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Hi everyone, Aidan here at etrailer. Today we're gonna be taking a look at and showing you how to install the SumoSprings for the rear axle on our 2020 Ford F-150. So right now we've got no tongue weight on the truck. The trailer is unhooked, we're in position ready to go, but I want to see with no weight on the truck where's our stock ride height. And to do that I want to take ourselves over to the wheel well and take a measurement from the ground to the top inside edge of that wheel well. And for us today, that measurement's gonna be sitting right at 40 inches.
So now we're gonna hook up the trailer, see how much that brings the back end of the F-150 down. This is rated to pull this camper just fine. But with stock suspension, I do expect to see a fair bit of drop. Now as I'm dropping this camper down onto the ball, I can see the truck dropping down a little bit here and we have a GoPro rolling underneath, so we can actually see what's happening to that factory bump stop and see how much it's dropping down and what kind of gap is left before any support is engaged. So right now the jack is lifted up.
The trailer is fully on the truck. Let's actually take this a step further and get a measurement to see how it compares. So going to the same spot in the wheel well here from the ground to the top inside edge, we're gonna be sitting at 38 1/2 inches. So it's about an inch and a half of drop. That's not too bad, but it is also a fairly light camper.
As we're driving around down the road, hitting speed bumps, maybe turning and making evasive maneuvers in the case of an emergency, we're gonna feel a lot more difference because that weight isn't as supported. So let's go ahead install our SumoSprings and see if that measurement changes later. And with the SumoSprings installed, I can lower the trailer down back onto the truck and we can see how the measurement from earlier changed. So I'll make sure that this is fully on the ball. And we can go back to the wheel well and measure the same place we did earlier.
Now I will say from my perspective back there it didn't look like things dropped down as much. And coming back here to check on it, I can confirm that. Right now, that measurement from the ground to the top inside edge of the wheel well is 39 inches. So it is still an inch of drop compared to what we were with no load on the ball whatsoever but that's gonna be pretty impressive. And that will translate to heavier loads even more and it's going to translate in the drive quality. So now that we've seen how the springs performed, let's talk about the benefits of something like this. Now obviously this is gonna provide a lot more support compared to the factory bump stops that we removed. And what that translates to really is a better ride quality when we're towing. So it's gonna provide a lot more support whenever we put some tongue weight onto our vehicle or even a load in the back of the bed. These are gonna make contact with the axle much sooner than the factory bump stop would. And the bump stop is really meant for just making sure that the frame and the axle don't collide. It's just there to provide a little bit of a stop. Whereas this provides actual cushion at a progressive rate. So the more it's compressed, the more it's going to push back against that force and try to return the vehicle to its natural state. So if you have a heavier load in the truck bed or on the back with a camper or something then these are gonna be working harder to push back and spring back to where they want to be. And because the two springs work independently from each other, you're also gonna get a lot of side to side support. So if you have an uneven load in the bed or maybe we're just going down the road and experiencing body roll where it feels like the car is getting pushed maybe a camper getting pushed by the wind going down the highway, if it leans to the side, it'll make contact with that first spring and push it back. So again, you've got that unique side to side support independent from each other. And when it comes to options for support for your suspension you've got a ton of them for the F-150. Something like this or Timbrens is gonna be your maintenance-free option. I do think these are the softer option, a little bit more cushiony, whereas the Timbrens can be a bit more firm. But both of them are gonna be the maintenance-free option and they're fixed, they provide a set amount of support. In the case of this one, it's got a 1,000 pound support capacity. Now that doesn't change the support weight or the weight capacity of y