i dont plan on rock crawling with it , instead i think im going to put the town wagon body i have on it and use it to tow my rock crawler . there will be more beef added to frame as i go , ill be adding tube thru the frame to join the 2 pieces together and once drive train is in as many permanent cross members i can get away with
more progess
took the 30 spline 60 out and put in a sterling 10.25

while i was at the junkyard removed coil buckets off an 07 superduty , drilled some new holes in them so i have 3 positions of height . going 3 link because the leaf springs would have had to been relocated anyway and figured might as well get a little better suspension

drilled the holes in the frame and added tubing then welded them in so the frame wont crush when bolted in