Made in USA leaf springs

[John and Debbie]

51 minutes ago, Geronimo John said:

Thanks Mike.  That's the one.

Sometimes it is nice to plant happy thoughts.  I sent this to June:

Same place for us.  Great breakfast. 

John

[Mike and Carol]

14 minutes ago, John and Debbie said:

Same place for us.  Great breakfast. 

John

The service was good, too.

[John Dorrer]

I have ordered Alcan Springs and will need to decide whether to install as 5-leaf or 4-leaf. I have a truck service place that will do the work.

 

Their recommendation is to install 4-leaf based on trailer weight.

 

Without going through the entire thread, are there any owners that went Alcan 4-leaf?

 

We don't plan on driving rough gravel roads. That got done pre-Oliver.

[Galway Girl]

2 hours ago, John Dorrer said:

Without going through the entire thread, are there any owners that went Alcan 4-leaf?

We have 3.5K Axles and used 4 leaf Alcan, had them do the install, they gave me the 5th leaf to carry with me if we wanted to install it later.  After 5k miles with 4 leaves we're just fine.   That said if you have the 5K axles on your trailer, then most folks use the 5 leaf version to match the axle rating.

Edited 5 hours ago by Galway Girl

[theOrca]

On 3/12/2024 at 5:54 PM, Patriot said:

If anyone’s custom shop is that good there should be no reason why they can’t stand behind their product 💯%  with a very solid 3-5 year warranty. Mike at Alcan told me he has been in business 40 years and they have never had a broken leaf spring returned. 

A 90 day warranty is honestly laughable on custom suspension leaf springs costing over $700.00.
Agree with @CRM stand behind your product if it’s as good as stated. Gotta have some skin in the game and up the warranty. 

 

Just an observation.

 

I would rather have a great product with no warranty than a fair product with a great warranty. The time and PITA factor in obtaining warranty work/recompense is ..., well, a PITA.

[2008RN]

3 hours ago, John Dorrer said:

3 hours ago, John Dorrer said:

I have ordered Alcan Springs and will need to decide whether to install as 5-leaf or 4-leaf. I have a truck service place that will do the work.

 

Their recommendation is to install 4-leaf based on trailer weight.

 

Without going through the entire thread, are there any owners that went Alcan 4-leaf?

 

We don't plan on driving rough gravel roads. That got done pre-Oliver.

 

 

We have the 3.5K axels  I put the 5 leaf springs on the Oli. I have almost 11K miles on them.  The first couple of days (750 miles) seemed a little rougher then they mellowed out.  I do go on gravel, and some of the 2 lane roads in the nation are as bad or worst than gravel roads.  

I just got done doing a lub on the wet bolts and checking everything out. All seems fine.  The Oli weighs about 6500 pounds when loaded.  I haven't notice any problems in the interior, it was worse with the original springs.  The trailer stays pretty mellow  with movements of an inch or two after uneven pavement.   Where it used to bob and weave like a drunken sailor before making it harder to control.  After the leafs no control issues.  

I think you would be fine either way. 

 

Edited 3 hours ago by 2008RN

[jd1923]

We went 5-leaf since Alcan designed it this way specifically for the Oliver. They installed a few 4-leaf springs only due to Oliver owner requests. I would guess over 95% of us have installed the standard 5-leaf system.

I've had to go over a lot of speed bumps lately. My truck suspension, being so tight, bangs hard over speed bumps, but the Oliver suspension glides over them so nicely! Looking through the sideview mirror, you can see each tire articulate up and down without affecting the other axle, while the hull does not budge an inch! I should buy Alcan leaf springs for the rear of our tow vehicle! 😎

We always tow with a dog bowl half full of water. The water stays put, and never had a drawer open. We did have items jostled in the Attic and hanging clothes fall in the closet once in the first few miles. Once I worked the first required torquing of wet and U-bolts, we never had another issue.