[jkeady]

I guess I should have been a little more clear what I meant when I said I wanted to drop the truck.

First, yes, it does have leaves. Did they make a Camper 3/4 ton long bed with coils?

Unloaded, the back sits a fair amount higher than the front, as do most 2wd 3/4 tons that I see. I don't know if the front coils are sacked out, of if they just came that way, or what. Anyway, I want to drop the front just a smidge... maybe like an inch, and drop the back enough to level it and get that unloaded rake out of there. I didn't know how much it'd take to do that (remembering to factor in the front drop)... 3 inches?

Anyway, it's not important enough to me to do a C-notch because I don't want to get that involved with it (would be a long ways off, anyway.) I was hoping maybe someone made another spring pack with less arch that retained the same weight carrying capabilities. I was thinking about a spring-under mod. How much drop would that give right off the bat? Let's say I did a spring-under and didn't change anything else in the rear... how much travel would I have left?

As for the brakes, it says on that Performance Online page, "All spindles require heavy duty 1/2 ton rotors." I'm not too up on Chevy stuff, so I don't know what "heavy duty" means, but I figured it would be a 5 or 6 lug pattern.

Also, talking about towing. I pulled a 7000 pound camp trailer. It's got a class IV receiver, load leveling bars, and a brake controller, she's good to go. But I tell you, heading down through the Siskiyous with undersized truck brakes, your trailer brakes will fade away to nothing real quick, and you are in for a white knuckle ride. The 3/4 has some big drums, and really, their stopping performance isn't abysmal, but even with those and ample trailer brakes, I have almost gotten in trouble with some of the mega-grades we have out here on the west coast.

What I was really thinking of brake-wise was 3/4 ton rotors with a set of dual-piston calipers. Asking too much?

Anyway, thanks for the responses guys, feel free to chime in with more thoughts.