I've been looking at doing this as an alternative to buying lift springs because I hear they don't hold up so well while towing. Has anyone done this or will I be the guinea pig?

 

purely heresay, but from what i've read, the squat more with a load than the stock shackle setup.

 

That shackle flip is a hacks way of lifting a truck. If you want to raise it do it right. Either overload springs or air bags are the way to go with a camper or trailer. If you want to raise it for off road buy an engineered kit.

 

It's really not a "hacks" way of lifting. Flipping the shackles is a way to get more axle articulation for offroading (albiet, height does come with it). I did a shackle mount flip on my old '72 K5. And it added several more inches of droop; which if you have ever done any rock running, you know you can never have enough droop. Anyways, it did reduce the towing and load capacity of said K5. I don't think I'd do it on my CTD, eapecially since my CTD is used for towing.

 

I had considered moreso building new brackets for the shackles to attach to and flipping the shackle to attach to them. I already have lifted the truck with a BDS kit, but saw this as an opportunity to build my own parts to lift it more. Possibly even just dropping the mount point for the rear shackle instead of flipping it. Just looking to see if anyone else had done something similar

 

Well, like I said, it'll work, but I just know if if I'd tow with it..

 

Does the shackle flip cause a weak point for towing? I've been trying to figure out any problems it might cause, as opposed to building a new bracket to relocate the mount for the rear of the leaf springs