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@BBslider001 , you looking for the bumpers or the spring leaf itself?
The springs and the frame brackets that the leaf hits when loaded down. Does that make sense? Ford calls it the auxillary spring. I'm surprised my truck doesn't have them.
If you are looking for the overload spring itself like in the top portion of this spring pack, you might be hard pressed to find them in short order.
Is your truck weighted down too much with the new trailer and all of your worldly belongings, is that the problem? You had mentioned in an earlier post that your truck was a bit nose high, but the trailer sat level, is the setup beyond that now and unsafe in its current configuration?
The back part of my overloads are snapped off I found new springs online for 80 each spring.
you will need the spring, 2 bumpers, spring seperating bracket and new u bolts
If you are looking for the overload spring itself like in the top portion of this spring pack, you might be hard pressed to find them in short order.
Is your truck weighted down too much with the new trailer and all of your worldly belongings, is that the problem? You had mentioned in an earlier post that your truck was a bit nose high, but the trailer sat level, is the setup beyond that now and unsafe in its current configuration?
Since I took out the Onan, the trailer is not as nose heavy. My truck sits a tad raked or level. It's not overloaded by any means, but I'd like to take some strain off of the rear springs. It's not a huge deal, but figured id ask and see what happened. I agree they are probably hard to find. I'll check a salvage yard Monday.
I would not worry about it if the truck is just about level. Your right, you are over thinking it. Rest easy on that issue and mull over another potential issue trying to ensure everything is ready, which is sometimes impossible to ensure.
Don't waste the money or time on the Timbrens if the truck is level-ish.
If your rolling with a full water tank, Discharge it/and drop the waste as well. Makes a huge difference.
Denny
Thanks Denny! Yeah, it's empty as of yesterday. I think I took about 800# of the front since when I hauled it home from Ohio back in October. When I had it on the truck in November, it didn't sink down near as far.
Originally Posted by Sous
I would not worry about it if the truck is just about level. Your right, you are over thinking it. Rest easy on that issue and mull over another potential issue trying to ensure everything is ready, which is sometimes impossible to ensure.
Don't waste the money or time on the Timbrens if the truck is level-ish.
Thanks Sous. Sage advice. Much appreciated. I'll look at a salvage yard close to me on Monday just for fun, but I am not gonna stress over it. I'll have some photos up on my other thread soon enough.
You should be able to find "brackets" and overload springs from U-pull yard at a pretty decent price, but make sure you check the length your truck needs since the springs were shorter in older F350's. Also, in the older F350's the "brackets" were riveted to the frame so you may need to do some drilling in the U-pull yard (been there, done that!).
The brackets are bolted in in the newer F350's and should come out easy.
Here is the setup I have in order to haul heavy slide-in camper in the bed.
These keep the truck leveled, but of-course will not change the max load capacity: Factory overloads, Hellwig add-on helper overloads and Torklift Stable-loads.
You should be able to find "brackets" and overload springs from U-pull yard at a pretty decent price, but make sure you check the length your truck needs since the springs were shorter in older F350's. Also, in the older F350's the "brackets" were riveted to the frame so you may need to do some drilling in the U-pull yard (been there, done that!).
The brackets are bolted in in the newer F350's and should come out easy.
Here is the setup I have in order to haul heavy slide-in camper in the bed.
These keep the truck leveled, but of-course will not change the max load capacity: Factory overloads, Hellwig add-on helper overloads and Torklift Stable-loads.
I like those hellwigs, but was trying to save a few bucks.
On another note looks like I have some coming to me for a very affordable price.
