Hand Winch

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Hand Winch

Hand Winch
What's the best solution for our suspension problems with our Landcruiser 60 series?

Two months ago, we put new shockies and 9 layer leaf springs on our 60 series Landcruiser. We are currently travelling with a lot of load (but not excessive), so the back springs have come down to the point of continuously bottoming out. It turns out they can only carry 300 kg, which obviously isn't enough. We have asked around, but nobody seems to know what the solution is. Some talk of airbags (but because we go offroad lots we don't want to risk punctures), springs helpers (which other people have advised us against) and new springs. It just seems to be very hard to find new proper springs that are definitely able to carry our load (we are in Broome at the moment).

We are not sure on how much load we are carrying, but it is substantial: 120 liter fuel tank, 60 liters of water, fridge, hand winch, steel bumper with 2 tyres on and lots of gear.

Any advise from somebody?

Cheers, Kim

I would start with a set of helper/overload springs. If that doesn't work than get a set of new replacement heavy duty springs. The reason for the helper springs are cheaper than new springs and U can always install the helpers with the new springs to give U even more load handling. Good luck I hope this helped!

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