Originally Posted by wayoflife

maybe what we really need to do is put thing into its proper context. a lot of the trails people run across the country are relatively short and maybe have a couple of obstacles along the way that'll really put your rig to the test. now, those are all legitimate, good and fun trails but, when you start playing on trails that are almost 15 miles long like fordyce creek, 20 miles long like the rubicon or over 30 miles long like the dusy ershim and virtually all those miles being technical and challenging (obstacle after obstacle after obstacle), you start to see how quickly things can fail. sure, sometimes it's driver error but, when you're on a trail that hard for that long, it's hard not to get fatigued metally and physically and make mistakes regardless of how careful you normally are. of course, there are also really short trails like carnage canyon BV or any of the hammer trails where most are maybe a mile long at best but, nasty and stupid technical the whole way up. if people really think that running 37's on a dana 30 will hold their own out on any of these trails, i invite you to come out and wheel with me - i wanna see it done. my only criteria would be that if something does break, you need to have the know how, the tools and the ability to fix it yourself.

BTW, here's a link to a run that mmccurdy did with MBAFT a few years back on the rubicon and took out both his dana 30 axle shafts while running 35's. granted, the rubicon is a tough trail dry but, when they were on it, rain made it muddy and slick making things that much harder. now, i know mmccurdy personally and he's a good, cautious driver and still, was able to break his axle in spite of the fact that his diff was open.

https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/show...ccurdy+rubicon

Originally Posted by shotwell (Post 2831392)

I`m currently running a locked 30 with 35s.I have gusseted the Cs.I`m fairly conservative,carry extra axles,and am sliding in sleeves next week.My personal opinion is I wanna stay with stock axles,as I want to keep the damage outside the diff,hopefully the u-joint is the weakest link.I`ve been very lucky so far, and havent broke anything.I know one day my luck will run out...lol.I can be up and running in a hour with a u-joint,a ring gear not so much.I definitely don`t want anybodys day being shot because of my heap breaking,so it helps to be easy on the skinny.I`ve been weighing the idea of 37s,but the lock-right would come out.I`d love me some 37s,but I really don`t want to raise the breaking factor any farther...lol

Originally Posted by wayoflife (Post 2830828)

well, you're local to me so let's make it happen