Dont have the tools what's the labor? Coule hundred?
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Copied to note, that blank area underneath your spring in pic 1 above should look like the part painted black in this picture.
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W/o seeing better pictures, my money is on the spring shackle bracket or the hardware, having rusted and snapped.

How expensive that is to fix will be based on if that bracket needs to be welded or if it can be bolted, and the condition of the frame rail.
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I'm way outside expertise quoting a labor cost. My expertise is how to do it, not how much it costs to do it profitably as a business.

Particularly in the labor market of the past couple years.

In general, I can't imagine even that easy of a fix, if that's what it is, still for less than $500-600 parts and labor, even at a mom-and-pop joint.

In today's market that could be double.

But I don't know any of that part for certain.

It's a do-able fix, but it takes know-how and tools and that shit is valuable in a market-rate basis.
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I called a body shop I'm bringing it in later this week. He told me not to drive it on the highway lol
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If you click the AutoZone link, the saddle is a bolt-in.

If his frame is sound, the big problem is finding someone with lifts and air tools, or paying market labor rate for a shop.

The bolt-in itself is dead easy, with the right tools, if you also have the know-how to assess how sound the frame rail is.
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If you get it fixed get some rust inhibitor and spray that on those critical mounting points. Heck spray the whole frame.
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Shit billay just shoot that fucking truck :-)
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If he sheared the bolts, it’s hard to believe that there aren’t many things in good shape on the old bitch. Looks like she’s been rode hard and put up wet.

I dunno if a body shop is where you need to be. I’d start at a mechanic shop.

Don’t let them fix the hole in the bed. Just get a 2 lb ball peen and dink on it until it’s covered back up.
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Hard to say for sure without first-hand assessment.

If they used substandard grade bolts or didn't torque them to spec, think about it.

One bolt loosens a little, and now the cradle is rocking back and forth with every flex of the suspension, almost like a hacksaw going back and forth over the bolts. Easy to see how this setup could shear bolts once one bolt starts loosening.

Look at the picture I posted above from someone else's repair, and think if one of those bolts on the frame was even a little loose, how the saddle would react to the leaf springs moving up and down.

But even that is speculative.
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Bill why don’t you get a real fuckin job where you can afford a car
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In my opinion, if that job costs more than $500, it's not worth putting money into that rust bucket.
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I don't know about that one used trucks are expensive even old beaters are commanding dollars.
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I reached out to my mechanic he said body shop
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