removing leaves from Cub camper suspension

I agree,

After two years of bouncing around the springs will need to be replaced sooner rather than later, get another set of the correct weight springs & keep the old ones as spares.

Thanks, I will investigate this.

Thanks guys. Keith, can you confrm that you have the 7 leaf pack? I'm tempted to remove the second and fourth (from bottom). The fourth leaf is the one with the mounting bracket for the two rebound springs on top of the pack. I suspect these are redundant with shockers fitted.

Yes ..I had the 7 leaf pack.
The reason for leaving the bottom most leaf was to "slow down" or limit the amount the springs bent on a real hard wallow or bump in the road at speed ....as the spring pack was a lot more flexible than original. You would be surprised at how much a spring pack could flex...believe me!
I would not remove the spring with the holders...as you mentioned...unless you plan to relocate holders onto another leaf ....as these holders keep leaves in line and prevent them from moving sideways...which they will do ...no matter how much you could tighten U-bolts.
BTW...shockies are very necesary once leaves are removed to prevent trailer getting up the "pogo-stick" effect.
HTH.

Cheers Keith

Thanks again Keith. Your ecperience seems very similar to Shaker's. I'll either remove 2 leaves or fit new 5 leaf packs. The 5 leaf packs I've investigated (Al-ko and Meher) are rated at 1150kgs, which should be adequate for a trailer weight of about a tonne (remembering that 10% of this will be on the ball). The 7 leaf packs are rated at 1530kgs, which seems ridiculously high (more than twice the tare weight of my trailer). Cheers. Rob.

Thanks Shaker, I'm really tempted to do this mod. I just hope that the extra travel of the leaf pack doesn't cause so much more stress that it leads to cracking of a leaf. Then again, I suppose they are designed to flex. The 2 bottom leaves on my trailer are very short. What did removing them achieve in your case?

I am assuming that you have shock absorbers, as you will need them.
Removing the 2 bottom leaves made the springs actually work, instead of just 'going along for the ride'. The camper rode much smoother & didn't bounce, as they do when the tyres are trying to do the job of springs.

Thanks Shaker, yes I have shockers. I've removed them for inspection and they seem to be in good condition. I think I'll investigate the cost of new 5 leaf packs.