Front Leaf Pack question- how many leaves?

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Front Leaf Pack question- how many leaves?

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Ok, survey time.
I'm trying to see how many leaves everybody has over the front axle on their D100's. My '69 D100 has 7 leaves in the front, on a 2500lb axle. Seems like a lot, for a half ton (the rear axle's only got 6 leaves), so I was just curious what everybody else had for a leaf count.


Thanks in advance!

Photo of my front pack, from earlier this summer when I was swapping the king pins.

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1969 D100 w/an A833 & a 318
1984 W150 w/a 7.5 Fisher Speedcast, an NP435 & a slant six (because slow but unstoppable!)

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Re: Front Leaf Pack question- how many leaves?

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I have 5

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My '68 swb has 4 on back and 5 on the front

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I have two 1967 D100's, one is a short wheel base, originally 383, has 6 in the front and 7 in the rear with an overload in there so probably not stock. The other is a long wheelbase, 225, with 5 in the front and 7 un altered looking ones in the rear. Both have a 2500lb front axle but the short bed is 3500lb rear and the long bed is 3600lb rear.
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Re: Front Leaf Pack question- how many leaves?

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Weirdness.

The plot (and apparently the pack) thickens :lol:

I wonder if it's because of the 'Cushioned Beam' suspension rework they did starting in '69. These leaves are pretty thin...
1969 D100 w/an A833 & a 318
1984 W150 w/a 7.5 Fisher Speedcast, an NP435 & a slant six (because slow but unstoppable!)

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