Goshhh, what a beautiful truck & very well done on this. Disregard the dumbies!

 

Thanks!

 

Very well done. Your F-150 is my favorite on this forum. You mind telling what kinda leveling kit and everythin you have on it? Thanks

 

It has a rancho 4" lift with an additional 1" day star budget boost leveling kit up front. The rear just has the rancho lift block with these bags added. Thanks man!

 

Has that Chinsy bracket held up? It looks sketchy, since you tow once in a while I see it holding for a while but just ripping apart if you actually used it for work. I would not trust that with 10k, I put 6-7 in my bed and that thing would come unc$nted my first trip. Is it connected to the axle by a small weld? Sorry on smarty pants fone so I can't see that well.

Haven't updated my dig in a few years but that's not what I'm runnin now. 2010 and I LOVE! It

 

It has held up just fine. Keep in mind, just because there is 10k on the trailer doesn't mean there is 10k on the hitch. The entire truck would fall apart if you did that. This is just a kit to help keep the truck level. That "chinsy"? bracket is 1/4" and is what they use in their kit for people with factory 4x4 blocks, I see nothing wrong wrong with it. I will probably switch the bolts on the bracket out to grade 8 when I get some time, but I only drive the truck once every couple weeks so it's not high on the priority list.

 

on mine it has close to set up, but i have a steel block where that "thing" is. if that were on mine i wouldnt run it. the jarring alone going down the road is going to fold that 1/4 inch steel towards your pumpkin and those little u bolts are going to snap. im all for making your f150 outperform the books but ive had farts stronger than that set up. as a technical article contributer you should know thats weak. my wife could break that hittin it with her purse

1/4 steel isnt as rugged as you think guy especially just "chillen" on your axle

 

lol You have the "air lift" kit which is rated for 2,000 pounds, but the firestone kit is rated for 5,000 pounds. These bags are over twice the size of yours with brackets twice as large. I know from experience as a friend has the air lift kit, which made me lean towards the Firestone. Now, please explain to me how your wife could break something rated for twice the strength, when she hasn't in fact broken yours in two yet? Is she half man or just chooses to break other people's things over yours? This is a thread for informative purposes, and your downgrading opinion, while not necessarily banned from the site, is not appreciated here. Please leave troll.

 

My .02......the 1/4 bracket is plenty! There is no lateral force in this set up. Any pressure on the bracket is applied straight down onto the axle tube. The top plate that the bag sits on would have to give as well before any bending on that bracket would occur.

Also it is not like the air bags are carrying the entire weight. Don't forget the truck does have leaf springs that are what actually attaches the axle to the truck and keeps everything aligned properly.

My guess is if the bags are rated for 5000 lbs that if the downard force on them exceeded that amount they would burst before any of the brackets would give.

Same principle as a jack stand. The steel on them is very light and thin but even the cheap ones are rated at 3 tons or better.

 

no i have the firestone ride rites, part number rr2525, and my bracketing is different, probably upgraded because of problems, but you already said you use it once a year and its more of a pretty truck and since you clearly dont know what your talking about, by putting something like that on there, i dont care what you have to say. i dont see what part of that screams structurally sound to you.

 

the bag mounts over my leaf pack, and the whole set up is mounted on the other side of the frame. nothing about your mount looks rated for 5k

i have a '10,

 

also to be rated to hold 5k the entire set up has to be able to take at least 3x that from the jarring and motion. if you weigh 175 and just happen to jump on a scale you will see that scale go up to 400+ pounds. then back to 175 when the downward force stops. the downward force in your truck would be a man hole, pot hole et cetera. a jack stand does not apply because it is just sitting there, there are no out of the box circumstances like what happens when driving. when you max it out at 5k and take a left hand turn, will the pressure not be that much greater than 5k on the right side from g forces alone?

 

and as for troll?? are you kidding me you post something as unsafe as that as a technical article contributor, so other people who dont know about mechanics will follow blindly, try to use it more than once a year and wonder why it fails, fails meaning fold over and your leafs smash into the axle and your whole rear end comes undone while towing a camper with the wife and kids, real smart. this should be a public service announcement as what not to do.

 

Man, quit wasting your breath. You are SCREAMING for attention with post after post. If something like this was as unsafe as you say it is, then why is it sold through MANY parts distributors? This kit has done what it was intended to do, time after time again. I have used it much more than I originally planned. Just towing something as small as a boat it makes the truck respond much safer. No more bouncing over bumps, ect. Go somewhere else with your nonsense.

 

Sheesh, someone needs a Snickers.
Let's try to clear some things up in case anyone really cares:
'04-'08: RR#2350
'09-'13: RR#2525
I personally like the look of the newer set up better as it sits on the leaf spring instead of a perch, but I only tow a 20' boat so extreme weight capacity is not a major issue for me (plus I got 'em used for a great deal). Next, the both systems support 5000lbs per set so 2500lbs per side...not sure where 10k came from, and one should never exceed the GVWR of the truck anyway. And finally as stated, they're helper springs and not designed to carry the total load in the truck.

Now as for attaching "HIS" chinsy brackets, let's give credit where credit is due: The brackets are manufactured by Firestone themselves and can be ordered here:
Firestone Lift Bracket
I had some 1/4" steel stock lying around so I fabbed my own as did Brent plus I used Grade 8 bolts to attach to the perch. No one's purse is going to fold these brackets. So bottom line: If you're installing the 2350 kit on your truck and you need the additional lift bracket, order from an etailer or fab your own. As long as you stick with the guidelines of the system, they should hold up perfectly fine. Exceed those limits and you're just asking for something to break.

EDIT: Just saw reference to a 10k trailer on page 1. Yeah, that's a LOT of weight.