D44hd with 9/16 studs. If you plan on wheeling it lots save your pennies for a Dana 60 front.

 

despite the one pic of it in that hole I will be using this truck to pull a 20' camper and my 86 foreman 350 4x4 to the land my friends own for some camping and fun with guns its about 400 miles round trip so I intend on replacing both front hubs or maybe get away with just bearings and a race for the other side.

I like the strenght of the D60 but I don't want to lose the ground clearance of the TTB. I must admit though I am a little uncertan about the D44hd in my truck because it is being powered by a 460 and a T19 4 speed so I guess I am good for now just got to take her a little easy when I am out there (fewer beers)

I have seen what a truck with a 351m and a NP435 4 speed can do to a D44 on bald 35"s first hand.....

 

Your paint codes would be on the drivers side label on the inside of the door jamb.

Post a picture of the certification label and we can tell you everything about your truck. Transmission, motor, axle gearing, 4x4 or 2x4, paint colors, interior colors, where it was made, what dealership ordered it, etc.

That Dana 44 will hold up just fine to the old fo'siddy. As long as you keep reasonably sized tires on it. 33'' or 35'' tires are the most I'd put on a 44, and you'd best have it geared to accommodate the tire size, too (which, your truck probably came with 4.10 gearing with that 460. The Axle code on your sticker would let us know gear ratio, the axle make and size/type, and whether or not it had any limited slip).

Past 35'' tires a Dana 60 would be great. 40 to 44's would want a 1 ton axle, and any bigger than that or agriculture tires you had best be searching for some Rockwell axles.

People tend to forget that when these trucks came from the factory, they weren't designed to have massive tires and lift kits on them, and weren't built as such. The 4x4's were made for low-traction conditions like farming, working out in fields, towing trailers on dirt and on asphalt, hunting, bad weather, etc. They weren't made to be toys, they were made for work and to get you from point A to point B, no matter the situation. And, being made for these things, you can't get a vehicle any better suited to doing them than the one you have now. That 460 with a 4-speed and 4x4 will do anything any other truck ever made will do, and that 460 has plenty of giddy-up when you need to go fast.

 

I agree that's exactly why I choose to get 34x10.5" tires this time even though they do have a very aggressive tread I hope that there is less a chance of breakage to the running gear with them and they do OK on the road to for Super Swampers. I really wanted some 35" Ground Hawg's but I cant believe they don't make em any more !!!


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All 8 lug dana 44 axles have the "HD" after them as far as I know. The regular f150 dana 44's are 5 lug and are not the "HD". So all f250's, lightduty and heavy duty will have the dana44 HD as the standard frontend, unless they have a extended cab or are special order.

 

Franklin has it 100% right. The op's truck is a prime example of disproving the HD vs LD theory that I keep seeing perpetuated for no good reason. His truck is a HD no questions asked simply due to the engine. All f250's other than extended cabs had the 44hd as the standard axle until 91 or so.