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There are a butt load of 3/4 ton trucks (think 10 bolt) running around successfully with 37" tires. Is it a stupid idea for these folks to drive these trucks? Will it wreck the value of the truck? Yep! Are they weaker? Yep! Will the truck flip over and kill a mini van load of nuns and koala...

They were used in the 3/4 tons as well.

He asked for opinions not permission. Sometimes nice to see outside viewpoints.

There have been much worse things done, check out this deuce.

I'm going to try to do a candid observation of this swap. Firstly, as cucvnut pointed out, the Dana 60 is the correct axle for the truck, but we already know that. By the way, the correct tire is the 235/85R16. Some changes are OK with folks, some are not. I've ran 3/4 ton trucks nearly in...

Front axle weight from the shipping data plate. It's 150# more than the M1008. Under moderate use I wouldn't have a problem with the Dana 44 but the brakes aren't as good as the Dana 60. My burb weighs 6600# and has an 8 lug 10 bolt and works fine, granted I don't beat the snot out of it.