Here's my Craigslist find. Got him down from $1500 to $1200, but I had to remove all the stuff off of it (except the mixer, he kept that).
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=32422&id=1051773437&l=68b01b81df
From the articles I read about him, you didn't want to do business with him. He apparently took a lot of money from people in advance and disappeared. It seems as though no one liked him.
There is a company that does these conversions. Their website (www.usa6x6.com) is "Disabled" but here are a few pics of their work. And IIRC, the second axle is a drive axle, but I'm not positive of that.
On Edit: Found this on a Google search...
They're three ton stands and they are standard height. Can't put them under the hitch because the hitch has to come loose to remove the shackle bolts.
Looks like it is time for a jack stand upgrade.
I am so frustrated! Got mine in about a three weeks ago and everytime I have a three + hour block of time to install them, it starts raining. Today, I actually got the truck off the ground, but didn't get the stands under it in time, and down came the rain!!!
It's beginning to feel like we...