Monroe Load Adjusting 58643 Suspension Shock Absorber & Coil Spring Assembly - 2 Pack for Ford F-150 (2004-2014) | Heavy Duty Truck Replacement | Off-Road & Towing Performance Upgrade

I had installed a set of these on my 99 ram and had them on there for about 50k miles before the engine finally went and I had to buy a replacement truck. I bought a 2013 f150 xl single cab long bed (I couldn’t afford an f250 so let’s get that out of the way). While it has the towing package, it doesn’t have the max trailering package. Meaning it doesn’t have the heavier duty suspension set up. I haul materials to job sites every day, sometimes including over 2,000 pounds worth of shingles. The truck is only rated at about 1,800 lbs of payload, and it certainly couldn’t keep up with my half ton ram with even 1000 pounds loaded in the bed.The squat was insane. 1,200 pounds was the true maximum. Even though it says 1800 pounds on the door. And towing a trailer was ridiculous. Even a small 20 foot unloaded wood bottom trailer would sink the rear end.So as soon as I could, I installed these. They’re cheap, they’re invaluable.The ride is much more stable loaded and unloaded than it was before. Loaded even more so. I’m not swaying all over the road like I was before. It also seems to be helping with my front tire wear. The new tires aren’t wearing prematurely like the last ones did.It’s much more stable on wet roads!!! It’s much more stable on washboard roads too. With those extra springs it really pushes those back tires back down more quickly than standard shocks do. There’s a road near my house that has a curb with cobblestone bumps. Without these hitting those bumps would toss the back end around. Surely only a few inches side to side, but it felt like a few feet side to side every time I would hit them. These shock put an end to that.The ride is better and worse. These shocks better absorb large bumps, but they’re stiffer on small bumps. I feel cracks in the highway now more than I used to, but when I hit a pothole it’s more cushioned than it used to be. So it’s a trade off. It’s definitely smoother on the highway without a doubt.It did raise the rear end of my truck considerably for the first couple of weeks until they really broke in. It raised the rear about 3-4 inches, however my old shocks were so blown out, and surely the leaf springs were tired enough that they were probably sagging a couple inches to begin with.After about a month or so it settled to a normal ride height. Even with the bed of other f150s I park next to. So about 2 inches taller than it was with the old shocks, 2 inches shorter than it was when I first put the new shocks on. They installed fairly easily. I did have to remove both rear shocks first, that way the axle had enough flex to do one side at a time. These are much longer than the old shocks. I used my tall bottle jack and tall jack stand, raising the truck as far as the bottle jack would take it, then putting the jack stand under it, then lowering the bottle jack, spinning the lift screw as high as It would go, jacking it up more, then of course raising the jack stand higher to support it. This allowed the first side to easily slip in and bolt right up. The other side, at least on my dodge was much trickier, but easier on this ford. I did have the press the bushing on the second one in better with a pair of channel locks. It wasn’t quite right and wouldn’t fit into the shackle to slide the bolt in. It’s nothing major. Just be aware it may be an issue.