So .... If somebody comes up with a reference to cite that backs me up and I'm right, are you all going to send me $10 donations to the site??? If you come up with a source to cite that shows I'm out to lunch, then I will waive your membership fees for the year. Deal?

But still -- Why are the 1.5 and 2-ton rear axles pretty much the same but the front axles are not?

In the horse drawn days -- and even today in the plain communities that still use horse drawn vehicles -- more attention is (generally) paid to the front axles than the rear axles. It's where the brakes are (only the buggies and spring wagons, for example), more moving parts associated with steering ... where the most important part of the load usually is (passengers), what takes the brunt of longitudinal forces (pulling/stopping, etc)...

Maybe a carry over from that. The actual weight part went away, but the rating system/nomenclature stayed on ...? Just a thought.

~ John

A kid raised on Hotwheels, Matchbox and Tonka cannot be reasonably expected to own only one vehicle as an adult.

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