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I forgot to add that I installed 3/4 ton springs off a junk yard C20 pickup last month. The Springs were clearly not as old as the truck they came out of.

I busted out my miller625 plasma cutter and got it dirty cutting out those old half ton springs, after closer inspection they were beyond dead.

I replaced the rear shocks with bilsteins in 2006 because the ride provided by the rear end was pretty harsh, replacing the shocks didn't help much.
But now that I swapped out the springs it made all the difference in the world.
The rear sits about 2 or 3 inches higher now, the trailer hitch was almost dragging on the ground when I would load up the suburban.
Now the rear end rides nice and smooth and I don't feel every bump in the road.
Who would have figured 3/4 ton springs would provide a smoother ride than half ton springs?

I think those springs were killed by the last person that owned my suburban, they had it setup (cheaply) for some heavy towing duty.

These used springs were $60, new half ton springs from rockauto were going to be several hundred dollars. And because they were so long (54'') and heavy (>70lb each) they would have been freight shipped and I don't even know how much more that would have cost.