Air bags on the rear suspension?

[Factory Guy]

Originally Posted by theastronaut

Before changing springs, remove the shocks and see how easily you can compress the rear springs. The rear of my '66 floated and could easily be compressed 3-4" with the shocks removed. It may be that it has very tightly valved shocks that aren't allowing the suspension to compress/extend easily enough over bumps unless there is added weight in the back. You might be able to get away with lighter duty shocks and your current springs.

Thanks for the ideas. This Truck is so stiff you have to put a ton of weight in it to bring the rear down any. When it had the overhead pickup camper in the truck we were always surprised how little the bed sank when the Camper was place in the bed, then we added the tong weight of the boat and it might have sank 1", total.

The leaf springs on this truck are literally 2-3" thick in the amount of leaves stacked upon each other!

[SCOTI]

Originally Posted by Factory Guy

Thanks for the ideas. This Truck is so stiff you have to put a ton of weight in it to bring the rear down any. When it had the overhead pickup camper in the truck we were always surprised how little the bed sank when the Camper was place in the bed, then we added the tong weight of the boat and it might have sank 1", total.

The leaf springs on this truck are literally 2-3" thick in the amount of leaves stacked upon each other!

Sounds like a definite candidate for a lighter duty leaf pack @ this point. Helper bags can be added if needed for any occasional added payload needs.

[Factory Guy]

Here's a couple photos of the springs and how thick they are!