Improve your towing experience with this shock absorbing upgrade kit for leaf spring trailer suspensions. Heavy-duty shocks reduce trailer bounce, chucking, and porpoising. Adjustable mounting brackets and hardware included. Fits 3-1/2" axles.
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This Comfort Ride suspension upgrade system greatly improves your towing experience. It serves as an add-on for your leaf spring suspension, and it provides a notably smoother ride, reducing chucking, axle roll-up, and suspension rebound. This means that you'll experience improved handling, even over potholes and uneven pavement. And the contents of your trailer will stay in place during travel.
While traditional leaf springs support your trailer to prevent bottoming out, they don't necessarily provide a comfortable ride. Due to the rigidity of the steel construction, leaf springs do a poor job of absorbing shock and bounce and limiting sway.
Adding these shocks to your existing leaf spring suspension offers a better solution. Gas-powered springs inside of the sealed cylinders compress and extend as you drive. The compression and extension of the springs creates enough force to offset the amount of incoming force or vibration that occurs when you tow over rough or uneven terrain. The result is a more comfortable towing experience.
Typically, when shocks are installed on a trailer, they're positioned at a more horizontal angle. But this positioning doesn't compensate very well for the up-and-down movement of the trailer's suspension. However, Roadmaster's patented adjustable frame brackets are specifically designed to allow these shocks to be mounted at a nearly vertical angle. As a result, these shocks will have the leverage necessary to limit up-and-down motion during both compression and rebound.
The Comfort Ride shock absorber system has endured rigorous testing to ensure its durability and longevity. This testing includes computerized Finite Element Analysis, which establishes guidelines to ensure superior product quality and safety. Roadmaster also tested these shock absorbers at the Navistar Proving Grounds, a private test facility that provides real-world handling and safety testing. The result is a safe, long-lasting product that you can trust.
Installation of the Comfort Ride system is fairly straightforward.
The included tie plates replace your existing U-bolt tie plates. You will need to retain your existing U-bolts and nuts for installation. Once the tie plates are installed, bolt the upper mounting brackets to your trailer's frame with the included hardware. Some drilling is required when mounting the brackets to the frame. Finally, attach the shocks between the tie plates and the frame brackets.
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Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (86 Customer Reviews)
Improve your towing experience with this shock absorbing upgrade kit for leaf spring trailer suspensions. Heavy-duty shocks reduce trailer bounce, chucking, and porpoising. Adjustable mounting brackets and hardware included. Fits 3-1/2" axles.Thank you for the extra fast service service. Its always a pleasure to do business with you
Review from a similar Comfort Ride in Trailer Leaf Spring Suspension
Along with the new springs....everything works as advertised. Well satisfied. No complaints. I had to modify the one set of shock brackets to fit, as I have raised the trailer 5 inches to match up with the 4 inch raised truck. Otherwise...no swaying....no bouncing........no problems. Thanks etrailer for your help.
Delta D - 08/02/2021Review from a similar Comfort Ride in Trailer Leaf Spring Suspension
OMG! After having the trailer bottom out on the stock springs while traversing a RR crossing, this system has proven to be amazing. Returning from a VA campground I crossed multiple RR crossings and traveled some rough pavement. I found I had left a bottle of shower soap on the ledge in the shower! It was still there when I set up in my yard. Not possible with the stock suspension!
Bruce H - 04/11/2021Review from a similar Comfort Ride in Trailer Leaf Spring Suspension
I've installed this on a 5th wheel about 1 year ago and I have to say I've been very pleased with this purchase. While stuff in the trailer still gets out of place, it feels like it has improved the handling of the trailer over rough roads and during windy conditions. I've probably put about 5,000 miles on my trailer after installing this kit and have to say I have no regrets with this purchase.
Review from a similar Comfort Ride in Trailer Leaf Spring Suspension
I would recommend this over other type upgrades. It may cost more but like the saying goes you get what you pay for. Install was not difficult.Installed on a 2015 Fuzion 325 toyhauler,towability plus road jarring much improved having ridden in trailer before and after,you can sit in the rear in your seat and not get thrown out.The other notable upgrade was the reese goose box fith wheel hitch,a real good upgrade. Tow vehicle 2016 RAM 3500 CAB CHASSIS 4×4 CUMMINS 6.7 DSL Bradfofd built Aluminum 4 box bed.
Review from a similar Comfort Ride in Trailer Leaf Spring Suspension
Great improvement over stock. Trailer tracks more stable. Less movement of stored away items. Less chucking, pretty much eliminated it.
Steve - 04/08/2022 Steve - 04/14/2022Review from a similar Comfort Ride in Trailer Leaf Spring Suspension
Love my RAS suspension. It did exactly what I was hoping for. Now I pull my trailer with NO rear end squat. It was really bad before I got the RAS heavy duty installed now no far fear with new setup.
Review from a similar Comfort Ride in Trailer Leaf Spring Suspension
Just finished installing the Roadmaster shock system on my Momentum 398M tri-axle. The kit arrived well packaged and all items were included. The instructions that come with it are pretty straight forward and easy to understand. This would probably be a lot quicker install with some helping hands, but I did it by myself in about 6 hours. The hardest part of the entire setup is all of the overhead drilling, but with a little redneck ingenuity I was able to make that bearable. As far as this kit goes, the ordering process and the outstanding customer service from Angela W, etrailer.com rocks!! This could be the start of a wonderful relationship..
