Re: [oletrucks] Beam axles on newer big trucks

[Grant Galbraith <trks@javanet.com>]

I crawled under a friends new Dodge half ton 4x4 to see what kind of
independent setup it had and was surprised to see a straight axle.

Grant
50 Chevy 3100
52 GMC 150

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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