around 37’ and is more than plenty for us. Great kitchen space & has hookups for w&d in the bedroom closet although we’ve yet to purchase a set for it. Bought in June of last year and we spent 6 weeks in it even living out of it for 3+ weeks between homes. I took it down to Bozeman today to see 2 of our 3 kids and get a true break from work. Between shop builds and going to Colorado every 3 weeks on average I needed a break. Kind of getting off-topic for the Ram 3500 thread, but I would like to know, what do you tow it with? How much does it weigh? What is it like to tow a thing so big? You see, I am nervous about towing something heavy over long distances. Not my cup of tea. I wanted to keep the GWT less than 10,000 with a surge to 11,000 for that reason.
Call up radflo and have them build you custom shocks for it.
Quote from: stlaser on June 12, 2023, 10:31:46 AMCall up radflo and have them build you custom shocks for it. Sean, sounds expensive!Look, all I wanted to do here was to level the front. Nothing more, well, that and add air bags for towing. I did not want to spend a bunch of money on the thing. Carli offered Fox/Carli shocks but when I ordered the kit, Tate let me know he could no longer get the Fox shocks and the Carli units were months out. He tried really hard to get me the right shocks. I decided to bolt in the Bilsteins, knowing they were great from past numerous experiences. If I had known it was going to be like this, especially after all that work with the Carli stuff, I would have just left it all stock. Not wanting a built truck here, Want a leveled stock truck with stock-sized tires.Carli is just not in a place to handle their growing business. They need to either stay small or no longer offer suspension half of a suspension kit without their shocks. At this point, I really do not know if their springs might not be partially at fault. The ride is so bad it has me wondering if the shocks could be doing all that by themselves. If I can just get some simple shock extensions and bolt back on the stock shocks, maybe that will fix it. At this point, I am not going to throw any more money after what a hard-riding suspension could be. You see, having ridden in Duane's with all their best stuff ($7,000!!!!!!!) I noted it is also pretty firm riding. Like when you hit a bump it is not a soft/supple accommodation of the bump but more of a bounce from a stiff spring. So if his is like that, then it is a combo of the Bilstein/Carli stuff and all of it will have to come back off.
So the only thing you changed was the height of the truck. You leveled it, keeping stock suspension geometry. You did however raise the front, which changed the caster angles a little.New shocks, are they really that bad? Maybe a little to much air in the rear bags? I don't know but you want the ride back and are looking for an answer.Could be shocks, to much air in the bags or maybe the tire PSI needs to be tweaked some? You got it aligned after, right?Throwing stuff out (you should drive kali roads!)
I just don't want to wind up missing a digit or limb. I can sometimes get in a hurry to get results.
After speaking with the boys at Carli, I should not have sold you the individual components without the shocks, as they are all engineered to work around each other like one big happy family. If you found fox 2.0 try them out before throwing in the towel on the system. as they are not carli tuned they may not be as ideal as they were intended but are likely to solve 90% of your issues. He's hard to get on the phone since it's just him, but Tyler over at Carli is a wealth of knowledge. Tyler@carlisusupension.com. just let him know you're working with me on this project.
well... I kinda, started the 'ol fire there... he,he. thought I'd better help put her out best i could before we lost the barn.