Removing stock springs - methods?

[Scheme]

Does anyone know of any helpful tips or methods Other than Spring Compressors? for removing stock rear springs from a VN wagon, their stiff as **** and I cannot for the life of me, pull them out by hand.

 

[Burnout124]

remove the shocky from the diff then remove the lower arm of the diff side and the spring should fall out.

 

[Sabbath']

Im guessing live axle?

Drop the bolt out of the lower control arm, support it with a jack and then let the jack down.

And ofcourse you cant pull them out by hand. They would fall out otherwise.

 

[the_boozer]

with the body on stands and a jack under the diff take the shocks and panhard rod off the diff and let the jack down a bit and the springs will fall out (maybe I haven't seen a standed spring for a while) the last few I've seen I've put the short lowered shock in to stop the springs from falling out.

 

[JSTCOZ]

If you are never going to use the springs again... grinder. LOL