static drop vs C-Notch

[lilpoindexter]

I flipped my 1978 short step rear axle...but i didnt have the heart to cut the frame. I cut the bump stops off and put the little mushroom bumpstops from energy suspension right on my frame rails. I haven't looked in a while but there was 2 or 3 inches between the axle tube and frame rail. One of the mushrooms was split after several years of use...so i know the tube contacted the axle at some point. My truck is a half ton, and i fill it with 400 or 500 pounds of junk maybe 4 or 5 times a year.