Rear Spring options for ride height and additional load. What do you run and how much lift?

[TeCKis300]

The reason I haven't considered the 2721 as a solution to this point is I do not believe it will offer enough height to maintain the amount of rake I prefer. If OME and Bilstein lift a stock truck the amount they claim to, the rear end when unloaded will drop .75" if i switch to the 2721 and the truck will be dead level with no load. They may not squat as much when loaded, but they will squat some and I will be taking all of our road trips with a reverse rake which is not good for handling purposes or ideal for headlight use, etc.

I am hopeful the airbag man setup will give me what I am looking for. Factory like ride when unloaded, and the ability to better handle a heavier load on occasion. If it doesnt, I will likely experiment with different springs or spacers in combination with the airbags. Hopefully this topic is useful to someone!

I like your line of thinking between spring rate, laden/unladen height, spacers, and airbags.

To reinforce what your saying...

With suspensions, it's always giant compromise and some things get conflated. All too often, we're trying to adjust free height with spring rate. Granted that's part of the reality of available components are out there. IMO, more should be reaching for spacers to adjust free height, with some rake to handle laden load. Springs will always compress with more load, to expect them not to and compensate with excess spring rate... and that's where the beauty of adjustable airbags come in.