Truck Shocks? Lucky to get one year?

I do shocks every 6 months, freightliner OEM is Sachs, made in mexico but german design. 100% oil, variable valving based on impact force. never tried any other brand just to save a couple hundred bucks, most other brands i looked at are gas shocks.

in 690k miles I've bottomed out the steer axle so many times on some of these construction road seams that are 5 inches tall at the bottom of a 70mph 5% grade going over a bridge brought to you by construction crew 0.5 BAC, never had one blow or leak. basically 1k for 2 steers 4 drives and 2 cab shocks. batteries and shocks are cheap cheap, I'll spend $$$ all day to keep stress off the important stuff

 

I remember a time when trucks didn't have shock absorbers. There was simply too much shock to absorb. I don't ever remember replacing shocks, or when a company did, it rode the same, rough as heck.

 

I just bought shocks for my 98 FLD. Sachs makes OEM for Freightliner but they were ridiculously priced even with my discount. So I bought Monroes again. Turns out I didn’t need them anyways. The ones on the truck aren’t leaking and work just the same as the ones in box. So on the shelf they went. I don’t drive a lot of miles but I do the oilfield so crappy roads and crappy railyards are my thing. Current ones are a year old this month.

 

Yeah, that dates me, where the spring ride didn't give much, the tires were the shock absorbers. Today, with modern air ride, good shocks are imperative, as they prevent "pogo-sticking". Unlike the old days, shocks take an awful beating, and a year is probably all you get. Like all this stuff, today, you get what you pay more. Spend a little more and get the best, original equipment if you can.

 

You could try Fox shocks they are good but they are pricey I run Monroe’s and get about 80-100k miles out of they are leaking I don’t know if the Fox Shock really last enough longer to warrant the extra cost they didn’t seem too for me

 

How old are you?

125?

everything I drove, going back into the 40s all had shocks. maybe the 1932 Mack my neighbor has, doesn't have them.

 

I can’t give you a solid answer I had about 65k miles on those foxs when I sold the truck I might try them again on the truck I’am building now