Johnny - 04/19/2020Review from a similar Comfort Ride in Trailer Leaf Spring Suspension
So far so good on my 2015 Open Range 3X427BHS! Overall, the old suspension system was just rusted and worn out and the tires were a maximum of 1" apart, which made me really nervous while pulling. It was tough to remove, but nothing a little WD-40 and some praying couldn't fix! Installation was pretty straight forward using the included directions and [online video] University. Looking forward to seeing how it rides this weekend on our next trip.
Review from a similar Comfort Ride in Trailer Leaf Spring Suspension
After 1 year we are still very pleased. Have about 5000 miles towing and it is a much better ride. Worth the money. Ride is much better. We did have it professionally installed. It's a pretty big project for a driveway mechanic
Philip - 04/09/2021Review from a similar Comfort Ride in Trailer Leaf Spring Suspension
We bought a new Grand Design 22 foot Travel Trailer and Ford Expedition Tow Vehicle. Even after we installed a Curt Trunnion Bar Equalizer Hitch, the trailer bucking was unbearable for long trips. It was so bad we were ready to sell the whole rig. The suspension of all travel trailers is sub-standard. We bought the Roadmaster RM-2450 Shock absorber kit and installed it ourselves. It made a WORLD OF DIFFERENCE in the ride! However, the installation was not easy for a 76 year old man. Thanks to a neighbor with a flat paved driveway and an extensive tool inventory, I got it done. You need pre-planning and high jack stands. Read the instructions and view some online videos before committing. Verify that there are no gas or water pipes next to the trailer frames. Determining the location of the upper shock frame bracket is tricky. This measurement sets the angle of the shock absorber, and has to be done BEFORE you lift the trailer and remove the wheels! You have to have the trailer loaded, the wheels on the ground and the tow vehicle connected. Then install one shock absorber from the bottom up and measure where the upper bracket sets on the frame. Then you can disconnect and lift the trailer up on jack stands and drill the frame holes. I was lucky that I was close to the IDEAL 35 degree angle on my trailer. I don't know what you would do if you are outside the 25 to 40 degree allowable range. The instructions say you have to get 12" long drill bits to drill into the bottom of the frame. There's not enough clearance to insert a standard drill between the springs and frame. Pushing the drill up overhead, and having the bit tight to the springs makes it almost impossible to get the holes straight. So when you drive the self tapping bolts into the holes it is very easy to strip them. A better solution is to have a low profile angle drill. Otherwise you'll be welding the brackets or glueing bolts. We also installed heavy duty shackles, wet bolts and bronze bushings while the trailer was up on the jack stands. You have to refer to other reviews for that. The Trailer Mfg. stock components are junk.
Roger - 05/23/2021Review from a similar Comfort Ride in Trailer Leaf Spring Suspension
Excellent finish and overall durability BUT, the angles need a little tweaking. The top of the shock will contact the upper bracket as installed to the instructions.
Review from a similar Comfort Ride in Trailer Leaf Spring Suspension
this really did not seam to make any difference in the ride or towing of my 5th wheel. the product is made well and it has everything needed to install and fairly easy to install. just didn't do what I was thinking it would.
Review from a similar Comfort Ride in Trailer Leaf Spring Suspension
Great buy and easy to install and has made for a smoother ride.
Lee V - 11/26/2021Review from a similar Comfort Ride in Trailer Leaf Spring Suspension
An amazing product. Very heavy duty with all the parts and great directions.
Review from a similar Comfort Ride in Trailer Leaf Spring Suspension
Thank you for asking for a 1 year review as I never do them without enough test time. I have made several trips into western VA and West VA so have used the mountains and found it made a big difference in stability and bounce as advertised. No fault of the product but had I known I would have changed axles to next load level higher and kit to match. Instructions were pretty good, it does require some drilling through 3/16 steel 9/16" holes so having proper tools for job is essential. I got some trailer jack stands from [nationwide retailer] they provided safety at a reasonable cost. I highly recommend them.
Rich D - 04/20/2021Review from a similar Comfort Ride in Trailer Leaf Spring Suspension
This is a great product, it smothered out my fifth wheel nearly eliminating the chucking.
David A - 07/06/2020Review from a similar Comfort Ride in Trailer Leaf Spring Suspension
I did a custom installation on tandem axle 10K car trailer. Made a world of difference especially in windy situations. Highly recommend for any trailer application!
Review from a similar Comfort Ride in Trailer Leaf Spring Suspension
Every towable RV should be equipped with these shocks at the factory especially those like us that have a rear kitchen! The ride difference before and after is 'shockingly' (pun intended...) better. No more broken dishes and I know all of the installed components in our 2021 Keystone Cougar 29RKS suffer less wear and tear, and damage from road travel. It also made our tow vehicle ride much better than before the shock install due to 'bucking' on the fifth wheel hitch when towing the -29RKS. These shocks have been the best upgrade/add-on we have ever added to our current RV and four others in the past. Do yourself (and your RV...) a favor and INSTALL THESE SHOCKS! You won't be disappointed.
Review from a similar Comfort Ride in Trailer Leaf Spring Suspension
Highly recommend adding these on your camper. We added them to our Grand Design 2400 BH which was a night and day difference in ride quality. This eliminated a lot of the porpoising, chucking and side to side roll that you sometimes get. I was amazed how much smoother of a ride pulling the camper is now. Running these shocks now in combination with the Road Armor Equalizers.
Nathan L - 04/28/2021Review from a similar Comfort Ride in Trailer Leaf Spring Suspension
I pull a toy-hauler 5th wheel trailer between Alaska and the lower 48 through Canada twice a year. Much of the road is rough and caused me to break a leaf spring every trip. Since installing a shock absorber system and upgrading from 5-leaf to 6-leaf springs, I have so far eliminated suspension damages on the route.
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