How about a little input from someone who actually wheels lifted rigs, has had lifted rigs, and has put together and built lifted rigs , hm?
Much over 6" of lift and 38" tires, you aren't Wheeling that thru trails, mud holes, or climbing rocks with leaf springs.
Don't ******** us, or the other members who's tried it, and don't post a pic of your square "wheeling" thru a mud puddle. That's not Wheeling.
It's a conversation piece at that point. You aren't going to be driving 12" lifted trucks with 44" tires in any sort of mountainous terrain and thru rocks or anything else much more than 15° slopes before it flips. Ask me how I know.
Smaller than that criteria? Oh hell yea, all day long in a squarebody!
If you like big lifts, big tires, and big axles, make sure you got big brakes , big steering and a big wallet to go with those big dreams, or you're gonna end up with a big lawsuit on your hands
Axles= there's always the one guy who ran a 53" tire on a 10 bolt axle, and he's the standard for what you can and cannot do, but the details we leave out was it wasn't a powered axle, it had no locker, and the tired old 350 itself was low on compression and probably made 120hp.
There is nobody, AND I MEAN NOBODY with any sort of substantial power, locker, and driveline running half ton axles on anything more than a 36 or 37" tire.
Show me a man who ran 40's on a 10 bolt and beat on it, and ill show you someone who lied about what their motor can do.
Sorry, but not sorry.
Much more than that 6-8" of lift and 36-38" tire, and it's either going in a Straight line thru a mud bog, or it's a pavement princess. Already been there, and done it
Definitely wanna upgrade those axles as your dreams get bigger. Don't skimp there, or on the appropriate braking for that much rolling mass, ESPECIALLY on a paved road.
1/2 ton brakes are gonna just fade out trying to stop that much.
It's not even just solely about the fact that 1/2 tons will break with a larger tire as it is
(x6) 1/2" diameter lug studs vs
(x8) 7/16" diameter lug studs
Or brake sizing, bearing sizing, hub and spindle sizing, or what have you.
Just like steering, 1 ton steering is alot beefier than half ton steering.
Some knucklehead argued the steering doesn't matter in proportion to bigger tires.
Not true.
Poorly assembled Lifted trucks that fall apart, crash into innocent people, over correct, don't stop in time and rear end people and whatever else is the reason that type of thing is banned in some states
A stupidity gate/filter. Someone did some poor engineering, and took that "he said, she said" chit too seriously on the internet and thought they could run 30" skyjacker springs with stock brakes and steering and go seriously injured
Go put together some wild ride with small brakes, big tires, massive lift, and no front shaft, then crash into a school bus with it... I'm sure the judge will give you a break, since the guy on GMSB said it was fine and has been doing it for years
We aren't talking about what size tires you fit on your truck, or what offset works, like things that are fixed, hard data.
we're talking about completely re-engineering something
I'm all for *properly done* Lifts, even the type that's made for clearing a 28L26 tire... or whatever, or just the guy who did a modest 2" lift so he could run a 33" lift
As I said, I currently have lifted, have had lifted, have wheeled lifted, have street driven lifted, and have built lifted.
I've learned alot of what you can and can't do, and put My chit to the max limits to see what its weak points are.
But please, please exercise caution, good judgement, and bare in mind basic physics for your build
Will this stop in 25 feet?
Will this get out of the way from a stop?
Will this flip easily?
Etc
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