Relocating spring mounts?

[purplehavoc]

Getting ready to tackle clipping my truck over the holidays, but I also need to shorten the wheel base down from a long bed.
Has anyone just relocated the spring mounts forward and cut the excess off the rear of the frame instead of cutting and re-welding the frame??
Its not a big deal to relocate a couple of cross members forward, and I am not concerned with the step up in the frame where the axle would have been as I will be notching to clear the axle anyway.
Thanks for any advice