Full Width Axle Rant

[wahlstrom1]

You do a front dig... But that's part of tomorrows lesson folks!

In all seriousness narrower will fit in smaller places, but sometimes you need that width/stability to get there first!

 

[mhughes165]

This argument is a double-edged sword, really.

Yes, the full width gives you better stability, but nobody mentioned how you can get much stronger full-width axles... Can't run 40's on a d35 for long.

The small truck with full axles can get more places than a fullsize truck, and a small truck with small axles can get more places than a small truck w/fullsize axles. Thats pretty obvious...
The usefulness of fullsize axles comes down to where/how you wheel. If you absolutely cannot fit with fullsize axles, then they are useless to you. If you can fit where you wanna go with 'em, there is obvious advantages.

well put lol, i think the same way, just wanted to see what i could stir up, but u can run 40's on a EB 44 with moly axles, you dont need full width, and u can shorten a dana 60

either way works for different applications

 

[7.5L_STX]

theres alot of SAS rangers in my area, i have seen the FW rangers go where the EB44 rangers wont even touch cause they dont want to flip, i havent really seen a FW ranger stop because of the width. you just hit that shit at a slant and go full retard.

like said before, it comes down to where you wheel and what type of terrain. i did it for strength and convinience(and pure badass-ness), theres Dana 44s up to ying yang here and if you know where to go you get them for scrap price all day long. and it will be the same story when i go one tons too.

 

[Bennybooster]

You are correct a stock width mini truck will fit through without any problem, with careful maneuvering the mini truck on full width axles will get through, but there is no way a full bodied truck will.

Full width axles aren't for everyone. People who chose to run them do so for a reason, be it for stronger axles, more stability or whatever. It typically is not a blind decision. If you don't like them or don't see the advantages of full width, don't run them.

Different strokes for different folks.

-Jester

I agree with this statement, as for putting in my two cents I wont, because my opinion has already been stated

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

The difference in stability between my Ranger and F-150 is quite a bit more than I expected. Say going thru a rough field, there is much less rocking back and forth and forth and off the windows in the fullsize. I suppose it's heavier weight helps it stay planted better too though...

For squeezing thru trees...

 

[Surrey]

or you bust out the chainsaw, it's a good time to stop for firewood anyways.


-Jester

For squeezing thru trees...

Well, I guess if everywhere you go wheeling gets closed to the public, you dont have to worry about sqeezing between trees...

I dont think I will put full width axles onto my truck, its just too damn skinny around here. My friends' friends' 2008ish Dakota got all scratched up getting around the gate where we go camping up Stave Lake... And that not even a 4x4ing obstacle really, I took a civic around it once.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Well, I guess if everywhere you go wheeling gets closed to the public, you dont have to worry about sqeezing between trees...

There is no public land here for wheeling... or for anything else for that matter. Never has been and probably never will be. Ground here is generally too valuable to waste for such things.

I make my own trails for deer hunting on the odds and ends of my grandfathers farm that are not worth trying to farm. You couldn't get a dirtbike thru otherwise. After years of dragging deer to the truck in the dead of winter thru a bunch of worthless scrub cedar trees I decided to make it possible to bring the truck to them... vast improvment.

 

[CHKNFKR]

As stated above, strength, stability, parts availability, knowing that even though you can't fit between the obstacles, you can simply move them.

 

[adsm08]

i... just wanted to see what i could stir up,

And that sir, makes you and this thread a troll.


Now for my contribution to the discussion:

Axles flex, bodies don't.

 

[The Jester Race]

Well, I guess if everywhere you go wheeling gets closed to the public, you dont have to worry about sqeezing between trees...

Lighten up Nacy. We are talking about a hypothetical saw and a hypothetical tree, on a hypothetical trail in a hypothetical situation.
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It was a joke.
Maybe you should start reading the entire post rather then just the parts that you want.

-Jester

 

[Sasquatch_Ryda]

Well my buddys Bronco @ on FW d44/9" goes every where my stock width D35/8.8 go, and we wheel some tight trails. It's all in how you drive...

 

[mhughes165]

i live in the pine barrens, it sucks the big one, but out here a full width truck cant get very far without sacrificing body, and trails out here we can run aslong as u dont really go in a big group or tear shit up bad but its all state forest, they wander upon u with a chainsaw bad day out here.

i suppose it works well in some situations like i said earlier, im not really tryin to argue more less just lookin for what all the hubub was about. i never really had a problem with stability but im usually running atleast a 15" wide tire under a ranger so...

im actually searching for another set of 35x15.5-15s SX's for my truck, but apparently there hard to come by used and new isnt a option

Well my buddys Bronco @ on FW d44/9" goes every where my stock width D35/8.8 go, and we wheel some tight trails. It's all in how you drive...

 

[86 slo-vo]

i live in the pine barrens, it sucks the big one, but out here a full width truck cant get very far without sacrificing body, and trails out here we can run aslong as u dont really go in a big group or tear shit up bad but its all state forest, they wander upon u with a chainsaw bad day out here.

i suppose it works well in some situations like i said earlier, im not really tryin to argue more less just lookin for what all the hubub was about. i never really had a problem with stability but im usually running atleast a 15" wide tire under a ranger so...

im actually searching for another set of 35x15.5-15s SX's for my truck, but apparently there hard to come by used and new isnt a option

buy the time you run a 15 inch wide tire on a narrow axle a full width will only be an 1"-2" wider...so really whats all the fuss about?

 

[mhughes165]

buy the time you run a 15 inch wide tire on a narrow axle a full width will only be an 1"-2" wider...so really whats all the fuss about?

its not a fuss, but im not putting 12.5 wide tires on my trucks to lose the footprint even if i were to put full widths into a truck, it seems to rob the rangers ability to float when spining the meats by having a narrow tire.