New leaf springs question

[Blue~Go]

The thing I really noticed about my Chinook when I first got it (49k miles, original shocks) was that it sort of felt like I was driving on top of a large ball, wherein any movement to any "corner" of the rig would make it feel like I was starting to roll off the ball in that direction (if that makes ANY sense as described ). The first of the suspension improvements that I made (without changing anything else) was new shocks on all four corners (Koni FSD) and that took away the rolling off the side of the ball feeling. Subsequent modifications improved it even more and in other ways but the rolling to the corners feeling was pretty much gone with the new shocks.

[sm350bl]

Update: Wanted to let you know I had a new leaf spring added to each side, and new gas struts. When they did this work they saw that both Mor-Ryde pads were torn, so they replaced those the following week. The initial work raised my rig 4 inches and the difference with the new Mor-Ryde pads was phenomenal. Before, if I drove slowly over any bump, say a rumble strip, the back end of the rig would come down hard. My dishes would rattle. Dirt roads could NOT be driven on faster than 3-4 MPH if they had ruts, potholes or washboards.

As it happened, after I got the work done, I went down a rutted dirt road. Wow-- it was almost like driving a car. The bumps were so QUIET! I could go a little faster, but most importantly my rig wasn't being shook up. Highly recommend replacing Mor-Ryde pads if you are experiencing a hard ride over bumps, and adding new leafs (leaves?) if your rig sits too low.

I know this is a couple years old but wanted to pose the question, what kind of leafs did you add to your rear springs? like hellwigs? or an overload at the bottom of the stack?