Let's talk Leaf packs

Its super easy to get a pack to ride nice off road as well as on road. Just don't change the weight of your truck

The hard part is dealing with various loads. Multi leaf packs only ride nice within a narrow weight range.

I've seen a few fords and chevys that add an air shock with a quick release pin in addition to the regular shock. Then when they tow, they just connect the air shock to support the additional weight. Not cheap, but solves the problem

 

Now you tell me!!!

 

how did the 3" wide packs do this last weekend?

 

OMG they were amazing! I finally have decent up travel to match the front. they are super soft and plush and I am able to adjust my ride zone in the bypasses to be super soft. I can feel when the transition and bumps zones kick in so I was able to adjust those for a nice progressive ramp up in compression. Since they hold the weight up better, I have MUCH less roll in hard turns yet they still give me excellent articulation.

I finally have leafs built correctly. The Truck is finally balanced front and rear. I increased the front coilovers from 700# coils to 800# and everything matches beautifully. The suspension changes plus the new 37s means I basically have a completely different truck.

 

Very nice!
Did you do any adjustments to the front after putting the 800# springs on.

 

Oh yeah for sure. On the first afternoon of the trip, I spent 2 hours going back and forth over the same section of trail and making adjustments. I still need to re-adjust the preload and add some super bumps and then I'll play with them again.

 

The icon multirate rxt pack held up decent in DV. With my estimate weight load out of 800lbs

The pack was designed to hold up to 750lbs at the 3rd option and retaining a 1” height over stock. I would say in this area it did well. However by the second day the leaf packs looked fairly flat.

I was told I wouldn’t reap the benefits of the leaf packs bc I am on the stock pro shocks. For the most part they flexed well and ride decent through washboards.

 

2 days? ouch. did you unload that 800lbs when you got home or is that a constant weight for you?

 

Tent,rack,spare is still on.So about 450 constant weight. Everything else gets unloaded and packed away.

 

Sub'd

 

Update on the RXT pack? I still plan on doing CB shackles and shims first but I’ve been debating the RXT vs the route @JTP went with, custom pack through Champion Leaf & Spring down in Ft. Worth, TX.

 

What CB shackles you looking to get? Have a set sitting in my garage that I won't be using. +3 I believe. Whatever are the longest

 

PM Sent!

 

Sorry I should've done a better review on the RXT packs. From my experience I think do fairly well - at least for what I need.
ALL THESE ARE BASED OF MY STATIC WEIGHT WITH FULL SPARE/FULL SIZE BED RACK & I AM RUNNING STOCK PRO REAR SHOCKS/FRONT PRO COILS CB SHIMS

-Option 1: great ride and height upon install (close to OEM with +3 shackles), added the Tepui Ruggedized tent, and they went flat.
-Option 3 : perfect height with the tent/full size spare/rack on. Supports this static weight really well. Added my gear + 9g of fuel, about 9g of water, and they were pretty close to flat at death valley. Rides great with this load out.
FYI:Icon site say to replace 3rd spring-it will be the 3rd spring from the main
-My leaf packs look really beat up now. A lot of surface rust all over, but I think that's normal?

So based off this, they really did the job. With all the weight I was at a decent height for the stock pro shocks, I didn't reap the benefits of the extra travel the rxt gives ya, but overall ride was great with the stock pro shocks. With OEM +3 shackles I was flat out the whole time and nose high.

@Juddrussell if you plan to wheel it with the added weight I would advise a leaf pack for sure. I had no experience with any other leaf packs on the tundra. Only custom alcans on my tacoma(without weight they ride like shit-or maybe my 5100 shocks couldn't keep up) The RXT pack is a great setup, gives you options to play with, and the new ones come with a cool sticker. SDHQ had the best price when I was looking, shipped to my loading dock as well to cut some cost. Came within 4 days from AZ to Bay Area CA.
If you get a custom pack based on only weight you will most likely compromise the ride and performance, and lead time would probably 2-3 weeks? I don't know much about champion leaf springs so I cant say. Budget wise +3 shackles on oem packs worked great. @KevinK is still running his to the ground I think.

 

Yup, went back to the stock leafs with a 3/4” shackle and a 1” block after trying a borrowed Deaver expedition pack with additional 500lbd preload. Those deavers weren’t setup for our weight, so they could have been great, just not for us. We don’t weigh enough to make them move.

With the bypasses and the hydro bumps, the stock pack is keeping up great, but at some point we’ll be going to the full RXT solution. Have taken enough rides in other trucks with them to be sold on the kit.

 

Any updates on this? With only a hard topper and overhead drawer I already have 2" of rear sag. I haven't even begun to add weight yet. I was set on a Deaver custom pack, but now I'm curious about the RXT long term.

 

and its done!

https://www.tundras.com/threads/200...icing-in-first-post.53441/page-8#post-1576878

 

I have a constant minimum load of 300 lbs (cap, fridge, random supplies) but is more like 340 lbs daily.

And another 50 to 100 lbs occasionally.

On stock suspension now. Rear is sagging some. Will eventually upgrade my shocks bit don't plan to lift the front more than 2" and want to keep some rake.

Offroad is just fire roads and that's less than 1%

I was thinking to go with new leafs for my constant added weight but reading some posts here makes me think just a shackle is better. Sounds like messing with leaf packs is a rabbit hole I don't have time for.

Thoughts?

For maybe I'll start a new thread