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I wouldn't be so quick to scrap the chain idea. The springs and bogie are working in the direction originally designed when an axle is chained. But you effectively cut in half the spring rate. The static weight of the truck at that point is easy to handle with a chain. Hitting a bump will...

Chain-up brackets would be the cheapest way to go, and would be highly effective. I have however, debated (with myself) the possibility of using air bags to slightly unload one or the other of the rear axles. I have thought of doing this to reduce the bind while turning and to be able to tailor...

As someone else already said, singled tires can be run flat (on the rear) for some time with little issue (first hand experience). We also now know that the bottle jack experiment barely lifts the tire. How about not actually desiring to lift the tire, instead only wanting to remove enough...