Halt Ton Towing
We recently purchased a 2011 Toyota Tundra CrewMax Platinum Edition with the 5.7 Engine, Towing Package, 20 inch wheels and it has the 5.6 Bed. The Tundra is rated to tow 10,000 lb. I'm having the tir...
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Hybridhunter wrote:rhagfo wrote:
I never said the full floater was Magical, just that it is far stronger and safer! Break an axle on a semi floater and you are likely to loose a wheel, break an axle on a full floater and you may loose the ability to go, but you will still be on all four wheels.
There are well known axles under 1 tons, such as the Dana 60 HD, that are semi-floaters, with over 6000# GAWR's, FYI.
IF you could find a way to break an axle, particularly a Toyota one, you'd likely be in a situation so dire, or so slow, that the loss of a wheel is not the problem.
And on any decent modern truck, the rear caliper / brake assembly would hold the axle / wheel on. The Tundra included.
Dana 60 rear axle
From Wikipedia,
"The Dana 60 rear axle was first introduced in 1955 as a full floating axle in Ford F-250's and is still used today.
Manufactured in both full float and semi float variations. The semi float axles have GAWR up to 5,500 lbs and the full float axles were rated up to 6,500 lbs.
Full floating variants are common. Semi-floating and full floating axles exist, but are less common. Axle spline count varies, with 35 spline being the most common."
I think you are mistaken on two fronts, one the types of Dana 60 axles in use, and I doubt very much that the disk break caliper mount would hold the wheel in place with 2,000# to 2,500 they will easily break off the caliper mount.
