I'd like to build up my 08 F350. I also want to transfer these axles under an Early Bronco build project.

Would the stock axles work for an EB poject?

What should I consider as replacements for the stock axles so I can run 44s without carnage? I realize the stockers would probably work. But, I want one ton axles for an EB anyways...

Let me see, 08 F350.

Leave the axles where they are, and find something else for the Bronco.

Just what the fuck were you going to put under the F350 that is stronger than what's already there?

Maybe set the 08 F-350 on Rockwells????

I don't know if I totally understand the swap, but why not run Hi-9's in the Early Bronco and leave the brand new F-350 alone?

Maybe set the 08 F-350 on Rockwells????

Yeah, nothing like taking a brand new $40,000 truck and turning it into a $20,000 truck.

Rockwells won't work without figuring out a way to get a tone ring to work.

All in all, there is nothing that you could put under the F350 that would be better than what is under it.

I was being a smart ass mostly about the Roc's...

Like I said I don't totally understand his thinking on this swap idea....:confused:

Like I said I don't totally understand his lack of thinking on this swap idea....:confused:


That's cool. Fixed it for you.:D

He asked the same thing on a Bronco board and yes he wants to put the 08' on Rockwells.

maybe just get some axles out of a F450 or F550 to put under the 08, and find a king pin D60 for the front and what ever rear you would want to run under the EB.

way too much work here, leave the 08 alone and find axles for the bronco. By the time you swap those out of the NEW truck into the old truck, and buy new axles to put in the NEW one, it would have been ALOT easier and cheaper to just put axles under the bronco and leave the other truck alone! Common sense there.. :flipoff2:

He asked the same thing on a Bronco board and yes he wants to put the 08' on Rockwells.


it figures.

Well, it's not like I'm doing this right away. Was just brianstorming. On top of that... I need a donor Bronco to start with.

Was thinking of putting the F350 on rockwells and 44s. Yes, I realize the stock axles will hold 44s. Just looking at making it beefier...

And, yes, I did post this on classicbroncos.com as well. Been a long time since I had a project. I'm grabbing at straws right now. Bored and need something to plan...

If you want more beef that might be easier, I think the new kodiaks are running dana 70 fronts.

Also isnt their a company here making 3rd memeber style axles that take 14bolt parts, that would be beef. and you could actually drive your truck on the street easeir than you could with rocks.

If you really want rocks, you could always wait for daniel to come out with his aluminum center section rock with diffrent gear rations (cira 02) HA!:laughing:

Skip the 2.5 ton Rockwells and use 5 tons. Fuck these fags who can't understand what you want to do and just do it. If you have the money to take a very expensive truck and cut it up, why should these clowns worry about what you want to do? As long as you aren't looking to make the tallest gehyest mall crawler then I wish you the best of luck. If you are looking to make a gehy ass mall crawler then I hope you have a fatal accident while jacking up your truck to remove your perfectly good axles.

Put the rockwells under the Bronco and tow it with the F350!!

Put the rockwells under the Bronco and tow it with the F350!!

we have a winner! Custom shafts in the F350 will be as strong as rockwells anyways.

The truck is intended to be the Bronco's tow rig. I'm looking to bulletproof the truck as much as possible so it will be a BAD ASS tow rig capable of going out when needed to and picking up the Bronco when it can't make it home. Long term design for the truck will also be an expedition rig so I don't want it to suffer carnage while in the middle of nowhere...

Like I said, I'm brainstorming here. Nothing set in stone.

Please tell me it is a 6.4L if its not, have fun making a BAD ASS tow rig out of it.....

Yeah, 14 inches of lift and 44's make for one bad ass tow rig.

Oh wait a minute, that makes the CG way high, requires a weak ass 12" drop receiver hitch, and in general, is in now way to be confused with a tow rig.

Might be a tolerable Mudder, but there just isn't that much mud in NM, is there.

I don't seem to have a problem finding mud to play in.

http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/31/l_f156575f41eb794f68b99c74984968e5.jpg

And yes, I will be able to tow with it when I'm done. Why? Cuz I'm not a fucking tard like you and know how to "engineer" this. No, I won't be towing a 5th wheel. But, it's not like I do that now anyways so, that's not very high on my requirements list. ;)

I realize you can't tell from this pic. But, No, I'm not afraid to take my truck 4 wheeling either.

