[wingnut60]

I had a local welding company who makes and repairs hundreds of commercial trailers, order the complete axle assemblies from Dexter. Had about a 2-week wait for them to come it, but only 1/2 day to install. Sold the old axles for $600 on Craigslist. Got all new axles/brakes/bearings/hubs.
This was 18 months ago--I recently replaced the Morryde spring rubbers in the RE suspension--10years/prob 60000 miles and they were shot. I would not do that again myself--the iron is too much for a single guy to handle without proper equipment, and learning on the job. Had I known they were bad, would have done them at same time as axles, but they did not fail til a year later.
The cost for 8k assemblies installed was $2672 out the door.
Joe