2017 F-150HD or F-250?
I tow an Attitude 27CBG toy hauler. GWVR is 9900, tongue @ 15% of max is 1485. Real world is more like 8500 max for me and about 1100 tongue. I'm putting 4500-ish on the rear axle of the current tow r...
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Lynnmor wrote:drsteve wrote:DSteiner51 wrote:
Large high powered, high weight farm tractors nearly all use the semi floating as there are definite advantages for that application.
Curious. What is the advantage of carrying the weight of the tractor on the axle shafts?
My old Chevy G20 (3/4 ton) van has semi-floating axles. Now look at the diagrams above and you can imagine the loads the side gears (not shown) are taking. I get about 60,000 miles out of differential carriers before the bores are enlarged to the point of excessive noise. This type of rear should be used in automobiles only, not trucks.
I wonder if agricultural equipment has only one bearing at the outboard end, or massive bearings at each end of the axle.
How many new rear ends have you put in it without just swapping to a full floater since you're obviously loading the van down very heavy?
