[stsalvage]

well the extra leaf spring is cool wish i could of had some about 7 years ago i've owned the truck i have for 17 years hualing scrap Iron and i've ran more tired then most of the guys in here have had cars or trucks But one thing they for got to tell you about the 3/4 ton trucks most had 411 rear gears in the back so at 45 mph your eng is doing 3500 rpms or more there not fun to drive and there is no way you ever make it onto a freeway with 15 inch tires cus at 55 your at 6500 rpms and then its rod nocking time to get the mileage and the comfurt out of your truck and run the 411 or 410 gear run a radial i run a 10 ply XCP Michelin 235 85 16 now these tire are caddy tires for these trucks there smooth none aggresive tread there high way tread but there 235.00 a tire but Michelin makes one of the softest rubber compounds for side walls on the market but they do make a none 10 ply radial tire that would do you good remmber buy road hazzerd it will pay for it self

now my only stant on this subject why not go out and buy a 1973--87 1/2 and just have your old pads welded on to the rear end and convert to 1/2 ton 5 lug then you get the better gears like 305 325 355 373 wonderful crusine gears and you get disc brakes all at one time it all bolts up the same in the front end but you have to oval out 2 bolt holes to get all 14 bolts to go into frame for front end but 12 bolts should hold that front end in