Ever re arc a leaf spring?

You should be able to have a spring shop put two new ones in for about $150. There is 2 shops here in town that do only spring work, there must be some in your area. Go in and talk cash if you can and if you bring them the sprins out of the truck the price should go way down.

Just a thought.

General rule of thumb is that every extra leaf added to a main spring pack will add an additional 1" of ride height. Single axle dumps with heavier beds might not see this much. Helper leaves (more or less straight leaves) won't add any height and shouldn't come into play until weight is added. They are called progressive rate leaf springs. Don't reuse your u-bolts either - get new ones - properly torqued u-bolts have slightly streched threads and won't torque up again correctly. I know there are lots of guys who do it - but for the cost its cheap insurance. If the center area of the leaf spring becomes active due to loose u-bolts, the leaves will fail at the centerhole.

I know almost nothing about springs but I moved a pile of them today. Bought at auction for $2, all new. I use them for table bases, self-leveling. Work great. My only interest is the long ones.

If you have dimensions I could see if there's a leaf you could use. These guys were from bigger trucks I think. Incredibly heavy.

You're right they're heavy, stop by if you like. I use two leaves (leafs?) to make a cross. The original one, outside here, has a 6' and a 3', welded at the midpoint. I've since been told you can't weld springs but as I didn't know better I went ahead and did it. I have no idea what machine uses a 6' leaf. The auction ones are much shorter.

These didn't all have the round end, hangers I guess, so I added short pipe lengths to get feet where needed (4" d.). On top of the cross is a "pedestal" made of a centerless steel wheel, unknown origin, that's 1/4" x 5" in cross-section and 2' d. Then you figure how to attach the top of choice.

Made one for us and then found it attracted a number of commissions for others. I'm a furniture maker, normally wood, so the dimensions came out well. Top of this one is oval 4' x 9' with tile mosaic.

Just playing with junk. The surprise to me was that the springs make the table self-leveling. It's heavy and all four feet are always in ground contact.