Eric Kleven

Wow, y'all... just... wow.

Any rate, I geeked out with my tape measure a couple years ago to get these same numbers, and came up with about 360lb/inch. Somewhere on this forum I remember a post saying the rear springs of the same code as mine (I have the 7,200 GVW package) were 180 lb/in each, so the numbers jive.

Take a tape measure from somewhere handy on the rim/tire and get a measure up to the wheel well. Loaded, unloaded, do math, enjoy.

btw, spring rate changes as soon as you flatten out the main leafs onto the helper spring. When you hit that thing, you're on your own.

Wanna Ride

“Been doing it a long time, done it a hundred times, never had any issues, you guys are pansies, etc”

That’s great, and I sincerely hope you dont have any issues moving forward. A guy can also run a redlight every day and not have any issues. But eventually, the law of averages states he’ll get t-boned. Or at the very least... a ticket. The down side of this is, the unfortunate person who was doing nothing wrong and got sucked into the chaos of the reckless person who runs redlights regularly.

ReaperHWK

So for the once every 4 years you need to go to home depot and load up a pallet of paver base that weighs 2400lbs and is 3 miles from your house you wouldn’t do it? You rather break up the pallet into 2 loads by hand instead of having a fork lift drop it in back? I rather overload my truck for 3 miles than break my back

Wanna Ride

I didn’t say that. The whole purpose of my response to the OP was, if you do something risky, frequently enough, it will eventually bite you. Rolling the dice once is different than rolling the dice everyday. Apples to oranges. That’s where the law of averages I mentioned, comes into play.

And yes, I’d probably consider squatting the truck a short distance on the random occasion I’d need to move a pallet of pavers or something equally heavy. I guess it depends on the specific situation. But I certainly wouldn't do it regularly, for a couple hundred miles.