Tandum rear 60s
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Tandum rear 60s
Ok not that i plan on doing this i just thought it would give some of us something to think about. So ya know how alot of the big trucks such as rigs and what not have tandum (2) rearends? Ever think of doing that with a F-250/350? Any ideas on how to get both of them to hook up and pull? And how about getting one of them to engage whenever you want it to. In the big trucks they call this differential lock. When you engage both rearends. That would be sweet to have a 73-79 6x6. Well theres my idea guys so start comin up with ways to do it.
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To my knowlege it cant be done with a dana 60. Well certainly not with bolt on parts. I have seen a 9" with a yoke out the rear but it was a super custom deal. Secondly besides the "hey thats cool" factor why would you do it? I could barely afford to rebuild one axle much less 2 or I guess a total of 3. I have seen a 96 Dodge done with tandem rockies in either Petersons 4 wheel or Fourwheeler. It looked pretty good but it was booger green and totally unnecessary. If this was a serious build I would say rockwells would be the best route. You can buy all 3 axles for around $2000 which is probably cheaper and easier to build than anything frankensteined together. The bed would be a totally different animal. I can see the bondo flying now!
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Like i said its not that i was planning on doing it. Ive saw the dodge. But rockies are made to be like that. Too easy. Adn as far as frankenstiening anything im totally against that. I just figured with everyone here we could think of a logical way to do it.
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From: Marlboro Mental Hospital.
the civilian model of the dodge military power wagon was offered as a dual rear axle. i have seen 3 of them over the years, 2 firetrucks, and 1 logging truck.
both rear axles were live, along with the front steering axle, and run by a twin rear outlet transfer case. the differentials were on different sides, and there were 2 rear drive shafts, one for the front rear, and one for the rear rear.
i was going to buy the 1963 fire pumper at auction around 8 years ago, but got distracted during the bidding, and lost it to another bidder. it went for $600.
the worst thing about it was that it only had 23,000 miles on it.
both rear axles were live, along with the front steering axle, and run by a twin rear outlet transfer case. the differentials were on different sides, and there were 2 rear drive shafts, one for the front rear, and one for the rear rear.
i was going to buy the 1963 fire pumper at auction around 8 years ago, but got distracted during the bidding, and lost it to another bidder. it went for $600.
the worst thing about it was that it only had 23,000 miles on it.
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They made the "booger green" dodge, and they have already completed the proposed tandem dually conversion on a ford. There are a lot of ways to do it, but their latest f350 is seriously hi-tech. Go to the gallery section and they have pictures that are close enough you can reverse engineer almost all the rigs.
They made the "booger green" dodge, and they have already completed the proposed tandem dually conversion on a ford. There are a lot of ways to do it, but their latest f350 is seriously hi-tech. Go to the gallery section and they have pictures that are close enough you can reverse engineer almost all the rigs.
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Ok heres the deal. In wv your tires can only stick out past the fenders 3". So rockwells are out of the question. Im not planning on building anything just thought itd be a cool idea
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This is one of those ideas that sound great until you see it on paper/'puter screen!
Correct me if Im wrong but 31.5" isnt that hard.
(44" tires/ 2) + 4"axle tube + 5" lift = 31" Thats rather crude but seems doable or is there somthing Im missing? You just would have to hack the ***** out of your fender
Correct me if Im wrong but 31.5" isnt that hard.
(44" tires/ 2) + 4"axle tube + 5" lift = 31" Thats rather crude but seems doable or is there somthing Im missing? You just would have to hack the ***** out of your fender
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Isn't it possible to convert the NP205 to a dual yoke output? Then you would run 2 rear driveshafts. I think I saw that somewhere. Also, surfing the internet I found a guy who built a purple dodge with smaller tires (like 38s) It seems that he used regular axles.
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Here it is
http://www.myspace.com/dodge6x6
It shows a slideshow of the rear susp. but not in his pictures. Looks labor intensive
http://www.myspace.com/dodge6x6
It shows a slideshow of the rear susp. but not in his pictures. Looks labor intensive
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The 205 idea sounds good ted. Just need to find some more info on it. I checked the link miker posted and it looks like they used a sort of transfer case deal to make theyre 6x6 trucks. I think we might be on to something here.