Weld-On Bombproof Dodge Ram Heavy Duty Axle Trussing - Four Wheeler Network
Dodge Rams are great trucks, and the 2500 and 3500 models are available in front solid axle configurations. But while the front solid axles are strong enough to handle day-to-day street duties, the AAM axles aren’t quite robust enough to handle vigorous (read: airborne) off-road adventures in the dirt—especially when outfitted with a heavy diesel engine. Carli Suspension, makers of premium Dodge suspension components quickly learned that once they built kits that allowed Dodges to start moving faster off pavement, the front ends were bending at an alarming rate. It gives the front ends of 2500 and 3500 4x4 Dodges a much better chance of surviving the rigors of extreme off-road use under the heavy front end of a truck. We went to Mercenary Offroad in Camarillo, California to watch them weld a truss onto the front end of a 2005 Ram 2500 with 41. 5-inch Pit Bull tires. Extremely heavy tires combined with a Cummins diesel engine and rigorous off-road use left this axle aching for some bracing, which it got in the form of a Carli axle truss. While some guys do weld axle trusses on while the axle is still under the truck, Todd Farrand of Mercenary Offroad removed it and stripped the housing down. Source: www.fourwheeler.com
