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chains. You're original design looked plenty beefy and quite effective.

I know that theoretically this can be correct - however, I'm considering, for practical purposes, the bottom couple/few leafs in the deuce pack are bent so little that there is not a significant change in rates from one side to another. we're not talking about a cheby 1/2 ton truck spring with...

So you're saying that a piece of spring steel has different spring rates depending on which way it bends? No. yeah, that was my last point - the range of travel that the bag would need between full compression as to not interfere with the rear axle offroad and full extension to push the rear...

springs exert the same force in either direction. the spring pack would lift as much as the spring rate allows, albeit only the couple/few springs that would be captured in the retaining bracket on the axle. I'd bet a mountain dew it would pick it up. i, however, question whether or not there...

:ditto: and it has an open diff. and there's no pressure exerted on the axle to ground. and the tire is flat. i still don't see it.

the simplest is usually the best - sounds like a winner to me!!

well, since that is exactly what i designed in my mind, i'll have to say those are absolutely perfect. [thumbzup] on edit: one thing that i would add is some way to capture/retain the free end of the chain through the upper bracket - maybe a piece that came off the bottom so that you could...

i'm confused about your point - i'm not trying to argue, just trying to understand. How will this hurt the spider gears? the reason i ask how is this: if you chain up the axle (any axle at this point, i don't care) and it is close to level or even up in the air some, you mentioned...

i don't understand - how is chaining up the rear axle more expediant than the intermediate and removing a tire? and how is tire differential speed a concern on the intermediate, but not the rear? ah - you're pulling the rear drive shaft? so, chaining the entire rear and pulling a shaft is...

sooooooooooo take the flat tire off...... ? or, unlock the selectable hub on the intermediate? which is why i'd highly advise against chaining the rear - you will quickly overload the intermediate axle, springs, and tires. so much load on only one rear and off-loading so much of the front...

alright, to try and answer your question without giving advice that you did not solicit in the first place... you are trying to make provisions that would facilitate chaining an axle easier, yes? it seems it would be pretty straight forward on a truck such as a deuce. but to make it even...

they did: they added wreckers to convoys.