"Remove a spring or two"- - - - -I'd like to hide and watch you do that on a coil spring. I've got a 72 Chevy 1/2 ton with rear trailing arms, coils, and helper springs. They are quarter-elliptical leaf springs bolted to the frame that contact the rear axle housing as the suspension travel approaches the bump stops. Chevy used to sell a "Camper Special" option with extra weight capacity, but I believe that one was a 3/4 ton.
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!