[coachholland]

I ran a locked HP D30 for two years with chromoly shafts initially with heavy 33 bias swampers and later 35" **** Cepek crushers. I geared to 4.10's because I didn't want R&P issues. I didn't run mild trails for what it was capable of. Widowmaker, Carb, Devil's Brew, Lower Staircase, etc at Slade. Lower, Middle, Killing Time, Pinball, Fish Fossil, Grapevine, Railbed, etc at Harlan. Plenty at Windrock. The setup worked quite well, didn't throw u-joints and not one breakage until for whatever reason I ended up with some play in my pinion which led to a chipped tooth on my ring gear. Granted I didn't run something like Lion's Den with a HP D30 on 35's, but that is not a 35" tire place to go anyway. Plus, I'm the type that will never see anything close to the rev limiter.

That said, I outgrew the D30...