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Roadmaster Active Suspension (RAS)

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The final product highlighted is the Roadmaster Active Suspension (RAS) system. A representative from RAS explains that the system is designed to improve a pickup truck's towing ability, stability, handling, and traction, whether towing a camper, trailer, or boat. The system comes fully assembled and attaches to the back half of the truck's leaf springs using one hook and one bolt. It holds itself on with its own tension and needs to be adjusted once using a feeler gauge to set a gap, then requires no further maintenance. The representative claims it increases payload capacity by around 50% and tongue weight by 33% without hardening the ride.

Goal: Understand the benefits and installation of the Roadmaster Active Suspension system.

Tools and materials

  • Feeler Gauge — Setting the proper gap during RAS installation
  • Pickup Truck — The vehicle to which the RAS system is installed
  • Roadmaster Active Suspension — Enhancing a pickup truck's towing capabilities and suspension performance
  • Wrench — Tightening the bolts during installation

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son-in-law nice so i'm walking by and he goes hey man how are you i'm like good what the heck is this most innovative product yet that's right that's what you told me right so tell me about it because i don't really know anything about it it is called roadmaster active suspension okay and basically what it does is um hooks onto your pickup truck to help you pull a camper or trailer comes fully assembled just like this in the box so this is what you get in the box you get in the box one for each side of the truck okay goes on the back half of your leaf springs that's the part you're gonna sag down when you hook up your trailer your camper your boat whatever it goes on just like this one hook one bolt you hold one side with a wrench you turn this side with the wrench and it just holds itself on with its own tension just like that hand tighten and then what happens basically you would keep doing that until you can fit a little filler gauge in there to set a gap lock lock the lock nuts in place on that gap and you're done set it for get it maintenance free never hardens your rod with or without a load never adversely affects it in any way and it stays on permanently stays on permanently with or without a trailer with or without a camper you never have to adjust it what's the benefit of this uh increase your towing ability increase your stability and handling 24 7 increase your traction 24 7. and then when you hook up a load that gap you set is forced to open a little bit and all it wants to do is pull itself back together kind of like a slinky you play with when your kid you stretch it wants to come back together so it's trying to close the gap that you set okay which keeps your wheels planted on the ground back half your leaf bringing a nice arch at all times oh man you weren't lying where are you yeah uh what is the have you guys do you guys know what an increased capacity is yep you're looking around 50 payload thirty three percent tongue weight on the top come on yeah cereal yeah i mean now uh they just say cereal serious if me if me doing that puts you over your gvw that's between you god and the d.o.t right but uh technically what you can put in the bed about 50 more on the tongue with 33 that's that's insane and never have to adjust it never hardens your rod that's the main thing people like about it okay but is that actually dot compliant um as long as you're on your gvw right i mean but i can't make your engine pull more your brakes stop look you know…

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