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<p>[QUOTE="jimmycrackcorn, post: 4475936, member: 119922"]I appreciate your concern. I had contacted Meritor last week and picked their brains about a solution to this more than obvious problem. They offer a locker kit to make the drive axle a posi axle, which is almost as good as a tandem drive. After getting to Sellersburg and putting eyes on the truck, I see that it already has this feature. If that's not enough, a little kitty litter will do the trick. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now that I think about it, if I installed a secondary dump valve, I could rig it up so I could dump the suspension air in the tag axle so all weight was on the drive axle, lock it in and probably be better off than a tandem drive setup. I'll have to play with it and see what I come up with. I don't believe that this dumb ole trucker would be the first to consider this though.</p><p><br /></p><p>The truck is gorgeous and with a little scrubbing inside, it'll be up to par. I'm really fussy about my trucks. No shoes inside on my Armor-alled floors. I'll post photos if I can figure out how.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jimmycrackcorn, post: 4475936, member: 119922"]I appreciate your concern. I had contacted Meritor last week and picked their brains about a solution to this more than obvious problem. They offer a locker kit to make the drive axle a posi axle, which is almost as good as a tandem drive. After getting to Sellersburg and putting eyes on the truck, I see that it already has this feature. If that's not enough, a little kitty litter will do the trick. Now that I think about it, if I installed a secondary dump valve, I could rig it up so I could dump the suspension air in the tag axle so all weight was on the drive axle, lock it in and probably be better off than a tandem drive setup. I'll have to play with it and see what I come up with. I don't believe that this dumb ole trucker would be the first to consider this though. The truck is gorgeous and with a little scrubbing inside, it'll be up to par. I'm really fussy about my trucks. No shoes inside on my Armor-alled floors. I'll post photos if I can figure out how.[/QUOTE]
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