[shakedown96]

so the next question is will the nuckels and spindels from the 78 3/4 ton fit my 71 1/2 ton housing? this woud be the easy way to have the 8lug and retain the 4;11 gears they are both d44 right?

I was going to pull the 60 out for the springs any way (the ones in my truck sag on the drivers side. there was a scale recipt for a local auto cruser truck trailer and load 18,852lbs). the stack in there is close to handling a good ton or more. and rides like it. so I will just swap in the whole deal.

as far as trails and rating go I dont know s*it. on the farm I was raised on we wheeled there thru the pastures I walked from when I was a young boy and the woods I hunted growin up or we rode the red shale trails thru the state forest. bottom line is I dont want do build this truck and roll it. I would rather ride on trails and enjoy the veiws and do some camping much like the jamborees the j**p guys do but with a lot fewer people.