This is me cresting a 40' hill.

http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/50/l_d424eefdb5c74542b6fd5e68737b426a.jpg

This is me playing on some steps in an arroyo

http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/104/l_fe96ffa4ccac4537b25b147821476b38.jpg

This is my old "BIG RED" 71 Bronco... Something like this is what I'm planning my build on. In this one, I swapped out the tired old 302 for a BUILD BAD ASS 351W. Swapped the stock 3 speed for a BUILT C4. Rebuilt the D20 and twin sticked it. Replaced the SB 9" for a BB 9" with new brakes. And, converted it to power steering and power disk brakes on the D44. In this pic, she was on her old 33" crappy mud tires. In order to clear the 351W, I installed a 3" BL and 35" BFG MTs as well.

http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/17/l_0ca7bb78fc204c2a80a0cb9c236037e8.jpg

Prior to that, I had other EB projects but, this one got the most time/money and attention. 99 Wrangler 4.0/5speed with disk braked Ford 8.8 rear and Atlas II 3.8:1 t-case.

http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/13/l_10a1651ef2284a80ad64c6c557a9c7df.jpg

what size tires you planning on running on your EB?

40s - 44s... depending on how BIG I decide to go with it. If I don't go one tons... most likely 37s.

I don't seem to have a problem finding mud to play in.

http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/31/l_f156575f41eb794f68b99c74984968e5.jpg

And yes, I will be able to tow with it when I'm done. Why? Cuz I'm not a fucking tard like you and know how to "engineer" this. No, I won't be towing a 5th wheel. But, it's not like I do that now anyways so, that's not very high on my requirements list. ;)


Wow, do you really want to make it personal. Whatever, I'll let it pass.

There is a huge difference between building a tow rig, and being able to tow.
A tow rig is built with the intent of making it more capable of of towing.

No amount of engineering, as you call it, will put it on 44's, and make it more capable than it already is, therefor it isn't a tow rig.

As to your picture of "mud". You've got to be fucking joking right. You drove over some wet snot, and spun your tires. Wasn't even up to the rims.
If you even bothered to lock your hubs, you were a chicken shit.

you'll let it pass eh? Yet your dumb enough to post the crap you spew anyways? Yeah, intelligence not common in your neck o the wood there redneck? LMAO!!! :flipoff2:

you'll let it pass eh? Yet your dumb enough to post the crap you spew anyways? Yeah, intelligence not common in your neck o the wood there redneck? LMAO!!! :flipoff2:

I think it's time you take the advice of your own sig.

40s - 44s... depending on how BIG I decide to go with it. If I don't go one tons... most likely 37s.


so your tow rig will more than likely have bigger tires than your trail rig....... Thats funny. if you build the D44 and 9 inch right it will handle tires up to a 38.5...
i would have to agree that putting a lift and 44s on a tow rig will hurt its towing capability..

also i've seen just as much mud on a mini van running down a gravel road in the spring...

you'll let it pass eh? Yet your dumb enough to post the crap you spew anyways? Yeah, intelligence not common in your neck o the wood there redneck? LMAO!!! :flipoff2:
What a fucktard! :shaking:

It's funny how many of you already have the knowledge and understanding of all things 4wheel drive. You must have been born with it. Cuz, it's obvious you have never had to do any "Brainstorming" before.

I never said my ideas were set in sold gold. I said it's an IDEA.

But, some of you are the true internet fucktards who can't offer any positive advise. Only true trait you have is your internet ego and how BIG you must feel by belittling someone else for having an idea.

Congrats. I'm impressed. You intimidate me. I'm scared....

Or, I'm just full of shit and could care less what you have to offer. LMAO!!!

Or, I'm just full of shit LMAO!!!

Wow, way to get the last word in. What more can I say?

It's funny how many of you already have the knowledge and understanding of all things 4wheel drive. You must have been born with it. Cuz, it's obvious you have never had to do any "Brainstorming" before.

I never said my ideas were set in sold gold. I said it's an IDEA.

