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What’s the “go to” shock for the leaf spring super duties these days? No off-roading other than checking cows and such in the pasture.

Truck is a 2000 cclb 4x4 Dually

V codes up front, C codes in rear
 

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Rancho RS9000XL. Set the front on 6 and the rear on 3.

I put Fox 2.0’s on the Excursion and honestly haven’t been that impressed with them.
 

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I'm running KYB red body shocks on V and A codes. Empty bed rides rough but smooths out with 500lbs.
 

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Rancho RS9000XL. Set the front on 6 and the rear on 3.

I put Fox 2.0’s on the Excursion and honestly haven’t been that impressed with them.


Interesting, most everyone likes the fox shocks.

Depends on your budget. Lifetime shocks form the dime stores or good shocks like fox??

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Rancho, bilstien, Fox, etc. Nothing cheap but want something that will last for a while.
 

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Interesting, most everyone likes the fox shocks.


I know. That’s why I put them on.
I’m not saying they’re bad, just been a little disappointed.
It seems like the front needs more dampening. The Ex is stock height, and it will hit the bumpstops violently on not that big of a bump. Add in hard Energy suspension bumpstops and it’ll make you cringe.
The Energy’s are coming out and OE is going back in here in a couple weeks.
 

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I run icons in the front of my truck, and have been very happy with them. Not sure if they make stock height ones or not. I had bulsteins up front, and they were junk. Believe it or not, I still have the factory "ranchos" in the ass at 245k. They need replaced though..,

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Several different ones.
2001 F250 4x4 ccsb, leveled on 33’s,
2005 F250 4x4 ccsb, lowered 1.5” up front 2” in the rear,
2007 F250 4x4 ecsb lowered 3” up front, and 4” in the rear.
All those had Rancho RS9000XL’s on them.
I know your question was directed toward the leaf sprung trucks, and only 1 in the list was leaf springs.
 
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I’ve got the cheaper non adjustable rancho shocks on the front of my truck. No matter what it’s still a front heavy leaf sprung 3/4 ton. Anything decent is better than blown out garbage or nothing at all.
 

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Several different ones.
2001 F250 4x4 ccsb, leveled on 33’s,
2005 F250 4x4 ccsb, lowered 1.5” up front 2” in the rear,
2007 F250 4x4 ecsb lowered 3” up front, and 4” in the rear.
All those had Rancho RS9000XL’s on them.
I know your question was directed toward the leaf sprung trucks, and only 1 in the list was leaf springs.



Did you tow with them much? If so, what did you adjust the rear shocks to?
 

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Did you tow with them much? If so, what did you adjust the rear shocks to?

The 2001 has a System 1 toolbox/ladder rack setup on it, loaded with tools, and fairly often tows a 20’ car hauler trailer with a scissor lift and garage doors on it. Iirc, I set the front and rear to 6 on it and he never changes it.
The other 2 tow only occasionally, and are set on 6 in the front and 3 in the rear with no changes for the occasional towing they do.
 

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The 2001 has a System 1 toolbox/ladder rack setup on it, loaded with tools, and fairly often tows a 20’ car hauler trailer with a scissor lift and garage doors on it. Iirc, I set the front and rear to 6 on it and he never changes it.
The other 2 tow only occasionally, and are set on 6 in the front and 3 in the rear with no changes for the occasional towing they do.



Thanks man!
 

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I’ve got the cheaper non adjustable rancho shocks on the front of my truck. No matter what it’s still a front heavy leaf sprung 3/4 ton. Anything decent is better than blown out garbage or nothing at all.

I have a 2001 7.3 4x4 with 274,000 and looking at the bilstien 4600 shocks.
 

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Crap I already ordered the 4600s. What's the difference ? I don't haul anything with the truck.
Shocks have nothing to do with hauling. The 4600s will be better then dime store shocks for sure. The 5100s just cushion more. The better the shock the better the ride.

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Another vote for the Bilstein 5100's.
I run them on my '03 KR, and the '04 KR I have been working on.
I went with the stock to +2" height shocks.
And at about $400/complete set, they are hard to pass up.
 

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