[bcrvman]

Originally Posted by jsb5717

Not to add salt to the wound but the blown bag could have been faulty...but there was a lot being asked of it.

Loaded pin weight on the trailer is ~3500 lbs. Add people, hitch, and gear and there is in excess of 4100 lbs being loaded on a truck with a payload of maybe 2100-2500lbs. The truck is woefully overloaded so the air bags are being asked to not only carry the extra dead weight, but are being considerably stressed under that load while managing the exaggerated weight applied as the trailer porpoises down the road.

Bottom line is that the air bags are being asked to bear all the extra stress that a properly rated truck should be carrying. I know that these bags are supposed to be able to carry a lot of weight so whether or not that caused the failure, I don't know. Just a thought...

There are still some people who do not understand that adding air bags does NOT increase the load bearing capacity (most air bag companies post that on their web site) all they do is make the ride softer.