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:8 <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/scared.gif" alt="" /> The last axle I bought was a custom 3500 lb'r and it only cost me $175! That was about four years ago, but still, that's a huge difference in price. I built a really nice pickup bed trailer for a demo for my bedliner business. The axle had to be a custom width, spindle drop, spindle angle, etc, dealie to fit in the fenderwells of the truck bed. It came out looking sweet. Looked like it had a 4" lift on it! I got lots of comments on that trailer, and many offers to buy it.
As for bolt pattern, you could easily get away with the adapters for a trailer <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" /> I like the idea of starting with a V6 gen 1 monty frame though!


Here are the 1/2 torsion axles I was thinking of...
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However if they make a 5 bolt to 6 bolt adapter plate, then I'll got with a lighter torsion axle (2k lbs vs 3.5k lbs) which will be alot less expensive overall per axle unless the adapter is $100 or more which would make the savings negligable.

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