Both broke start up at stop signs
Both time I broke axles in my HUP it was pulling away from a stop sign one at the north end of the road we live off and the other at the south end of same road. In both cases less than two miles from the house recovery was simple shift into four wheel drive and drive home on the front axle.
Both axles broke 3/4 of inch in from where the spines starts.
Now having said that I will admit that since 1978 I have driven the HUP hard. Trail rides in hard country have been the usual though I don’t thrash the truck of road I just let the low gearing do its thing. In almost every case any place a jeep could go I could follow just slower. Last summer I lead a trail ride where many of the vehicles got stuck but not the HUP.
I think my only concern about breaking a rear axle would be driving it home over the road on the front axles and keeping the speed down.
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