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I’m sure anyone with an engineering background would understand the bed bounce issue. All trucks have it under certain conditions. Just because you don’t recognize it, or experience it doesn’t mean it isn’t there. Nothing is perfect for every usage so all is a compromise. Under certain conditions, this condition is annoying enough to warrant trying to come up with a remedy for these people.

The cause has to do with the shocks, springs, frame and their geometry to one another. Regardless, it makes since that using the tire as a counter balance to dampen the oscillations may work. An air ride suspension with variable rate shocks would be a great alternative, however unrealistic in the price range that most trucks fall into. I have heard that the new Dodge ½ ton may be coming up with a totally new rear drive train, suspension and geometry. From what I have read, it may be a major break through and has the potential to deal with many of these issues. First thing, is that it will not use any leaf springs.