April B/S thread
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good evening gents.
josiah- you need to take a lesson from brian, our resident camera sniper. he is always prepared and gets the shot. those cars are very badass. i want one.
greg, how much money did you make towing tonight???
dave- i thought more about your payload/weight rating dilemma. the dually axles front and rear would be too expensive and hurt fuel efficiency. what you need is a tag axle. you may need to hit up the body shop guy with the sawzall again, to make another wheel well in the fiberglass.
josiah- you need to take a lesson from brian, our resident camera sniper. he is always prepared and gets the shot. those cars are very badass. i want one.
greg, how much money did you make towing tonight???
dave- i thought more about your payload/weight rating dilemma. the dually axles front and rear would be too expensive and hurt fuel efficiency. what you need is a tag axle. you may need to hit up the body shop guy with the sawzall again, to make another wheel well in the fiberglass.
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From: ~ Qatar ~
Hi there Aaron and have a good 
As for the tag axle suggestion makes me
and I don't think that a tag axle would unload the front axle, I believe a tag axle only unloads the back axle.As for cutting in another set of wheel wells, there is the Stinger Hitch and the shimmy must be
at interstate highway speeds. What I have learned so far with regard to increasing the weight capacity, is to:
- Upgrade to stronger inner and outer Cs.
Such as from Crane Hi Clearance. - Convert to kingpin, from ball joint, if I can.
- Upgrade the manual locking hubs to a unit with independent inner & outer bearings races.
Such as Dynatrac.
For increased torsion strength:
- Forged alloy shafts.
- Beefier universal joint.
Such as Yukon Gear & Axle or RCV Performance Dana 60 CV Axle Set - Stronger manual hubs.
Such as Dynatrac. - Stronger differential (such as my four pinion gears ARB lockers versus the OEM two pinion gears differential.
