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I don't know how you get by without running a spacer of some sort. I rotate the air cans but best I remember it was still too close for comfort between the spring and brake cans. I have noticed there are different thickness leaf spring pads, I have seen some that are probably 1/2" thick, and...

5-ton front springs and hangers work perfectly fine. You need to rotate air brake cans slightly, a 1" lift block and new u-bolts makes everything have plenty of clearance.

Technically you may not have to disconnect everything, you will have to drill a total of 16 holes for the 5-ton springs, and you will need a 1-1.5" lift block, the original u-bolts will barely work with a 1" block, but probably better to replace them. Get ready to have some fun with a 1/2"...

This is how I have done them, 5-ton front springs, custom made u-bolts, and a spacer about 1.5" tall. Blocks are never an ideal solution for any suspension problem, but when kept below 3" they aren't too awful bad. On a heavy duty truck like these I personally would not want to use a block...

This is me trying to be polite and help save the lives of passing motorists. If you run it as-is you might want to have the maximum limits non your liability insurance coverage.

OK, maybe they are not idiots, but any 'expert' should be able to come to the conclusion that if the military designed the front suspension with holes in the bottom of the frame, then holes in the bottom of the frame with identical style suspension (although from a trailer instead of a truck)...

Hate to say it like this, I was going to stay out of this altogether (what has been said about the blocks being unsafe is true), but your suspension 'experts' are sound like a couple of idiots... Holes in the bottom of the frame will not weaken it (at least not enough to matter). Go look at...