But, some of you are the true internet fucktards who can't offer any positive advise. Only true trait you have is your internet ego and how BIG you must feel by belittling someone else for having an idea.

Congrats. I'm impressed. You intimidate me. I'm scared....

Or, I'm just full of shit and could care less what you have to offer. LMAO!!!

Once again, since you apparently can't listen or do so selectively. Read your own sig, and follow the advice there. Let me guess, your dad made this account and filled out the sig and let his 16 y/o son use the name?

It's funny how many of you already have the knowledge and understanding of all things 4wheel drive. You must have been born with it. Cuz, it's obvious you have never had to do any "Brainstorming" before.

I never said my ideas were set in sold gold. I said it's an IDEA.

But, some of you are the true internet fucktards who can't offer any positive advise. Only true trait you have is your internet ego and how BIG you must feel by belittling someone else for having an idea.

Congrats. I'm impressed. You intimidate me. I'm scared....

Or, I'm just full of shit and could care less what you have to offer. LMAO!!!

you sure know how to get on peoples good side.:flipoff2: People where tryin to save you from fuckin up a brand new pickup with a hackjob axle swap.. do what ever you want. i won't care if you turn your pickup into a worthless pile of scrap.

Its the part of brainstorming ,is from all the welding fumes and burnt clutches we at pirate have lost out brains .

BUt I've seen all sorts of guys chop up new trucks all the time and helped them its great to chop up shit that is leased !

And yes, I will be able to tow with it when I'm done. Why? Cuz I'm not a fucking tard like you and know how to "engineer"this. No, I won't be towing a 5th wheel. But, it's not like I do that now anyways so, that's not very high on my requirements list. ;)

Then why the hell are you asking us if you know how??

As part of your "brainstorming" you are doing, I hope you don't forget to incorporate your increased risk of a lawsuit. Risk that could be avoided by not taking a very very capable tow rig (in stock form) and making it into a rolling abortion that puts the general public on the highway at risk. Good luck explaining to a crafty lawyer representing the family that got killed by this rolling abortion how a truck on 44's with an increased CG is better "engineered' than stock :shaking:

But, some of you are the true internet fucktards who can't offer any positive advise because there is no advice you can give a fucking idiot like me

Quoted & edited as it seems ironic that the biggest fucktard on pirate said it. Your pictures of your douche nozzle truck do not impress me or anyone else on here. Oh, you splashed your cock snuggler mobile through a mud puddle and then drove it up a stair stepped arroyo that I could take your mom's motorized scooter up. Whoopdefuckindoo, Sally. Neither will your random pictures of your claimed projects. The pictures are just random enough that its highly likely that they are either 1) your friend's rigs or 2) pictures you found somewhere on the interweb and made up some bullshit story about how they used to be your projects. :shaking:

Take your rolling abortion of an idea, and feed yourself head first into a flaming wood chipper.

WOW... I'm impressed at how childish you guys are. OK, not really. Everyone who's anyone knows Pirate is where serious shit gets built. However, everyone also knows how little the intelligence level of this corner of the internet truely is.

As for my former rigs. Believe or not, could care less. I had a blast with them. As for my current rig. I have fun with it regardless of what you mama's boys say. LMAO!!!

WOW... I'm impressed at how childish you guys are. OK, not really. Everyone who's anyone knows Pirate is where serious shit gets built. However, everyone also knows how little the intelligence level of this corner of the internet truely is.

As for my former rigs. Believe or not, could care less. I had a blast with them. As for my current rig. I have fun with it regardless of what you mama's boys say. LMAO!!!

Then do you have any build threads or pics? I mean, anyone who builds their rigs has atleast one photo of them lying underneath with beer in hand...

You must really hate your spine. You're considering Rockwells, and the hardware that goes with them, under a truck that, despite the 6.4L's problems, makes a comfortable tow rig, and use it to tow your trail rig? Most folks I know, after a day of hard wheeling, look forward to the drive home in the tow rig, especially after boucing around on the rocks all day. You pur Rockwells under that F-350, and your early Bronco will have a better ride. But hey...who are we to judge.

Does it really suck to have all that money to piss away?