Front Drive Shaft Update

[Zimm]

Based on the numbers I have been told it is a very fraction of those numbers

1/100 or 99/100?

 

[Tazzieman]

You simply cannot drive certain trails here without 40's. Not because someone with 40's tore it up before you, but because the rocks or ledges etc are just too big. Having clearance under the frame is fine, but we need clearance under the differentials.

And yeah thanks for backing up my point, we all have different tolerance and skill levels. Me, I despise mud and just won't take my trucks out in it full stop. I stick to the dusty dry rocks of the desert etc.

In Australia you can enjoy deeply eroded mountain tracks with steep valley/ cliff drop offs , as well as boggy mud and deep sand...in the same morning!
To get to them requires gazetted roads and 35s are the legal maximum. So people learn to use their rigs , accepting that rocky trails are what break things the most.
And without lockers and without solid axles that will happen more often.
Repairs in boggy, sandy and remote areas requires spares and skills ( and willpower!) many don't possess.
Australia and other places are very different to the rocky places beloved by the 4wd community in the USA . From what I have read/ observed.