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Well that is only a 32.6" tire, you could still use them with a 18" rim with a 6 X 5.5 pattern on the trailer. You could not directly swap your truck spare on to the trailer, but if swapping rims gets you out of the bush..Quote:
Originally Posted by Species8472
You sure your rims are 8 X 180? Not 8 X170 or 8 X 200?
Positive.Quote:
Originally Posted by Snowwalker
I can't find the pictures of my axle work when I lifted my trailer, but I'll link the video from my buddy in UT.
It may give you some ideas...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zME68JOJDpo&t=307s
That's a good video and one that coincidentally i already watched LOL. Lot of good videos on his channel. Love me something like this:Quote:
Originally Posted by Snowwalker
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Ya, been thru his place in Hurricane. We spent some time comparing notes on recovery gear, and showing him where to find a couple things. You would think a guy in the towing business would know where to find stuff. But it's different tools for a different job, just like I don't know where to find J hooks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Species8472
Man is a fabrication wizard..👍
You should the custom recovery vehicle he is working on as his next toy..
Ok find them. I will post a couple of them and describe them and what I was doing.
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Here you can see the original axle in it's original setup. Spring under with the spindles 4 to 6 inches above the axle tube .
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Nicely tucked up in the fender but no real ground clearance.
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The spring pad is welded to the axle and uses the bolt as a centering pin. I only needed to remove one end of the spring to move the axle from the top to the bottom, but figured since I was in there I would replace and grease things as needed.
more to follow...
part 2
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so with the new parts in and everything on the springs greased up I mounted the axle under the spring with the spindles now 4 to 6 inches below the axle tube.
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So after reinstalling the wheel and tightening everything up I found I had 10 to 12 inches of lift on the trailer.
Well it pulled well and was stable on the road at highway speed It was just a little too high off the ground and if I was going to change the hubs and use 33 inch tires like the Tacoma and 4runner the height was only going to get worse.
I figured since I was going to be buying new hubs and a new axle I would use a stronger axle and one that would be easy to get parts for. A 6 X 5.5 hub is not common on a 3,500 lbs axle, but they are fairly common on a 5,200 lbs axle.