Ram 3500 Stiff suspension

[Xflight29]

Just received my 22 3500 Longhorn a couple weeks ago. It has the factory rear air bags and I have stock 20’s tires. Loving the truck but it really is a stiff ride, particularly the rear suspension.
Anything I can do make it a little better on the back roads which doesn’t involve aftermarket parts?
Will it break in over time? Maybe dropping tire pressure when not towing?
What would recommend front/rear pressure be for the stock 20’s when not towing?

I find that once in a while if I haven't towed is to wake the air bags up by hitting the alternate switch and let the air bags adjust to the empty load.

 

[roegs]

See the 3500 air suspension thread in the Sticky section.

 

[Tomkahooz]

No argument that the air suspension is fantastic when towing. The primary reason we bought this truck is to pull around a 38 ft trailer we are living in full time for a bit. It handles the weight with aplomb, even if that means a sometimes abusive loaded ride on rough roads.

My issue is now more to do with living with the truck the rest of the time we aren’t towing (which is a percentage that will grow considering forward). The fact that the truck keeps some air in the bags (likely to compensate for the mild weight of my canopy) just means the rear is a bit jarring even with low pressures in my 35” tires.

I just yanked fuses 5, 50 and 87 to prove out the hypothesis of “disabling” the auto air. That did the trick. It still rides like a truck down a rough road, but now it’s not embarrassingly jarring.

Did disabling the fuses affect anything else? I’ve been thinking of replacing the air bags altogether, so this would be a good way to test the waters.