Hello, neighbors, it's Brad here at etrailer, and today we're taking a look and installing the Air Lift LoadLifter 5000 Ultimate Plus Rear Airbags on a 2017 Ford F-250 Super Duty. Adding airbags to the back of your truck is really nice, because when you have a load that's really heavy or if you have a fifth-wheel or gooseneck that you pull, that truck is gonna wanna sag, and there are some downsides with the sagging. First off, you have a lot of stress that's put on the rear suspension and, honestly, the suspension really can't do a whole lot when it's already maxed out against the jounce bumpers. It also tilts the front of the vehicle up, so you're gonna have less braking, less steering feel. If you've ever had a truck loaded up, you kind of noticed that it gets real light in the steering wheel, and that's not exactly comforting when you're pulling a big load or have a heavy load in the bed. Now, these ones are rated at a 5,000 pound capacity and that's not to say that you're adding 5,000 pounds to what you can tow, but it can support up to that weight. more
1/16/2023 12:36:31 PM
Firestone Ride-Rite Air Helper Springs Installation - 2017 Ford F-250 Super Duty- Video
Announcer Today on our 2017 Ford F250, we're gonna take a look at and show you how to install the Firestone Ride-Rite Double convoluted air helper Springs. These are designed for use on the rear axle. The part number is F2600. Now, if you're looking for airbags for your F250, you've probably got a situation similar to this that you're trying to correct. As you can see, our customer today has a great big in-bed camper here, and it's causing him to have vehicle squat here in the rear end. And you see the back of the truck sag down now in bed. more
1/12/2022 10:57:29 AM
Firestone Ride-Rite Rear Air Helper Springs Installation - 2017 Ford F-250 Super Duty- Video
Hey everybody, my name's Ryan, and here at etrailer, we install, test fit and review a lot of different parts. That way we can try to answer any questions those of you might have. And that's exactly what we're doing here today on our 2017 Ford F250. We're going to be taking a look at and showing you how to install the Firestone Ride-Rite Air Helper Springs. So before we get our airbags installed, what we'd like to do is just run a few different tests. That way we can kind of compare how the truck performs before and after. more
1/28/2021 4:03:59 PM
Shane: Hey, guys. Shane here with the etrailer.com. Today, I have a 2017 Ford F250 Super Duty. I'm going to be installing Air Lift's LoadLifter 7500 XL airbags.This is what our bags are going to look like when they're installed. These are going to be heavy-duty bags. They're 7500 XL bags, so they're designed for your bigger trucks that are carrying heavier loads. more
3/24/2020 1:02:13 PM
Firestone Ride-Rite Rear Air Helper Springs Installation - 2017 Ford F-250 Super Duty F2605- Video
Ryan: Hey everybody. Ryan here at etrailer.com. This is what our Firestone Ride-Rite air bags are going to look like installed. Now, these are going to enhance our factory suspension, giving us a better ride. They're also going to help reduce wear and tear on our factory suspension, as well as reduce wear on our tires, and give us better handling and braking performance. Also when there's a heavy load in the back, they're going to push our headlights down towards the ground instead of up in the air. more
4/5/2019 3:12:49 PM
Today on our 2017 Ford F250 Super Duty, we're going to be taking a look at and showing you how to install the Air Lift Load Lifter 5000 Ultimate Air Helper Springs with internal jounce bumpers for the rear axle. Here on our test course you will notice on our left side of our screen as we go over speed bumps with the factory suspension set up under weight, we get a lot of up and down movement, which in turn puts a significant amount of strain on the suspension. On the right side of the screen, you will see the new air bags installed. You will notice as we go over bumps, the air bags will greatly reduce the strain on the factory suspension, while providing a much safer ride, while leveling out your vehicle when loaded and prolonging the life of your factory suspension. Here on our slalom course with our factory setup, you will see a lot of body roll when loaded. With the new air bags installed, the ride feels much more solid and stable, while greatly reducing body roll. more
1/18/2019 10:37:11 AM
TorkLift StableLoad Rear Suspension Upgrade Installation - 2017 Ford F-250 Super Duty- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2017 Ford F-250 Super Duty, we're gonna be installing TorkLift's StableLoad Rear Suspension Upgrade, part number TLA7311.These suspension stabilizers work in conjunction with your existing overload springs. Your overload spring is normally designed to provide extra carrying capacity once your vehicle has been loaded up, and your spring comes in contact with that overload spring.We're not gonna get that benefit immediately, so to help reduce that backend sag, we're gonna get that body roll and breaking performance back that we we're losing before because of our suspension alignment change.Having your overloads ring engaged all the time will help stiffen up your rear suspension. This'll help improve handling, because you won't have as much body roll. It'll also help your braking performance, because you're gonna have a more stable rear end, so you're not gonna have so much sag in the back. So when you stop, and you have a heavy load, you're gonna be more in line, and the weight can be properly transferred onto your front tires to have a good stop. 'Cause most of your stopping's done by your front brakes.When going over bumps and potholes, you won't feel those as much, and you won't get so much oscillation between the front and back. more
12/3/2018 10:07:15 AM
Air Lift LoadLifter 5000 Rear Air Helper Springs Installation - 2017 Ford F-250 Super Duty- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2017 Ford F250 Super Duty, we're going to be installing Airlift's Lift Loader 5,000 air helper springs, part number AL57399. WE've now got our vehicle loaded up with an excessive amount of weight, dropping down our suspension. We're measuring now about 41-1/4 inches. So we're down almost 3-3/4 inches from our factory ride height. And when we come to the front and recheck our measurements, our front is raised up to 42 inches from the factory ride height of 41-1/2.So now that our vehicle's loaded down, and it's changed our ride height, what this means to you is that you're going to have reduced braking power because the weight's not going to transfer to the front as it did in its factory ride height. You're going to have reduced handling performance, because your suspension angles are now different than what they were, due to the ride height change. more
9/26/2018 11:47:58 AM
Best 2017 Ford F-250 and F-350 Super Duty Suspension Enhancement Options- Video
Speaker 1: Today we're going to be taking a look at the best suspension enhancements for your 2017 Ford F-150, F-250, and F-350. Here we're going to have a leaf spring-style helper spring, followed by our air bag helper springs. Then over here we're going to have a jounce-style helper spring. This is going to be our lower overload helper spring. Then finally on the end, this is going to be our upper overload helper springs.Now each one of our types of suspension enhancements are going to do the same thing. When we're carrying a heavy load or hauling a heavy trailer, they're going to prevent the back end of our truck from sagging, causing more strain on our suspension, as well as lifting up the front end, creating less contact for our tires and not a safe driving condition. more
7/26/2017 10:18:20 AM
