static drop vs C-Notch

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Originally Posted by JWall

I believe that. When I bagged my truck I actually welded in a plate with a threaded hole for an adjustable bump stop into my notch to make the notch smaller.
The rearend would've hit the bed floor before the axles bottomed out in the notch.

I think you could probably get away without a notch but I've never ran one without it. You could always add it after a test drive if needed.

Agreed. If you utilize 'all' of the c-notch, the differential can/does hit the bed floor bracing.

For optimum driving experience, keep the drop mild or plan to alter stuff beyond a 4/6 drop. The constant pounding of the differential against the floor or front tires buzzing the wells is annoying (it's common to start buzzing there w/tires over a certain height).

The difference of the drop on my old 74 (somewhere in the neighborhood of 5/7 - 6/8 static) vs my dually (it can plant the frame rails) is night & day because I planned to do the necessary mods to allow no contact @ the lower driving heights. Driving around LOW (>5/7 drops) w/no interference really makes a difference.