Tanker OOs. Shock replacement, how often?

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  1. 77fib77

    77fib77 Road Train Member

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    How often you replace tractor shocks? I did mine August last year. Tanker work seams to work shocks a lot.
     
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  3. spyder7723

    spyder7723 Road Train Member

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    Considering normal shocks only lasts 6 months max pulling normal freight, id guess they last less than 3 months on a tanker with all the extra force liquid surge puts on them.

    Have you looked into roadkings?
     
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  4. 77fib77

    77fib77 Road Train Member

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    I was just going to do OEM. Liquids pop a lot. Shocks are cheap. $500 for 6.
     
  5. Derailed

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    Once a year, usually around late fall I do mine
     
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  6. ChicagoJohn

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    Between 12-18 months. Last set on my Mack were Gabriel gas sold the truck after 12 months and they were still fine. I just put Gabriel oil OEM shocks on my Freightliner, still to new to tell ya.
    I wouldn't spend the money on Roadkings! You can replace your shocks with Gabriel or Monroe almost 6 times before equaling the cost of the Roadkings.
     
  7. 77fib77

    77fib77 Road Train Member

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    Oem is cheap. $50 to $70 a shock.
     
  8. ChicagoJohn

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    I paid $46 each for the oil Gabriel at Freightliner. The gas over oil is $56 at fleet pride. The actually OEM Freightliner shocks were $96 I think.
     
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    I'll go that route in October. Rotate them out once a year.
     
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  10. spyder7723

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    Pull those gabriels off in 6 months and compare how much force it takes to collapse them to a new one.
     
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