I have an '89 D250HD, and it rides like, um, a truck.. This thing has 8 spring leaves on each side in the rear, is this stock, or do I have some kind of HD setup? I bought the manual from Gino's, it admits there are leaves back there, doesn't say how many...

 

i have a 90 d250 and i defidently don't have that many

 

I have 8 PLUS overloads on the back. If you are looking to get a better ride, some members have flipped 1 or 2 to get softer rides. Or th more expensive route, air bags.

That is all I know.

Jon

 

WOW dieseljon and I though mine was rough, I have 7 in the rears and currently right now I am trying to find some factory overloads.

 

Since you are a 2wd you can get away with pulling some leafs out. Pulling them on a 4wd with the tall lift blocks adds some axle wrap.

 

an old timer told me years ago to pour used oil on the springs to help with the friction and wear,thats before the tree hugger days ,so...my truck has 7 each side,rides pretty good empty,and really poor loaded.i have air bags too,adding air help the ride,but not much.yea i dont understand it either.you would think that load it would ride better,oh well.

 

that is backwards. My truck is extremely stiff unloaded, back tires jump off the road on big bumps it feels like! Put 750 or so pounds on the receiver hitch and it rides nice though. The rear never really squats down any it just lifts the front.

 

sounds like your springs are sprung. might want to look into having them re-arched. all the first gens i've been in ride like a tank when unloaded.

daryl

 

i think someone welded mine solid at the factory, LOL, cause mine rides like crap empty, loaded it rides great, put a bobcat on a bumper hitch trailer and a load of tools in the bed and it rides like a cadillac.

 

Thats how mine is...how they should be. It rides rough empty because our trucks are so light on the rear, taht theres nothing to hold them down when ya hit big bumps. Get a little weight back there, and youre just sailing along.

 

A guy I know about bolted about 500 pounds of tractor weights underneath the bed. Everyone says it rides real nice now. Plus he has all the bed space too.

Jon

 

My 92 W250 has 8 leafson each side. I went acrosse the scale at the junkyard with 5720lbs in the box, I love my Dodge. My 48 flatfender power wagon has 14 leafs with another 6 in the overload stack rides great hahaha!

 

When I do find some Stick overload springs will I need to make any changes at all or is it just a direct bolt on? Reason I'm asking is because I do not want to change out the existing spring pack that I have now.

Thanks WW

 

Thats no joke, I weighed my truck a while back. Was around 6500lbs and right around 2K was supported by the rear axle. I didn't write down the exact numbers.

 

i just brouth home a truck that has 10 on either side in the back and none are overloads, all of them are in play all of the time! guy said he bought them at a salvage yard of a 1st gen dually... has the reciept for the rearch and install. you want to know how it rides? when my friend and i got back he was in the hospital the next day... it had broken loose some kidney stones that were forming in his kindneys! i told him he owes me since they were still fairly small and weren't allowed to get bigger, lol. 2300+ miles home... it was a LOOONGGG ride