my 69 needs stiffer suspension

1971ford · Post by **1971ford** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 1:11 am

my 69 will be a tower, so what should i do to stiffen up the suspension?
i just need to stiffen the back right?

could i just swap in some F250 leafs and stiffer shocks?

it will be towing a bump on a trailer for long distances.

thanks

1971ford · Post by **1971ford** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 8:15 pm

BUMPside

1971ford · Post by **1971ford** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 2:27 pm

im getting lonely in here

1971ford · Post by **1971ford** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 8:58 pm

mmmm yup. still needs it

cant i just swap in f250 rear suspension and be good to go with what i said above?

i thought this was an easy question

it seems as if i have stumped you

FordTruck · Post by **FordTruck** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 10:36 pm

My 95 F150 All Set Up For Towing And All Its Had Done To It Was The Stiffer Leafs And An Extra Overload Leaf And Air Shocks.

I Don't See Why You Couldn't Just Use Stiffer Leafs But I Would Look At Putting Air Shocks On It Also. We Had A 5,000 Lbs Van We Towed To The Crusher And My Truck Didn't Squat Hardly At All. Then Just For The Heck Of It We Hooked It To A Friends Chevy And The Bumper Drug The Ground.

Wes · Post by **Wes** » Sat Jun 21, 2008 4:53 am

I doubt a 69 f150 would have much trouble towing 5000 lbs, good tires with mechanically sound springs and bushings should be fine. at most an add on overload spring ie helwigs. Newer "1/2" tons are sedans w/ big open trunks

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