Just wondering, if you chained the truck up to a solid, non moveable object so there was equal traction and pressure on all four stock factory tires, put it in 4x4 low range, first gear, what would give out or snap first? Or would the tires just burn till flat? My guess is a U joint somewhere.

 

Try it and report back.
Please take video.

 

Probably a U-joint or the clutch. However, depending on the ground soil and the type tires, you could probably snap an axle. It could be an expensive test.

 

With the 235hp / 460 tq Cal unit it would probably be the 48re burn up. I am sure many have snapped and burned up things pulling stumps and stuff.

 

Don't forget to post pics

 

spot welds on the axle tubes, I seen them spin out at the drag strip.


Joe

 

Come on guys! Were not talkin' about Fords here..........The chain would break!

 

hahahahaha

 

Having attempted to move an axle deep in the mud car with my tires all on brushed (grabby) concrete, I can report that the tires are the week link in my lowly two wheel drive. I then went to the garage, put on another set I bought for the rims only, and melted down another set of tires. (Why not?) Had I possessed more tires, I'm sure we could have gotten to "4 out of 5 tires are the weak link" like some cheesy tooth paste commercial.

 

The chain is the weak leak.

The one in the transfer case. It will stretch over time. Actually all four wheels will spin on concrete and burn up the tires, as jstone44720 has pointed out.

 

Not if you put some weight in the bed. Since the question was what would break first, my vote is axle or u-joint. The transfer case might go over time, but would not be the weak link in the scenario presented, imo.

 

If you put it in 4 low and first gear it can spin all four wheels even with a load . Now if the truck is overloaded maybe not.