Forrest Nearing said:
is that one of those nifty offroad trucks that doesn't have a front driveshaft?
Yep. Look closely at the pic. ROFLMFAO. There is what looks like a Dshaft until you look really closely and realize its actually a brace for his trac-bar mount. Took the time to powder coat the leafs so they absolutley will not flex because of the friction between them. Then took the time to add DUAL coilovers. Why run coils if you can't even get the leafs right? Sure looks nifty

. Just take it back to the world o wheels show and quit driving it on the street because I bet that thing has stock brakes to go with his stock steering gear and the Mensa candidate driving it does so at 80mph.
Without the front dshaft at least he won't have to bother upgrading the dana 50 front axle shafts to the dana 60 type. Thats a couple grand more he can put into adding more chromed springs. Those tires and axle shafts the same size as a Dana 44 shaft just don't last long.
And BTW, how do those B load range tires hold up under that truck? Aired all the way up they are still what, 1500lbs short of the weight of that truck?
If I am not mistaken it is also a short bed. So not only is it worthless as a 4x4, has tires unable to safely support their load, and 3 springs per wheel, you can't even get a sheet of plywood in the bed. Let alone 3 dirt bikes or a pair of quads.
Seriously though, it isn't even that big, my Jeep YJ (100 inch wheelbase) is on 42 in rubber, and it has fullwidth 35 spline dana 60 axles with detroits, and Tom Woods driveshafts rear AND front.
I could keep going. But I'll leave it at this: stupid duty.