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No, carrying 260 lbs is a bad idea, as you found out. I have the bottoms of old grocery carts to pack heavy weights around. But to wrestle one around under the truck is an altogether different kind of pain. So far my favorite way to lift one up to the suspension is to use ratchet straps.
Seems like a horrific amount of work to make a 9" into a "junkyard" full floater axle. After that you'd quickly find the limits of the factory stamped housing, and low pinion center chunk not to mention any machine work and backyard welding. The 9" and 60 pieces don't exactly fit together easily. You'll need to lathe the 60 housing ends to fit, then jig the parts perfectly together using an axle or axle slug with a housing jig to get it all square and true or you'd forever be blowing bearings or eating axle shafts. Speaking of those, they'd have to be made custom regardless.
I just checked Dynatrac and Currie's websites and pricing wasn't on either menu. Interestingly, Currie rear 60's are semi-float. Both companies seem geared towards providing primarily Jeep replacement axles.
Thank you, Sir!
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