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Okay, I was going to shut up, but 1 more story. In ’70 I got out of the Army and went to work for my dad for a year and he agreed to pay my tuition at CU. We had a TV translator installation in SW Colorado and we borrowed a well used Ford F250 (former Forestry Service Truck) that had 1/8 turn...

I disagree strongly. If you were going to mismatch ratios for the purpose of improving steering in a turn, you would put the higher (lower numbers) ratio up front because it tracks the larger circle. What has happened in the past is Ford manufactured its own rear axles and bought their front...

Russ81’s answer is right on the money for the first 2 questions. To answer your last question better, if you do drive a truck (4x4 or 6x6) on a hard, dry surface with all axles locked in and assuming that you have a standard transfer case, you will increase tire wear and strain on all your...

Putting a single lockout on one of your rear hubs will keep the 2 axles from fighting to go in a straight line. To make a turn without a hub, one of the 4 pairs of duels has to slip. A single hub in the back has 2 BIG advantages: 1) The original military NDT (we used to call them "tactical")...