montanaman

When I pull the equipment trailer, with the skid steer on it, my suspension is pretty maxed out, so after pricing out a trade for a SD F250 I decided to try the old-fashioned way and I installed the Supersprings SSA-28's.

I put it in the loosest hole, and it still raised up the back about 3/4 of an inch, and tomorrow afternoon I have to go move the skid steer a few miles, and I'll find out how they do.

I'm really wondering what will keep those urethane pads in between the spring sets, as they don't fit perfect, they just sit there.

Anybody here using Supersprings ?

Al Kohalic

I just installed mine last week and got a chance to try them out today. I had to remove my 1.5" extra block in the rear because it raised the back in too much. At first I had them on the bottom setting, and then tried them on the top (pre-loaded) setting and I did not notice hardly any difference in the unloaded ride between the two settings. I have rode in a friends F-150 with the add a leaf and I can tell you that it is much nicer of a ride unloaded. My truck still squatted a little with a load but not nearly as much as before with just the 3" block, and the I felt more confident with the load around corners.

Before Supersprings and just a 3" block in the rear. The atv is 750 lbs.



After Supersprings with the extra 1.5" block taken out. The 750lb atv set further back on the truck and another 50lbs in the tool box.

montanaman

Yesterday late afternoon I hooked up the equipment trailer, and put the S175 Bobcat on it, and the truck doesn't sag nearly as much, and it's road manners are nice - what I mean is that driving 60 mph, and I hit a bump in the road, I don't have the back end going up & down like a pogo stick.

Then I look at the towing charts, ant I discovered that for a SCAB 4x4 with 5.0 & 3.55 gears that I'm Waaaay over what they recommend - I've got 10k behind it, and it's rated less than 8k -

It doesn't seem to have affected the ride much either, just a little stiffer, and I'm on the looser hole too.

I'm still wondering what'll keep those thick urethane pads from 'walking' out- but we'll see I guess!

Overall, $300 well spent.

rodlg35

Looks good. Take a snap-shot of those springs..

Nckeith

Glad it worked out for you. However, 10000lbs is a lot of weight for a half ton to pull, but more importantly to stop with. Just out of curiousity, how much difference was there in moving up to a SD 250. I read lots of stories on these boards and in most cases it would seem that outside of light duty trailer towing, the majority of users would be best served by a 3/4 ton.

HoustonRider

The big factor is stopping. These trucks could probably pull 15k down the road, but not stop we'll enough.

Depending on the options, net/net after discounts, etc there is still a $10k diff on a Superduty But yea, you can get a base diesel crew for under $40.

RES4CUE

The trucks with max tow that are rated for 10000# have the same stopping equipment as the OPs truck. It really comes down to the trailer and its brakes.

When Ford engineered these trucks they do it with a safety ratio. It's not like you get to the listed number and magically the truck falls apart! Like most things, there is a safety ratio factored in when designing and building stuff.

For example, vehicles must support 2 1/2 times their weight on the roof, safety factor built in. The numbers in the books are the layer speak.

Al Kohalic

I don't believe their is an issue with these trucks having enough brakes to stop 10k lbs. The brakes on these trucks are bigger than the previous model 1999-2008 F250/F350 brakes with 13.66 front and 13.39 rear. The 2009+ F150s are dual piston 13.8 inch front and back, and the truck itself is a lot lighter as well. I wonder why nobody every questioned my father-in-law stopping his 10k lb RV in his 2003 F350 6.0 Superduty even though he has smaller brakes then I do.

iFord

Good to know the brakes are bigger, Al. Yeah, it's not the pulling, it's the stopping!!

Platinum_Sean

Yes- I have the Supersprings. The pads just sit on the axel/spring mount ubolt area.

Do your springs' mounting brackets have 2 holes, or just 1? What about where the rollers are? If 2 holes, use the upper holes to reduce the unloaded lift.

https://www.f150forum.com/f38/supers...estion-108337/