So I've been toying with the idea of building a 6x6 expedition style truck for long off-trail trips and such. I've been looking for options other than just building a new body on a Deuce and a Half, but the tandem axles are proving difficult. Does anyone have any thoughts for a rugged tandem axle source? I'd rather look at something that was designed as a system rather than a bandage like the USA 6x6 thing (or StarTrek, or whatever they're calling themselves today.). Thanks in advance.

6x6 water trucks IMHO..

You can't get much easier/cheaper/beefier than Rockwells from a deuce and a half. They are already set up for it.

Find a M109 contact truck, or M292 expando van. Ready made box on the back already.

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Those are both laudable ideas. I've only seen class 8 water trucks with tandoms though. I may end up using the axles out of a deuce and a half, but for now I'm looking for other options too. I've a couple of people on the boards talking about a bloke that put a redrive pinion on the back of a Dana 80 and ran that over to another Dana 80 that had been flipped (to go the right way). Does anyone know anything about that system?

So many guys are "bobbing" their M35s lately that it should be easy to find a complete tandem rear suspension for cheap. Find yourself two rear 2.5 ton rockwells and you have everything you need to use under whatever platform you decide on.