A method of manufacturing a tube having a hollow interior for housing an axle shaft, which transmits rotational motion from a prime mover to a wheel of a vehicle, with the tube formed in at least a first machine and a second machine each having a fixed base (104A, 104B) and a press structure (106A, 106B) movable toward the fixed base, a first die assembly coupled to the fixed base of the first machine, a second die assembly coupled to the fixed base of the first machine and further defined as an initial stage second die assembly and a later stage second die assembly, a first mandrel coupled to the press structure of the first machine, a second mandrel coupled to the press structure of the first machine and spaced from the first mandrel further defined as an initial stage second mandrel and a later stage second mandrel, a third die assembly coupled to the fixed base of the second machine, and a third mandrel coupled to the press structure of the second machine, said method comprising the steps of: placing a billet into a cavity of the first die assembly; pressing the billet into the cavity of the first die assembly with the first mandrel coupled to the press structure of the first machine to form a bore at one end of the billet thereby producing a pre-formed billet; moving the pre-formed billet from the cavity of the first die assembly to a cavity of the initial stage second die assembly; pressing the pre-formed billet into the cavity of the initial stage second die assembly with the initial stage second mandrel coupled to the press structure of the first machine to elongate the pre-formed billet and form a hollow interior therein thereby producing a preliminarily extruded tube; moving the preliminarily extruded tube from the cavity of the initial stage second die assembly to a cavity of the later stage second die assembly; pressing the preliminarily extruded tube into the cavity of the later stage second die assembly with the later stage second mandrel coupled to the press structure of the first machine to further elongate the preliminarily extruded tube thereby producing the extruded tube; moving the extruded tube from the cavity of the later stage second die assembly to a cavity of the third die assembly; and pressing the extruded tube into the cavity of the third die assembly with the third mandrel coupled to the press structure of the second machine to elongate the extruded tube and decrease a thickness of a wall of the extruded tube thereby producing a drawn tube. placing a billet into a cavity of the first die assembly; pressing the billet into the cavity of the first die assembly with the first mandrel coupled to the press structure of the first machine to form a bore at one end of the billet thereby producing a pre-formed billet; moving the pre-formed billet from the cavity of the first die assembly to a cavity of the initial stage second die assembly; pressing the pre-formed billet into the cavity of the initial stage second die assembly with the initial stage second mandrel coupled to the press structure of the first machine to elongate the pre-formed billet and form a hollow interior therein thereby producing a preliminarily extruded tube; moving the preliminarily extruded tube from the cavity of the initial stage second die assembly to a cavity of the later stage second die assembly; pressing the preliminarily extruded tube into the cavity of the later stage second die assembly with the later stage second mandrel coupled to the press structure of the first machine to further elongate the preliminarily extruded tube thereby producing the extruded tube; moving the extruded tube from the cavity of the later stage second die assembly to a cavity of the third die assembly; and pressing the extruded tube into the cavity of the third die assembly with the third mandrel coupled to the press structure of the second machine to elongate the extruded tube and decrease a thickness of a wall of the extruded tube thereby producing a drawn tube.