ya got it right Tingler - the straight axle works fine, and the rear can be re-geared easily as well, no need to start in on the shade tree engineering to "fix" a design that ain't broke

Bill

Moved over to the Passing Lane

"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me
Some TF series details & TF heater pics