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Originally Posted by kwmech
My personal preference is for a leaf sprung truck. Better and more stable loading. Easier to upgrade with either an airbag or overload. I had a coil sprung short bed years ago with a big block in it and it wanted to hop all the time when I got on it. I converted to leaf and it got rid of the problem
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Odd. That is backward over most peoples experience. One of the benefits of the trailing arm suspension is the arm prevents axle rotation which is what leads to wheel hop. Leaf spring “wrap” or windup is what causes wheel hop. You must have had terrible shocks and maybe some other geometry issues going on on that coil spring truck. I have CalTracs on my own leaf spring truck making it behave more like a coil spring truck…
For heavy loads I am in agreement that the leaf spring is the better tool, but for unladen drive ability the coils seem the better choice. For running exhaust, the leafs win far and away.