wtb: 68 3/4t Overloads, Nor Cal

[DoubleBit]

Needed to give Mighty Joe his full hauling abillities.
Been having stop at the tops of the bedsides hauling firewood when I know he can haul more.
Hoping to (locally, sactown/auburn) find overloads to assist my rear coils, looks like there's a pair of leaf type assist springs missing. There's still a bracket on the frame but no springs.
Thanks, Art

[LeRoy]

Can you take a pic of the bracket. I have some I took off a 71. It's the single heavy leaf overload. I think the 68 might have had the multiple smaller leaf setup

[oteixeira]

I can confirm as far back as 70 it was teh single leaf (have them in my new c-20)

Orlando

[DoubleBit]

Thanks for the input guys. I wish I knew what it did have originally. By the time I came to own the truck someone had removed the overloads to make room to route dual exhuast out behind the rear wheels. Maybe I ought to post this on the tech board.

[Dan72cst]

My 68 3/4 ton coil rear came with the single leaf overloads. I can get some pics tonight if you need them, but sounds like LeRoy has them.

[DoubleBit]

Thanks Dan, Pictures would be great.
It sounded more to me like Leroy has pix of the leafs/leaves.
It would be real good for me to compare the brackets on yours with mine and maybe even the pics of Leroy's.
I'd take a picture of mine if I had a digi cam.
No such luck just yet.

[LeRoy]

I've got a set of the single leaf type and maybe a set of the multi leaf. If I remember right the multiple leave pack was mounted using a u-bolt setup that wrapped the rear of the frame. Either way, I kept the frame brackets and the pad that mounts on the trailing arm.

[DoubleBit]

Thanks Leroy and the rest of y'all.
I am taking the truck in for pipe work this week to get them out of the way. Prolly just shorten the system to dump before the rear wheels. What was oe, both to one and out on the drivers side behind the rear wheel?
I will get a look at what's left of the mount/s for the OLs and get back to this. I don't remember seeing u-bolts back there.
I imagine freight for such heavy stuff will be awful. What do you want for a set of overloads?

[ThreeQuarter]

My '67 has single "half-leaf" overloads.

These leaves have a lot of leverage on the brackets to which they're bolted, which is why I want to point out the following:

When you bolt the leaf to the bracket, be sure to go out of your way and buy some grade 8 bolts that are the correct size (not sure of that size right now, sorry). I believe the torque spec for them should be somewhere above 200 ft-lbs. And the nuts used on mine are "castle" nuts that allow for the use of a cotter pin through the bolt to keep it from backing off, much like ball joint nuts. I hope your bracket is still bolted to the frame with all the (seven?) original bolts and lock nuts. If not, then get some grade 8 bolts and lock nuts to replace them, too. Good luck and be safe out there.

[Dan72cst]

Heres a couple pics of my 68, sorry if they don't turn out too well but its dark and pouring down rain right now. If you need more detail, just send me a note and I can get some better pics when it daylight. By the way the pictures are of the passenger side

[Dan72cst]

pad

[ZOOMY]

I have those brackets with the rubber bumpers & the springs that bolt to the frame if you are still looking.......Zoomy

[bigjimzlll]

I have the springs in redding

[Huck]

If you have the frame mounting brackets----and you have the shock mount overload brackets with the rubber blumpers, then all you really need is the leafs themselves. No point buying the leafs with brackets if you don't need the brackets as they will only add a lot of extra weight=$ to shipping. I have two extra spring leafs that can be had real reasonable-----$25. + ship. Huck

[DoubleBit]

Dan72, thanks for the pix, they're fine and quite helpful. Do you have some kinda camper/frame extension? In your first pix it looks like there's more back there on your frame, mine is bare that far back. In your second pix it looks like the exhaust goes over your axle okay. Maybe you don't have a panhard rod mount to get over or the spare is out of the way. I've looked, my pipes guy spent way more time than he should've and there just is not room under that part of my 68 to route a pipe.
Thanks a bunch to the rest of y'all for your help too. I'll keep the parts offers and prices in mind.
And that's good advise gmcblu, about using good fasteners and keepers. I do intend to work Joe hard and stay safe while doing so. I'll take another look but I thought those brackets were riveted to the frame.

[Dan72cst]

DoubleBit,
Yes, I have the sliding rear camper bumper and a reciever hitch back there that can be seen in the first picture.

I'll have to check on the exhaust. I remember it being a pain, but has been trouble free for a decade or so and now its time to do it again.

[DoubleBit]

ttt

[DoubleBit]

Finally got the truck to the pipe shop. The new routing exits in front of the rear wheels. It's quite a bit loader (I'm growing to like it.) but clears and works well. Hualed a full load of oak firewood and had my jeep in tow as well and didn't bottom out on anything. Very nice change.
Still hoping to find some overloads local to the Sacto CA area. Best just pick up the phone and call around. Thanks guys.

[bigjimzlll]

Redding is just about local

[JJR]

Just for information, I have attached a picture of both the 60-66 and 67-72 style overload springs for coil spring rears. The 60-66 style uses three leafs and the 67-72 uses a single leaf. One set will go on my brother-in-laws 65 C-10 and I plan on putting the other set on my 70 C-10 once I install new rear springs. My rear springs currently sag to the point that the overload springs would be in contact with the pads all the time. Hopefully the picture won't be to small, I had to resize it to get it to work.

[rambler]

OK,, so which is better, I've got a single leaf overload off a 72,, (still on the parts truck) and a multi-leaf (3 springs) that are ready to bolt on,, but need the u-bolt mounting bracket unless I take off the ones on the part's truck,, which one would be better to use, more heavy duty? not a show truck but a work truck..

[DoubleBit]

Good question, Rambler. Soun's to me like the single leaf set up is what mine came with. I don't know if there's enough difference in how they'd perform to make it worth doing the fabricating. Unless of course they'd simply interchange, but with my luck something would need extra efforts.
JJR, You got those overloads cleaned up right nice. Thanks for the illustration.
BigJim, you're right Redding is close. But ain't zactly 'roun the corner neither. You interested in delivering or covering shipping? I ain't workin at bein' a smarty. Just it's close if we're talkin' nukes but not if'n talking about parts pick up.