[quote=Ackman] Put it on the rocks with that kind of torque turning 40+ inch tires and you WILL find its weakness...
Or run into a mudhole where you've got the tires spinning fast so they'll clear, then bouncing out of the mud and having a tire grab a rock.
My daily driver - medium - tune is 750/1350. Without traction bars it jumps around pretty bad under hard acceleration. The Caltracs were off for a couple weeks...... I raced a guy on the street and it got to bouncing real bad. After settling down the tires burned for about 30' before a U-joint sheared. The differential is fine.
I know people who tow often and heavy. A couple tow real heavy....like about 29K gvw....highway, mountains, dirt roads to remote camp areas, etc. They work the crap out of their DMax's. The G80 in these trucks isn't troublesome. After 6yrs of abuse one guy has a bit of clutch wear, no breakage.
Most DMax's come with these and they don't break towing or with big tires. Hell, you think drag racing isn't hard on drivelines? Boost launch a 5,500-7,000lb truck and go 10's or 9's? Lots of people do it, I know several. Those rearends hold up fine, they just aren't troublesome.
My jeep guy neighbors beat the crap out of their rigs in rocks and mud. Stuff breaks. They run high dollar custom drivelines. And what they do isn't the same as using a pickup truck.
