Convert to floater or replace my axle housing?

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As I'm currently replacing my 4th axle bearing so far this season so I'm now starting to look for options to upgrade from my Big Bearing Ford axle ends to something with a tapered bearing or full floater design.

I'm currently running a 9" housing with 31 spline axles, the Torino style big bearings and a Ford Explorer rear disc brake setup and I like everything about it except the bearings just can't seem to handle the side loads I'm putting on them now.

I've searched around and found a few threads on full floaters but most refer to buying complete custom ordered housings. I guess that is an option but I'd like to see if there is a way to fab floater ends onto my existing housing as another option.

My main concerns are packaging and brakes. I don't have a frame notch and I don't want to buy new rear rims with a different offset unless it's absolutely necessary. It really doesn't cost that much to keep replacing my existing bearings so spending $5,000 or so for a complete package wheels to pinion doesn't make sense. But if there were ends available that I could graft onto my housing and make a sensible brake package work with them...I'd like to explore the idea.

Am I completely off base here or is this something that has been accomplished before?