Add a leaf to my springs? advice? (1 Viewer)

[e9999]

oooops, bungled the previous submission
here goes again:


this is a a custom built trailer using an older axle, rated at 2000 lbs or so I think. don't know if the springs are original but they are too weak for the weight of the trailer and when I'm loading it up I'm close to bottoming out. They are also very soft and the trailer is easily moving around. No shocks. So I'm thinking about adding a leaf and see if that will help.
Springs are pretty short.
I did a SoA on this.

anything I should know?


added: mmm.... just thought of something: air bags maybe better? can try and even put on the 80 later on...?

 

[Cube Dweller]

Go to the junkyard and find a leaf pack the same width as the springs on your trailer. Cut to desired size w/ a gas axe or abrasive saw. Add leafs as desired.

 

[e9999]

OK, revisiting this after 6 years (already? sheesh...)

I may want to do something about them springs, they are almost flat with a moderate load in the trailer and I only have something like 3 inches before they hit the frame. Not that I know it ever did the latter, even when I had it full of concrete blocks, but it's bugging me. Springs are 5 leaves, 30" eye to eye, 1 3/4" wide.

Not too many junkyards around here I'm afraid so it may have to be an online purchase. May want to go the one leaf route to save some $$ and avoid issues with bushings etc.

Question: The leaf added in the middle of the pack seems straightforward enough, although I have no idea what I should get, load wise. I've also seen the kind that you put on top and that pulls up on the lower leaves with Ubolts. This looks a little hokeyer. Is the former a better way to go indeed, as I suspect? And if so, how does one determine what leaf to get?