Timbren add-on overloads?

[BasicBlack]

Anybody have an opinion on Timbren add-on overload systems? The truck is a '00 F350 dually 4x4. GVWR is 11,200

Thanks.

[DQDanny]

I put the timbrens on mine..they come into contact with the axel stops with about 500 lbs of weight in the box. They cost about $170, are an easy install, and no maintenance. I suppose the firestone airbags are better in some situations, I have had both...the timbrens are acceptable alternative to the bags..I have the factory overload springs as well..& did not have to remove these, where with the air bags I believe you do. I towed my 5ver a couple trips w/out the timbrens, then put them on. With the 2.5K pin weight, the timbrens make for a better ride..springs are not so depressed..if that matters...good luck


dan

[smotu]

Got them now on all four corners, had them on the last truck on all four corners. Guaranteed for life, easy install.

Makes for a stiffer ride on the front as they are in contact all the time, but also raised the front of the truck about an inch which helps with my fifth wheel/bed clearance in the back and allows the truck to be level when towing. I don't use them in the back when towing as the truck doesn't settle enough due to a light pin weight on the fiver.

Load up the slide in camper and that is a different story. I like them, although air bags may work as well, especially in my towing situation. But for the price and the no worry issues with them, I would buy them again, and again as well as use them all the time if I had a heavier pin weight.

[sharmon53]

I have to jump in and ask about Timbrens.Are these the same as springs?We are debating between airbags/overload springs/and now Timbrens?F250PSD4x4CrewCab/Platinum 3H LQ trailer 24'on floor. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

[smotu]

www.timbren.com - Sort of a spring that looks like an airbag. Best description I can come up with is a hard rubber hollow tube that acts like a spring.

[jschira]

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Best description I can come up with is a hard rubber hollow tube that acts like a spring.

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A big rubber doughnut that is really stiff. They replace your bumpstops. 1 bolt installation. My wife could have done it.

[CKing]

put them in front and love it.

[TXiceman]

I had air springs (bags) on my 97 F350 and loved the ride with the 2600# 5er pin weight. The 2002 F350 was used for a while without any supplmental rear suspension. This time I went with the Timbrens and ride as good as the air springs when loaded and better when unloaded.

It took about an hour and 3 cans of woobly pop to install them. The air springs took beter than 1/2 of a day.

Ken

[smotu]

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Best description I can come up with is a hard rubber hollow tube that acts like a spring.

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A big rubber doughnut that is really stiff. They replace your bumpstops. 1 bolt installation. My wife could have done it.

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Exactly, JSchira. Had a brain freeze this morning. Front is a single jumbo doughnut, back is jumbo doubled up doughnuts. They are beyond stiff, until you load up 3000 lb's of Camper, then the almost look like regular size doughnuts [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[jschira]

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They are beyond stiff, until you load up 3000 lb's of Camper, then the almost look like regular size doughnuts [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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I jumped up and down on mine. Like jumping onto a rock. 100-200 lbs. won't budge them.

[smotu]

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I jumped up and down on mine. Like jumping onto a rock. 100-200 lbs. won't budge them.

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They don't even start getting busy until you have around 2500 lbs. on them. Rears are supposed to "boost" load capacity up to 6000 lbs. Warning, kids, don't exceed rated GVW of the vehicle (or at the very least, tire capacity)

[Clevelandjim]

Does anyone have any xperience with Timbrens and a 1200Lb tongue weight travel trailer? Do they keep the rear up amnd the truck level?

[2x6 Bulldog]

1. Easy to install. 15 minutes each.
2. No maintenance.
3. No adjustment.
4. Does not affect ride unloaded, they don't even touch the Axel until well loaded.
5. Extremely stable when loaded with 12K fifth wheel. Big difference!
6. Will not pop, leak down or deflate.
7. No plumbing.
8. No hassles.
Enough Yet?
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I love mine! Like my women cheap and easy with no maintenance! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[jschira]

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Does anyone have any xperience with Timbrens and a 1200Lb tongue weight travel trailer? Do they keep the rear up amnd the truck level?

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I've had 900 lbs or so on my X. Maybe 1000 lbs. (8000 lbs. trailer). The rear end squats about 3/4" until the Timbren rests on the axle, and that's about it. If you stare at the truck, you can see it, but it does not look odd or over-weight. Many people would not even notice it.

With 1200 lbs., you might need air bags to run level. It's not just the tongue weight. It's 44 gals. of fuel and all the other stuff you put in the back.

[rminor]

I've had them on the back of my truck for over 100K miles. Nothing to go wrong on these. They make towing my 15K 5er very stable and it sits level. My '00 F350 SRW did not have factory overloads on it.