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[jwolff]

To start with go to RV.net and you'll get all kinds of info to make your rig handle better. I personally started with a '95 F350 SRW 460 gasser with my AF990 and decided it justed wasn't enough truck and upgraded to a '01 F350 DRW 7.3 CC. Either way, the following mods are the norm for our heavy campers and Fords. Upgrade rear anti sway bar to a 1.5" Roadmaster (big improvement over stock anti sway bar), Rancho 9000XL shocks all the way around (I did just rears to start and all 4 is definitely way better), and Stable Loads from Torklift to take up that gap your airbags make to the overloads. Some people with SRW's go to 19.5 wheels with F, G, or H rated tires but that'll run around $2700 for all four out the door of a Les Schwab. You could also add heavy duty rear springs or add a leaf to your overloads at a local spring shop. If I would have kept my SRW I would have purchased the 19.5's and the additional overload spring but by the time you add up the cost it was nearly the difference of a new to me 7.3 truck plus I got the wonderful 7.3 now.

My magic air pressure is around 55psi. Any more and I am not touching the overloads. Any less and the air bags aren't resisting enough.

I did the new sway bar, Ranchos, and Stable Loads and love the set up. Granted it is a DRW but even on a SRW it will help a lot.

John