After 17 years one of the springs on my T100 long bed finally broke. The original springs on the T100s were worthless. The stock spring only had 2 leaves with a flat helper on the bottom which did nothing until the thing was bottomed out. A few years ago I added some cheap helpers which went on top. They did the job but the truck should have had better springs from the start.

After finding the broken spring I new it was time for new ones. I contacted Alcan Spring in Colorado. We had a phone conversation and I told them I wanted something which would be about the same as the springs on a stock Ford F150. The made me a set of new springs and U bolts which really did the job. The new spring pack is 2 1/4 inch thick as opposed to the original which was 1 1/4. They have 8 leaves in the set without the flat helper on the bottom when always seemed dumb. The truck sits level for the first time and the empty ride is not bad at all.

If you need custom springs for your truck I give these guys my recommendation.

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Here is a like to images of the new Alcan springs. Wish I had a photo of the original 2 leaf unites.

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Been quite a while since logging on. Old guy.

Got 18 years out of my 93 T and went to a local spring builder. Had them build a 1 ton factory spec set of T100 springs for me. Not cheap but well worth it. My originals were busted in every place that would NOT cause the rear end to fall off. 2 leafs had 4 pieces on both sides. Then I added a 1000 pound set of air lift bags for the stupid human stuff I do on occasion. Can now load a yard of stone w/o problems. The 1 ton set with a 25 pound air lift load is not a bad ride. Go over 30 psi and it gets rough when empty. Can go to 100 psi.

I had a local spring builder re-arch my factory leaf setup and add an extra leaf to the pack. It rides slightly stiffer, but I can now carry quite a bit more.