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You should notice a bit of a difference. The 3500 is a 1 ton, has a stiffer frame, and still leaf springs in the back. But will it be bone jarring, no. I just ordered my 22 3500 with a HO. (only engine they are coming with if you order them)..... btw.... I test drove a 3500 the dealer had on the lot and it road similar to my 2500.... I will be putting 1,000 lbs of sand in the back for winter vs the 700lbs I used in my 2500 though.
I am ready to get a 1 ton myself, but I am trying to hold out for a different tranny. I have heard sometime in 2022 they are going to release an 8 or 10 speed. That's interesting that they are only offering the HO now.
That’s what I was going to suggest. Back when I was shopping around for my new pick up, I looked real hard into a three-quarter ton version of my half ton limited that had the rear air ride on it but even though at this point in time I still really don’t have a reason to have a truck but that rear ride would’ve been nice so that if there ever was a point in time that came up to where I had to use that truck for a truck, I wouldn’t have to suffer from the extremely rough ride up until that time ever came up but since I decided I just didn’t need a three-quarter ton pickup, I ended up buying my half ton that has the air ride all the way around it.
I haven’t heard about a lot of issues with the heavy duty rear air ride either but then again, that system doesn’t seem to be a very popular chosen option as well so maybe that’s part of it.
About 95% of the semi‘s you see on the road today only have air ride on the drive axles and on the trailer axles but they have leaf springs on the steer axle. I think Freightliner had an option to where you could have a brand new truck with steer axle air ride but at least with these big trucks, you really don’t need air ride up there anyway and primarily the ones who do, are the really nice old-school trucks that people have spent a stupendous amount of money on customizations and they’ll put air ride on the front axle so that when they park it at a truck show, they can drop the suspension all the way like a low rider and set that 18 or 19 inch chrome drop bumper right down on the ground….lol.
I agree. I should have specified in cold climates stay away from the half ton air ride system.
I’m not sure if people are still having those issues even with the late model 19’s, 20’s and 21’s but I do know, or at least I’m pretty sure in 2018 was when they realized a lot of the problems people were having was due to the lubricant grease they put inside the compressor would get really thick and almost putty/paste-y like when cold that wouldn’t allow the valves to completely closed that lead to the pressure bleeding off.
They did come out with a supposed revised compressor, multiple part number changes, that was supposed to help, but Ive had issues with them as well
What kind of issues? The same as the ones before prior to the revised parts?
