"Redneck lower it as much as I can without any safety issues."

My buddy did a 60 F-100 and used a lowered leaf spring and a dropped axle, he had some bumpsteer but overall the truck handled well. If the steering box is relocated up or down or the draglink setup modified that can be controlled. Bumpsteer is only a misalignment of the axle to the steering. When the axle is moving up and down and the steering is moving up and down with it but not on the same plane the axle forces the steering to do strange things. Little bit of work to make it right but overall much less labor intensive to get it low versus installing a whole new clip like we did or buying a $2000 setup from fatman or whoever.