Topic: Unimog axles under 79-85 Toyota

[79-83earlyota]

  I know it's been done/talked about it before, but i'd like to research some more info on putting Unimog axles under a 79-85 Toyota.  Has anybody run or known someone with this set-up?  I'd like to hear more first-hand experiences of the pros/cons of these axles under the mini-trucks.  i.e. weight vs. weight of truck and how it performs, articulation and what suspension used, what t-case gears used with portal reduction gears, problems commonly occuring, etc., etc.

[Jack8542]

The only toyota I have heard of with portal axles is the FJ-45 from TTC.  It looked to me like the thing was way too high and would roll over easy, but the up side is that he has 29 inches of clearance under his diffs.    

[oddball]

search on Pirate, somebody did that with a 2nd gen runner, frame is close enough to give you an idea

[FatAzzRunner]

There was a short thread on here about it a while back.  It doesnt have tooo much info but a little to get started on knowing what to look for.


http://board.marlincrawler.com/index.php?topic=8636.0

[UNBREAKABLE]

I remember seeing a white 3rd gen reg. cab truck with mog's under it awhile back. I think it was from Canada

[oddball]

There is a company called Canyon Crawlers that has a hybrid Toy/portal setup called Toybox

[flyin ryan]

Canyon crawlers truck is featured in this months 4 wheelparts magazine.  It has a toy/mog axles on it.