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Message: [QUOTE="Hotrodtractor, post: 409638, member: 25"] I'm not following why the panhard bar needs to be above the rear axle when the bags are behind the axle - I assume your messed up travel geometry is a function of the allowable area for the bar to reside in - personally I would make it so the bar either mounts just ahead of or just just behind the bags - make it nice and long and parallel to the ground at ride height and all will be well. Also FWIW - the Kelderman system for stock height 08 trucks have the bags on top of the axle - if they can do it - I'm sure you can do it. A properly designed set of triangulated 4 links can work just fine in a towing app - but the bars and mounts are beefy in nature for sure. Agreed - the fuel tank needs to be relocated - that seems like an easy task on such a project truck. Although I know that a system could be designed to handle the loads Why drop to a single leaf - I went for a softer ride with my tow rig using a softer spring rate multipack spring intended for lifting a truck and used lowering shackles with it - the combination gave me an awesome ride, good control, and I handled the additional load carrying capacity issues with a simple set of helper bags. To control the torque I am designing a simple set of traction bars that shouldn't limit the travel of the system or cause any binding issues through its normal operating range. When running empty I have just a minimal amount of air in the bags. Just bolting on the factory parts really screws with the geometry if you go to shackle each end like that. Plus I would be leery of the side to side control with that setup if you strip the oem packs down to a single leaf all in the hopes that you don't have to run a panhard bar. That seems like a lot of extra work to solve a problem that might not really exist. [/QUOTE]