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@FloridaAKM would be the nearest people to you to help near Jacksonville. You mean Woodbine, georgia.
Not sure on an LMTV but we used to chain up the axles on the 5 tons to get down the road. Move the blowout to the non pulling intermediate axle and chain it up. And move the good tire to the rear
I can have tires shipped to a terminal in Jacksonville but it would be Monday probably before they got there.
Pretty sure you can't do that on a MTV due to the "differential between rear pair of axles" that sits inside the Power Divider Box (PWB). AKA the big chunk of iron attached to the front axle in the pair. This differential will consider the axle tied up as "slipping" thus send all power to it (that is what differentials do) so it will just spin and axle on the ground does nothing or very little...... then the differential-ish behavior of the AWD Tcase will feel the rear is slipping the most and start sending all power to that as well..... now your going pretty much nowhere fast.
now that said there is a locker on this
differential between rear pair of axles" that sits inside the PWB. One could conceivably tie up one of the rear pair... and supply full time air to the air solenoid directly on back of the Power Divider Box to force activation of the locker. Normally air is only supplied to that solenoid when in 4x4 MODE. This will cause both axles to spin.... including one on the ground. The axle on the ground does NOT have a locker inside it (between the wheels) so it will corner as normal.
also though it is NOT in the TM's and this is NOT supported by Allison (word I got directly from Allison tech... it was not even tested so they honestly do not know) you (at your own risk) can drive on the front axle only; in 4x4, by pulling rear driveline or axle shafts and cutting out air to the PWB's solenoid if needed. Not sure how best to cut air... suspect you would have to plug the hose that leads to it.
Know personally of an LMTV truck that was driven From GA to Missouri that way with no ill effects to the tranny as judged by a later tranny disassembly by an Allison tech.
