The kit will bolt on to any Ford 8-inch rear axle or 9-inch "small bearing" rear axle, which means it will fit Mustang, Fairlane, Comet, Torino, Falcon, Maverick, and others with these axle housings.

Ford Patents Bolt-On Third Axle Kit For 6×6 Pickup Conversions While there's no promise that it'll go into production, the kit could offer additional payload for those who need it at a lower ...

F or some, the addition of a second rear axle is more about looks than function, but the reality is that having another axle can help increase the load capacity of your Ford pickup truck. It seems ...

Ford used the same rearends in an open-drive version on some of the pickups (early F-1), but those rearends aren't that easy to find today. The HRW kit is made for either 6- or 10-spline pinions ...

Heavy loads can require more than a single rear axle. This new Ford patent offers a ... The Blue Oval might be considering it as a way to add an electric motor for a hybrid or PHEV conversion, ...

In early hot rodding, homemade quick-change rears were found using the centersection of a flanged early Ford rear axle assembly and others used 3/4-ton truck gears.

A recent report from CarBuzz suggests that Ford is looking to get in on the upgrade action, as the publication found a patent application outlining a bolt-on third axle conversion for the top ...

Whether Ford intends to put this four-wheel-steering system into production is anyone's guess. However, given the length of modern pickups, a system that would sharpen turning radii is a good idea.