[PNW Fireguy]

Take this for what it’s worth, from my perspective the path you want to pursue still does not address the inherent weakness of the brackets, springs and other hardware associated with the OEM suspension. Yes the axles are rated higher however the rest of the hardware connecting the axles is the same. The saddle brackets still have a propensity to fail due their length and the load on them. Once they fail you are stuck. The leaf springs still rely upon a .05 cents tin clamp to hold them together. Those clips come off all of the time. I got to where I checked mine everyone we pulled out from a location and still had them disappear allowing the leaf spring to come apart on the interstate. For us the axle upgrade alone did not address the iproblem.