D44 would be cheeper, but the FROR yota axle would be stronger, except for maybe the r&p.
Yeah, that's the genral consensus, but not too much stronger r&p. One advantage of the FROR and 8" 3rd is you can match the front and rear gears for 4wd on the street. 44 is way cheaper but not really strong unless you run chromos and ctm's from my webwheeling research.