My 2" Skyjackers smoothed the ride out a lot. Though a full load on the gooseneck makes it squat a little.

 

I can't decide if I should go with the skyjackers or oem units, my truck is designed to haul and tow. Does anyone use the 2" springs on a work truck? How do they handle with 4,500lbs in the bed? Another quick question, are there different makers of oem springs? I need a heavy duty, quality product.

 

I would consider the 2" skyjackers basically an oem spring, it really just lifts the front to be level with the rear. I have air bags in the rear so I use them to keep the rear level with the front. I just hauled a 4000lb pallet of flagstone and it took 90psi in the bags to make the truck sit level, and it was still spongy on bumps and dips. I think my rear springs are worn though as it had a large electricians utility box on it for who knows how long. I also mostly use my truck to tow my TT.

But as stated before I would have rather made brackets and installed air bags up front rather than spend money on new springs, especially for a work truck.

 

I installed the two inch lift from Skyjacker in several hours. Did not waste time re-arching the garbage stock springs. I also installed the recommended shocks from Skyjacker. I have factory six inch blocks in the rear and haul construction goods on a regular basis. The ride was greatlly improved and my wife now doesn't mind driving in it. Here is a pic.

 

What size tires are those eaesflyer? Also isen't it possible to replace the 6 inch blocks with Skyjacker 6 inch lift springs? Will that make for stock ride hieght still? Also what about axle wrap won't that correct alot of it?

 

The tire size is 235/85R16 load range E. The six inch blocks were factory units and the truck now sits empty with a slight forward rake. The truck levels out with a medium load. As far as mixing different lift heights, I think that could be an expensive mistake.
Ed.

 

out of curiosity easyflyer, how far off the bump stops are your skyjackers? With my old springs i have about 1/2 inch, new stock units should be at least 2-3 inches i would imagine

 

My spring setup was initially 2.5 Skyjackers up front and 6" Syjackers in the rear without blocks, and Skyjacker Nitro shocks, which I believe are really just Rancho 5000s without the Rancho logo. No other suspensions mods, initially. The rear has a good solid feel on straight line launch due to losing the blocks (little or no axle wrap), but after that it just totally sucked. Almost undriveable, IMHO. Sqautted way too much under load and wallowed around the corners like the back end wanted to go in front ALL the time. Scary. Sway bars front and rear along with Timbrens all around made it good. But never any problems with the front. A bit rougher than the 3rd gen gasser, but not too bad.

 

2" front and back?