Hi all,
The new Chevy 3500HD trucks come with a straight axle in both 2wd and
4X4. They also have 10 lug wheels like the old 1-1/2 tons. I don't know
about spring perch width, but I could see one of these being useable
under a 1-1/2 or 2 ton with a little work.
The straight axle has been available on the P30 series since at least
1985 so it should be findable in a truck junkyard. I am not sure but I
think some of the earlier ones may have been 8 lug.
John Dorsey
Wauchula, FL
'49 Chevy 3800 panel
'52 GMC 640 Firetruck
'51 Chevy 'burb (by proxy)-(please buy this truck!) pictures at
http://www.strato.net/~jrdorsey/burb/
J Forbes wrote:
>
> I think I had a Chevy truck brochure from a couple years ago that shows
> a heavy duty 1 ton (2wd) with a solid front axle! So, they put beam
> axles on big trucks for a long time, and they are probably still doing
> it.
>
> Jim F
> 59 1/2 tons in AZ
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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