Who makes heavy duty shocks?

JuststrokeIT · Mar 12, 2013

Im looking for some heavy Duty shocks for my lifted dually its got front and rear fab four bumpers and a gooseneck plate and a 20,000 pound winh up front the problem Ive been having is with rough country shocks the roads around here are awful and the rear shocks keep bending and eventually breaking over time because their not recovering in time and the angle im assuming. So what can I do to fix this?

jdgleason · Mar 12, 2013

Rough country is pretty cheap... I would go icons or maybe rancho 9000xl... Maybe.

NoSlow6.0 · Mar 12, 2013

I know of alot of people that run these.

http://www.gorancho.com/shocks.php?shock=RS9000XL

DieselCowboy · Mar 12, 2013

I am running nitro charged shocks by Zone. I can attest that they are great riding shocks. I too was wanting a heavy duty shock. I tow a 10 ton gooseneck with a 580 case backhoe and they work great.

JuststrokeIT · Mar 12, 2013

will I need resivoirs on them or is this un-needed on this?

dasboot · Mar 12, 2013

what about bilstiens?

Motostroker · Mar 12, 2013

I have some rancho 9000XL adjustable shocks for the front for sale. They would suit your needs

Only 5k miles on them, practically new

Jeff@Spartan · Mar 12, 2013

dasboot said:
what about bilstiens?

Anything but there 5100 series. They have proven to not take abuse well on several trucks. I have the 5160's on my truck and I'm very pleased with them.

Corb@CorbinShipping · Mar 13, 2013

Without stepping up to an all out race suspension, I like my Fox Racing Shocks. You can get em from Mild to Wild, and they are beefy, with or without the reservior. Several different heights to choose from. Etc... I wont get rid of mine.

qcfarmer · Mar 13, 2013

Ccorbin said:
Without stepping up to an all out race suspension, I like my Fox Racing Shocks. You can get em from Mild to Wild, and they are beefy, with or without the reservior. Several different heights to choose from. Etc... I wont get rid of mine.

Are you running these on your 450?

TripleE44 · Mar 13, 2013

A shock with a bigger body should have a bigger shaft that should be able to take more abuse. But it may just be the rough country ones, a 2.0 Icon shock may be stronger than the 2.0 rough country. The shaft on my Icon 2.5 seems huge, I can't remember the exact dimension though.

Corb@CorbinShipping · Mar 13, 2013

qcfarmer said:
Are you running these on your 450?

Nope, on the 250. 2 1/2 inch lift/level. 5 inch blocks in the rear. 2 inch extended Fox Racing shocks.

TXGLASSMAN · Mar 13, 2013

i would suggest running the icon piggy back shocks, omegas would be over kill, the 2.5 smooth bodies would do you well to.

shocks are like most things in life, you get what you pay for.

JuststrokeIT · Mar 14, 2013

Who all is a dealer for the icons?

Jomax · Mar 14, 2013

SPARTAN said:
Anything but there 5100 series. They have proven to not take abuse well on several trucks. I have the 5160's on my truck and I'm very pleased with them.

Had to say that... I just installed 5100's on my dually.. Lol

TXGLASSMAN · Mar 14, 2013

JuststrokeIT said:
Who all is a dealer for the icons?

River city diesel, truck Toyz, PTP, and maybe one more.
Those are who I know for sure

Jared @ RCD is great to deal with

Sak @ truck Toyz will treat you right just like Jared

Haven't had much dealings with PTP so I don't have an opinion on them honestly but I am site they would treat you just as good as the other 2 listed above

jdgleason · Mar 14, 2013

Elite is an Icon dealer as well.

TXGLASSMAN · Mar 14, 2013

jdgleason said:
Elite is an Icon dealer as well.

Good to know JD. I wasn't aware they were a dealer

OBSWIZ · Mar 14, 2013

We are a Icon, Pure Performance, Bilstein, Fox dealer..all have shocks for your application..

I'd use Duals in front, also it should be noted that only Bilstein #5100 will have a lifetime warranty, all others 90 day to 1 year with Fox.