Leaf Spring Capacity

JP4Crawler

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What should one aim for when deciding what spring capacity to put under the trailer? Do you aim for fully loaded & do your best to match that? A little more & remove leafs if necessary? What's the general wisdom here?

I used some XJ leafs & some stock 4R shocks I had lying around on my trailer & they no worky.:Wow1: So I'm looking at leaf packs that will bolt right in & want to verify capacity before purchasing. I'm guessing the loaded trailer will come in at 3000lbs & found GMC leafs at this capacity.

BTW, here is a great site that lists just about every leaf pack ever produced with dimensions & capacities, very handy: http://www.generalspringkc.com/index.php?p=catalog&parent=1&pg=1

Thanks for any thoughts.
 

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