Hi so I recently picked up the new body 1500 elevation x31 diesel.
I love this thing already but had some questions about towing and making changes to suspension. I will be pulling a 30' travel trailer with it 5-10 times a year, tongue weight around 710lbs and trailers around 6180lbs. Truck handles it fine going and stopping but I hate the pogo feeling in the truck. This is the largest and heaviest tow I would be doing, I have a small deck trailer for farm equipment but that would never exceed 5k or so lbs.
I was thinking of changing the shocks to get a better ride and more planted feeling. I don't really off-road but I have had to go down a fsr road and it was washboard for a good 40km truck did "ok" but could be comfier and stable even at 25-30km/h.
I was going to be doing a 2.5" level up front for some clearance and wanting to get a slightly larger tire , and am at a crossroads between shocks. what I am thinking of doing is Bilstein 5160 resi shocks out back with a 1" eibach block to keep a slight take (can do 1.5" or so aswell based on input here) And either do the 5100's up front or 6112 if they ever come in stock.
, I have looked into Bilstein, fox, and eibach shocks. I want a comfortable ride obviously but do need it to be more planted and ready to go for towing and light fsr driving.
Looking for input from owners who tow steady and do some light "offroading" I suppose.
I live in BC for reference, truck will be towing over the Coquihalla in the summers with the RV.