I took this picture this a while back. The axle was under a really big military 6x6 with a crane on the deck. I was wondering if this is a 2.5 ton axle than I hear so much about or if its something bigger than that?

http://bbs.off-road.com/wwwthreads_uploads/53-626375-2.5_ton_axle1.jpg

I could tell better with a picture of the whole truck but if it had a crane on it I would suspect that it was a 5 ton.

Pretty sure it's a 5 ton. We have some of those 6x6's at work so I'll see if I can find out for sure.

looks like 5 ton to me.

Add one vote for the 5.

J. J.

i work on an army base and see them all the time, it's a 5 ton ...

- jack

Yep, it's a 5 ton. The wreckers were all 5 ton units (at least the ones that we had.)

I am looking for a rear axle to use under my Samuri, do you think that this would be overkill?

Originally posted by bberry007
I am looking for a rear axle to use under my Samuri, do you think that this would be overkill?


:rolleyes: :laughing:

Originally posted by bberry007
I am looking for a rear axle to use under my Samuri, do you think that this would be overkill?

with some cro-mo axles it would be perfect. :D

Originally posted by bberry007
I am looking for a rear axle to use under my Samuri, do you think that this would be overkill?

SWEET JESUS.......that pumpkin is as wide as a Sammy!! :laughing:

Originally posted by camo


with some cro-mo axles it would be perfect. :D

Oh come on, we all know that you would still find a way to break it. :D

Originally posted by bberry007
I am looking for a rear axle to use under my Samuri, do you think that this would be overkill?

LMAO!!! That axle weighs about as much as the fargin sami toO!!! lol!!

Originally posted by riffman


LMAO!!! That axle weighs about as much as the fargin sami toO!!! lol!!

even better .. the cg would be low ... i say go for it ... 5 tons in the sammi front and rear ...

- jack

Just to chime in here the rear end in question I'm pretty sure is a rockwell 4640 ran a lot of them in private road log trucks with a five speed main box and a four speed browny the trucks would top out at around thirty miles an hour talk about low geared all these double reduction rear ends have a lube problem though and don't like extended high speed the upper bearings are prone to fail and they would brake axles on a semi regular basis they also made another one called the SQDD thats a little bigger than the 2 1/2 ton :smokin: