When buying new leaf springs

[GatorMike]

How do you determine the correct weight capicity to buy? Let's assume the boat, motor & trailer weigh 3,200 lbs. Would 1,600 lb springs do the trick or is there some safety factor involved? One would assume the safety factor to be built into the springs?

 

[saumon]

Re: When buying new leaf springs

2400lbs springs for a total of 4800lbs would be ok. When you add gears and gas, your boat could be near 4000lbs.

 

[180shabah]

Re: When buying new leaf springs

what is the TOTAL loaded weight - that is your minimum for springs.

 

[GatorMike]

Re: When buying new leaf springs

From the manufacturer the dry weight of my boat is 2,350 lbs. I think a 115 Johnson is around 350 lbs. My trailer registration says 500 lbs, I'm sure this is just a guess. A full gas tank would be around 300 lbs. Battery, life jackets, Ice chest fishing gear 200 lbs.

The springs I was looking at were 1,800 lbs guess I might go with a little bigger ones.