Lug pattern help.

back in the "old days" we used to find some pickup truck axles and have them shortened [i believe some station wagon axles could work also]. I believe now there are axles the are cut to fit with the big pattern but they dont use the tapered factory bearings. the problem now is finding any old 8 3/4 axles. And then finding someone to shorten them. drilling the old axles is ok but then there is the small register for the wheel. you should use a register adapter when you go from the small to the large bolt pattern. so all in all there are some thinggs to consider.