Adding a leaf

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msouthall

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I’m considering adding a leaf spring to my 17 ORDC. I’m having a rack built now to carry a roof top tent so I’m looking to carry some weight.

For those of you that have added a leaf, how much has it changed your ride? Is it too rough? Im not going to keep my RTT on all the time but I’ll probably keep my rack on it so it’s already to throw my mountain bike or kayak on. I don’t, however, want to ride nose high when I’m loaded.

Thanks in advance for the help.
 
msouthall said:
I’m considering adding a leaf spring to my 17 ORDC. I’m having a rack built now to carry a roof top tent so I’m looking to carry some weight.

For those of you that have added a leaf, how much has it changed your ride? Is it too rough? Im not going to keep my RTT on all the time but I’ll probably keep my rack on it so it’s already to throw my mountain bike or kayak on. I don’t, however, want to ride nose high when I’m loaded.

Thanks in advance for the help.
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Are you going to lift the front at all?
 
I have the icon aal it's a little rough over bigger bumps like speed bump and larger but it smoothes out with anything more than 100lbs in the back
 
Thanks Jason. Appreciate the input. OR17TRD, I’m going to keep the 5100s in the front. They’re set to the second highest setting so it sits level now. I’m looking forward to getting a bit more rake. If I weren’t planning on carrying the extra weight, I’d leave it how it sits now (leveled).
 
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