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mike16 · 01-30-2010, 12:41 AM

I was suggesting he could buy a 3/4 ton....with leaf springs and add more as needed.be carefull overloading your truck.Just cause thesprings can hang, remember theres other components to that are upgraded also just cause your truck can handle the extra load does not make it leagal. If you get in an accident and your truckis loaded beyond the rating placard you may find your self in the dog house.

I know they made coil jobs as I have owned several. I had 1 tone coils rated springs and 500# factory helper springs. rode pretty hard without a load. I had a wood bed and that kinda limited what all I could put in the back.

Capev86 brings up a good point ...at some point the suspention no longer becomes the issue. I would start to worry about axle bearing or shaft failure.

You could also just get a trailer

My coil spring fram has a braket for the trac bar. do the leaf frams have that?

01-30-2010, 12:41 AM	#11
mike16 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: bisbee, arizona Posts: 1,530	Re: Rear coils to leafs frame ? I was suggesting he could buy a 3/4 ton....with leaf springs and add more as needed.be carefull overloading your truck.Just cause thesprings can hang, remember theres other components to that are upgraded also just cause your truck can handle the extra load does not make it leagal. If you get in an accident and your truckis loaded beyond the rating placard you may find your self in the dog house. I know they made coil jobs as I have owned several. I had 1 tone coils rated springs and 500# factory helper springs. rode pretty hard without a load. I had a wood bed and that kinda limited what all I could put in the back. Capev86 brings up a good point ...at some point the suspention no longer becomes the issue. I would start to worry about axle bearing or shaft failure. You could also just get a trailer My coil spring fram has a braket for the trac bar. do the leaf frams have that? Last edited by mike16; 01-30-2010 at 12:49 AM.