Rockwells? Hooray!

The plans for my Jeep have changed dramatically. I will detail the changes over several different posts so I can keep everything organized. Basically, I am going bigger and I am taking the Jeep off the road permanently. I will be taking two front axles from military 2.5 ton 6x6 trucks like this one...


The axles are 2.5 tons Rockwell axles. These axles have literally been used in military trucks forever and have remained essentially the same. The reason for going with these axles over the 1 tons is they will be easier to make drive shafts for, they are MUCH stronger so you can run bigger tires, they have really nice clearance and lots of other bonuses I'm sure I'm forgetting to list. In case you have never seen a Rockwell axle here is what they look like...


Rockwells scream BEEF. In fact they are so full of beef they weigh around 700 pounds a piece. All that weight comes with 6.72 gears though which makes it easier to tote them around. Overall...I'm pretty excited to be converting over.