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G'day all,

Presently driving an 04 3500 dually, HO, all the options except "fanny furnace". I need to know what the rear leaf spring compression ratio is, ie, how much will the rear of the truck drop for a given weight. The 01 Ferd 350 dually I HAD, would drop aprox 1 " for every 650# that was put into the bed.

Thanks in advance for any/all replys

Geof ;D

 

This may help somewhat.
I have the 3500 SRW and my 5vr causes the rear to drop approximately 3 inches with the 5vr on. The added weight is 1400lbs as loaded.
I hope this helps :

 

Thanks for the info,

I'll be adding aprox. 2500# to the bed...guess that'll just about level the truck...I hope.

 

the rate is going to be progressive due to the overload spring so initially it will drop alot till the overload springs hit then less sorry i cant give u any numbers when i had my trailer on about 500lbs toung weight it didnt move needed to get a new receiver that was lower...

 

Thanks again for the replys...think I'll move the question to the "towing forum"

Geof