Best Rear Suspension Enhancement For 2025 Ford Bronco Badlands Sasquatch

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Hi! We recently took a trip using a Swagman Swivel + Cargo Basket set-up on our 2025 2-Door Bronco Badlands Sasquatch, and experienced quite a bit of squat in the rear suspension when fully loaded. Wed love to have a simple solution that would easily and reliably add support for our stock suspension when loaded 2 to 4 times per year when traveling without impacting ride quality when unloaded. Any thoughts/recommendations? For added context: 1. The hitch is rated for 350 lbs and our load on this most recent trip was ~310 pounds when fully loaded including the weight of the Swagman Swivel 2. Our need isnt urgent. If you think there are upcoming products that may be ideal, were happy to wait. Thank you, as always! Mike

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Hey Mike, thanks for reaching out. We do have a good solution for your 2025 Ford Bronco Badlands Sasquatch. Take a look at the following:

- Air Lift LoadLifter 5000 Air Helper Springs - Rear Axle # AL38FF

This is currently the only rear suspension option we have that is compatible with the Sasquatch package. The air bags are adjustable, so they are ideal for varying loads. You can reduce the pressure to a minimum of 5 PSI so it won't make the ride super rough when you are unloaded.

Then when you are loaded with gear your can add air as needed. This will allow you to get the vehicle back to the perfectly level factory ride height. The kit comes with standard air valves that can be mounted on the bumper. You can inflate them using any tire inflator. Or you can add an onboard compressor like part # AL25592. The compressor is a great convenience but I typically only recommend them for people who are towing more often. Totally up to your preference though.

Do you plan to do any trailer towing? Or just the swing-away and bikes for now?

expert reply by: Jesse M

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Air Lift LoadLifter 5000 Air Helper Springs
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Mike

9/5/2025

Great advice. Thanks, Jesse! Especially the ability to run the air valves to the bumper and the convenience of having an on-board compressor (was definitely on our radar). Plus, you are already ahead of my next question which would have been minimum psi to maintain as much suspension range of motion as possible in unloaded, low-speed offroad driving. Thank you! We aren’t planning any trailering at the moment; just cargo to make the 2-door roadtrip worthy for the family, but (especially if this response is public for others) feel free to drop in any advice you may have for towing. Thanks again!

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Jesse M.

9/5/2025

@Mike Great! Glad to help! If you plan to go offroad, Air Lift does make spring cradles part # AL59DQ that can replace the bottom brackets. This prevents the air bags from limiting suspension travel when going offroad. Will you be off-roading a lot? Or just here and there?

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Mike

9/5/2025

@JesseM Very helpful! We’re on pavement 90% of the time (admittedly parked at Wholefoods/Mall 40% of the time). But we do enjoy making use of the vehicle’s capabilities ~10% of the time…especially on trips. We love National Parks and have found our family sweet spot is to lean into trail driving over hiking. We’re not much for rock-crawling but higher-speed Baja-style (or on-road Gymkhana-style) antics are certainly not out of the realm of real-world possibility when my better half is driving solo. Generally speaking, we try not to limit a vehicle’s potential when modifying (wherever possible to avoid the compromise) so your spring cradles will be on the research list. A lightweight off-road trailer could be in our medium/long-term future but it’s low-likelihood that this would be the rig towing it. Thanks again!

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Jesse M.

9/5/2025

@Mike Awesome! You will be well equipped for anything the Wholefoods parking lot can throw at you haha! The cradles actually might be something worth considering. The Air Lift air bags are great for support and ride leveling but with the way the air bags are constructed, they are not made to be extended. Like if the axle hangs even for a second it could do damage. It might be fine, but they are really not made to do that. The cradles will alleviate any concerns of damaging the bags while offroad, and you will still get the support you need when you need it. I love our countries National Parks! I actually named my son after Theodore Roosevelt, largely in part to his role in establishing so many of them. I live in Missouri now but I am originally from California, so my favorite parks are Yosemite, Sequoia/Kings Canyon and of course Yellowstone. What are your favorite parks to visit?

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