Nice work Brian, I have unbolted my rear tail sharft from the diff and chained it up to the crossmember. Also unpluged the air to it. Had to join the little pipes to make the gearbox one work. I dont see anyneed to run a rear tail sharft for a maybe.. It still pulls the van fine. Thats all I need..
That steel strap would do the job if it failed for sure..
Bob...