Universal Traction Bars install on a Duster....

Cope said

In pic number 5 of the cal track wheele bars, that mount on the axle does not wrap around the tube?

I can say from experience that is a great way to destroy a axle housing.

I can post pics of a housing torn to bits by that same type af attachment. The one I destroyed was done with a big slick and maybe 300HP. It literally tore the axle tube, let the pinion swing up, sheared the pinion off and let the drive shaft into my personnel space. (I was very lucky to not get hurt)

I would get some tube that fits over the housing, cut it in half and fully weld it to the housing. Then weld your mounts to that.

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Caltracs Wheelie Bars


These bars are used in conjunction with leafs and Caltrac bars. The suspension stops the housing from rapping not the wheelie bars. The wheelie bars pull down on the housing that is all . The fulcrum point is the wheel that comes up against the floor. The leaf spring pads are welded to the housing the same way.

Now I can see if the housing is thin like the old 9 inch fords the bracket could pull a hole in the housing. We will use a Moser fabricated housing. If my son welds it it won't come off.

He's the foreman at a shop where he welds and builds the New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania State plow trucks. He mounts the beds. wing plows and salt/Chemical tanks on all the new trucks. There are over 80 new Macks sitting there for the new order. If he says it will hold I trust him.