The Sign Sez; Old Jeeps Make Life Worth Living Dually Cj5

An aquantence snapped this for me as he drove past in York, PA. It appears to be a dually ECJ5. The business is Vintage Jeep Specialties, (717) 846-1963. The website seems to be a forum rather than a website. That's all the info I have.

 

I have seen a dual axle jeep though I did not see how they worked that out.

 

Brad has had that JEEP sitting there for quite for some time now. The business used to be called "National Four Wheel Drive." He rebuilt my axles way back in about 1990ish. He and his wife have been doing 4x4 and Jeep for many years.

 

This one has the heavy axle based on the wheels. It's a 5.88:1 d70 with 5.38 d25 front. The different tires are supposed to make up for the difference in axle ratio.

The cheap version was to just put a spacer on the tapered d44 with special lug nuts and the extra wheels over that. Those would have the typical 16" wheel front and rear.
The rear spring pack is in the teens for leaf count

 

JC Whitney used to list a spacer. Boy that made my brain hurt trying to remember who it was that had the. lol


http://www.ewillys.com/modifications/dually-mods/

 

Here's something my friend sent while visiting his wife's family. (hard to see) there are three 24" or so saw blades above the ground with an entire motor on a snowplow sort of lift for clearing brush. They needed duals up front for flotation but i think Popeyethe sailor is the only one able to drive such a rig.

 

The poor Ross steering box!
-Donny

 

JC Whitney used used to have have a lot of cool and unusual stuff back in the day. This is from a new members channel.