Hi guys. I’ve been lurking for quite awhile. Signed up and haven’t felt the need to post much until now. I debated between putting it here and posting in the suspension section for the appropriate vintage. You can see which won.

I have a 1994 F150 with a bunch of miles but supposedly a rebuilt engine less than 100k ago. Overall it’s in pretty good shape though. One of my leaf springs is shot so I’m going to replace both springs and shocks. Here’s my question- I live on a farm and the truck does double duty as a commuter and farm truck. This means that it occasionally hauls a load though not usually for long distances. Worst case would be a stock trailer with a couple steers. More often then not it runs around with no load. I can get HD springs rated at 2450 lbs or standard rates for 1700 lbs. it sounds like the HD springs will lift the back end 2-4”. I’m not sure if the 1700 lb springs provide any lift. I had planned on lifting the front a couple inches in the spring but don’t want to go more than 2-3”. which weight rating for the springs do I want and which shocks do I want? I was looking at tough country?
Thanks.