I've thought about this before when I still had my jeep and came to the conclusion that building a full float 9" would be cheaper and just as strong.

Are you planing on fabing the whole thing or combining 60 axle tubes and a 9" (type?) third/pumpkin.
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85 22RE, 5spd 4Runner project
87 Turbo Truck, Boost Controller, otherwise stock... for now.
86 Turbo 4Runner, Project