That's excellent advice.
I did see a couple of spring options in Speedway Motors catalogue for the 1/2 ton AD, one was a 2-leaf and the other something like a 5-leaf. They both were advertised to provide a 3" drop compared with stock. But you know what, my stock springs are so shot that they have no arch left in them at all in the front. They're better in the back, that one has some arch and probably just needs cleaned up as was mentioned before.
I'll bet even with a 3" drop in front compared with stock, it'll still probably ride higher than it does now, since I have no arch left.
It's just that Speedway wants kind of a lot for a set of springs. I'll try some other sources like Langdons, etc. to see if anyone else carries them.
But thank you very much for your informative reply.