How much does your truck squat?

[wrvond]

Today I hooked my 5er up to my Ram for the first time using the Curt Q20 slider w/pucks for the first time. I used to use an F350 dually Powerstroke with Curt A30 and above bed rails. Needless to say my little '22 Cougar 24RDS didn't even make that truck settle when I hooked up.
So, just before I slid under the kingpin I measured the distance from the top of a rear tire to the lip of the fender and got 10.5 inches. After hooking up and lifting the landing gear I measured again and it was 9.5 inches. So one inch of sag. This 2500 rides really high in the back anyway, so I'm not going to worry about one inch. I should mention I do have airbags for stability while towing but they only have eight psi in them.

Anyway, I got to wondering how much sag the various trucks and 5er combinations have when hooking up...

 

[GBB]

Bout 1 1/2” with 4000# TC, but I’m running timbrens

 

[tchur1]

Id say maybe 1", if that when towing our boat. Boat is about 10k pounds so around 1k lbs or just under dpeending on fuel and gear in the boat

 

[AH64ID]

No sag thanks to auto-level...

The coil springs on the 2500 are softer than leaf spring and will sag more per lb of payload. This is why the 2500's sit so high when empty.

 

[tchur1]

No sag thanks to auto-level...

The coil springs on the 2500 are softer than leaf spring and will sag more per lb of payload. This is why the 2500's sit so high when empty.

Auto level is the one option i really regret not getting when I ordered my truck. Not sure what I was thinking in leaving it off.

 

[daemonic3]

I don't know how much mine squats but it can benchpress about 5 hundos

 

[buzzuti]

Auto level is the one option i really regret not getting when I ordered my truck. Not sure what I was thinking in leaving it off.

I really liked the Auto-Leveling feature on my 3500.
It was pretty brilliant, would drop our 5,000+ lbs truck camper in and it would just adjust.

I put my 5000+ lb truck camper on my 5500 and it squats 1" exactly.
Blew my mind the first time, as I expected a lot more.

 

[609er]

Mine squats a couple inches with my boat hooked up. Then the air suspension picks it right back up.

 

[Rockcrawlindude]

half an inch with 900# tongue weight.
2500 with sumos.
Before the sumos it was 1.25” of squat