Originally Posted by HOHN

I don't know if that's the case or not, but I have the Camper special package on my shortbed 02. The ride is simply brutal. Running empty, if I hit a REALLY hard bump, it will compress the springs enough to actually let the overloads contact the frame ears-- which is at most 2".

My truck is so ridiculously oversprung it's not even funny.

The Camper pkg also includes the rear sway bar, which makes the rear end even stiffer on uneven bumps because if only one of the rear tires hits a bump, it has to fight the spring rate of BOTH rear springs (well, factored in by the rigidity of the swaybar).

With about 1200 in the bed, the truck rides like a Caddy. But the springs act like 1K is the lightest load they were designed to handle.

It makes sense. Most slide-ins are well over 1K, so I can see why the extra stiffness and especially the sway bar were used.

It's kinda pointless on a shortbed, though. You can't get much of a slide-in for a shortbox.

Needless to say if I ever drop a GN hitch in this thing, it's already sprung to handle it.

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Originally Posted by patdaly

I have the CS package on my long bed Ext cab, and there are times it hits you, but for the most part, it is like any other 3/4 ton truck.

Glad I never found that grail 98 QC SB I thought I wanted.